Starbucks brings Teavana to India

Starbucks has introduced Teavana specialty teas in 88 of its stores, betting on the world’s third-highest tea-consuming country. Teavana, an American specialty tea retailer present in over 400 locations across the US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Middle East was acquired by Starbucks in 2012. With this, it becomes the only coffeehouse chain to […]

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WhatsApp to Rollout an ‘Enterprise’ Service Later This Year?

WhatsApp Enterprise will be a new platform targeting business users and allowing businesses to send messages to their targeted audiences directly through WhatsApp WhatsApp is working on bringing structured messages specifically for its enterprise users to send direct messages to over one billion WhatsApp users. Structured messages will be monitored by an administrator. The service is expected

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Samsung launches Galaxy C9 Pro, bets on subsequent buyers to drive sales

The country’s largest Smart phone maker, Samsung India, is betting big on second- and third-time Smartphone buyers to drive sales of it’s newly launched Galaxy C9 Pro. “We do innovations keeping consumers in mind. We are confident that the launch of Galaxy C9 Pro will revolutionary the market. It is actually targeting second- and third-time buyers who are

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OYO to expand Asia footprint : introduces concierge service

An online budget network of hotels OYO is planning to expand its footprints in South Asia and South East Asia, besides strengthening its service by introducing a concierge service called OYO Captains. OYO is looking to strengthen its footprint in top leisure and pilgrimage destinations like Goa, the North-East (Shillong and Gangtok), Tirupati, Varanasi, Shirdi,

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ICICI Bank blocks transactions through Flipkart wallet PhonePe

ICICI Bank has blocked transactions on Flipkart-owned digital payments app PhonePe, accusing it of indulging in restrictive practices and breaking the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) guidelines of interoperability. The bank began blocking transactions on PhonePe starting Friday, with Flipkart Online CEO Sameer Nigam taking to Twitter to protest the move. He claimed that the bank hadn’t

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Amazon India launches regional language support services for sellers

Online marketplace Amazon India has launched a callback option in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada from its seller support associates. For Amazon, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana have emerged as the top three states with the huge seller base preferring support services in local languages. This is in addition to the predominantly Hindi-speaking population. The marketplace

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