India's online commerce market is thriving, providing small companies and startups unprecedented exposure to customers across the country. But the real challenge is getting noticed in a crowded marketplace with limited resources. 

AHMEDABAD: Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), the flagship company of the Adani Group, on Thursday announced robust financial results, with net profit surging 7.5 times to Rs 3,845 crore in Q4 FY25 compared to Rs 449 crore in the same period in FY24.

MUMBAI: Nifty and Sensex faced resistance at higher levels this week, leading to profit booking, as global macro uncertainties and mixed earnings kept investors wary. Going forward, market direction will hinge on global trade developments, earnings outcomes and sectoral momentum, say experts.

NEW DELHI: India is expected to witness a transformative shift in its technological landscape this year, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (GenAI), a report said on Thursday.

MUMBAI: The government-run Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has empowered small businesses and revolutionised e-commerce, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.

Small businesses continually adapt to a changing world and often face unique challenges. One area where these challenges are particularly evident is in payment processing. The rise of technology has provided numerous options for businesses, but few are as advantageous as an Android PoS system.

In today’s digital landscape, businesses rely heavily on the internet for research, marketing, and data collection. However, challenges such as restricted access, data security, and anonymity make it essential to use the right tools. Proxies are a key solution for overcoming these challenges, offering businesses the flexibility, security, and efficiency needed to thrive online.

CANBERRA: Australian businesses will be forced to accept cash as payment for essential goods and services under a government mandate.

NEW DELHI: Indian conglomerates are likely to spend about $800 billion on growth over the next 10 years, almost triple of what they spent over the prior decade, a report showed on Monday.

NEW YORK: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's meetings with US businesses and institutions continued at a feverish pitch, including talks with two key investors asking them to broaden their world view and look at India for investment.

CHENNAI: Coimbatore District Collector, G.S. Sameeran on Monday issued an order that the shops and other establishments in the Tamil Nadu district can operate till 10 p.m. For the past 20 days, the shops and establishments in Coimbatore district have remained closed after 5 p.m.

MUMBAI: For the past few weeks, actor and social worker Sonu Sood has been actively campaigning on social media with the hashtag #supportsmallbusiness.

NEW DELHI: With an aim to accelerate the growth of small and medium businesses in the country, Facebook on Tuesday partnered with VC fund Stellaris Venture Partners to scale young businesses by providing them with timely digital skilling.

SYDNEY: The government of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state announced on Tuesday a stimulus package for businesses affected by the recent Covid-19 lockdown.

CHANDIGARH:Xcelerator Ludhiana – Sadda Karobaar, Punjab Di Shaan (program led by Government of Punjab, CICU (Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings) and GAME- Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship), is paving the way for participants to become local success stories. The 6-month business accelerator program for catalyzing growth of businesses in Ludhiana, has started showing promising business growth for entrepreneurs who signed up for the program. “After the first session of Xcelerator on customers, I was able to strike better conversations with my end retail customers, and was able to fetch new orders by talking about my products and my business value proposition. This has helped me scale up my business, in very little time,” shares Siddhant Pruthi, Entrepreneur, Robin International, an entrepreneur associated with the Xcelerator Ludhiana programme.

WELLINGTON: New Zealand employers can receive government payments from Tuesday onwards over the absence of their workers who cannot work from home while awaiting a Covid-19 test result, according to a government statement issued on Monday.

SYDNEY: Fighting the Australian government over its news media bargaining code, Google has announced it providing businesses and users with a combined $53 billion in benefits every year in the country.

BENGALURU: As businesses prepare lean and flexible models that operate in an online-offline mix in the post-pandemic world, the focus for digital platforms in India will be on selling directly to the consumers in 2021, a new report said on Thursday.

CANBERRA: Australia's Opposition Labor Party on Monday urged the federal government to support businesses that continue to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic with emergency economic backing.

NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has said that the partnership between Jio and Facebook is great for India, Indians and small Indian businesses.

SAN FRANCISCO: As the world still battles the pandemic, Facebook has revealed that a substantial number of small businesses still remain closed worldwide and a majority continue to report reduced sales and employment.

INDIANAPOLIS:The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), in partnership with Conexus Indiana, announced the second round of awards totaling approximately $3 million to 31 Indiana businesses in Manufacturing Readiness Grants, which Governor Eric J. Holcomb first announced in May. The grants are part of the Economic Activity Stabilization and Enhancement (EASE) program designed to stimulate manufacturing investments that will position Hoosier operations, and the sector overall, for future growth and prosperity. 

NEW DELHI:In next step towards monetising WhatsApp after introducing shopping and pricing tiers to the mobile-messaging platform, Facebook has now announced a new way for businesses to store and manage their WhatsApp chats with customers using Facebooks secure hosting infrastructure, which will roll out early next year.

CHENNAI:With the aim to ensure faster state economic recovery as festival season is around the corner, Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Wednesday announced further relaxations in lockdown restrictions across Tamil Nadu from Thursday.

OTTAWA:The Canadian government has announced a funding of C$600 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses that were affected by the lockdowns imposed in the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has announced a 30 day grace period for those businesses which are not yet ready for GST e-invoicing which comes into effect from Thursday, October 1.

SAN FRANCISCO:Google has started adding an icon in Google Maps and Search to help people identify Black-owned businesses.
The move, which comes amid a surge in online searches for Black-owned businesses, is part of the company's commitment to support underrepresented entrepreneurs.

NEW DELHI:A Cisco survey of IT and business professionals globally has revealed that 74 per cent of them think their businesses would emerge stronger, despite the challenges of the current business environment.

NEW DELHI;The social network has kicked off a new initiative called Boost with Facebook Summer of Support during which, it will help millions of people get the digital skills and information they need to navigate these challenging times and adjust to a new normal.

NEW DELHI:Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Tuesday held a review meeting with the Managing Directors of public sector banks (PSB) and asked them to continue reaching out and lending to MSMEs under the collateral-free Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme.

HOUSTON:Retail businesses in the US state of Texas have reopened for the first time in weeks, as a slow reopening process have started amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Treating your customers right will make them loyal to your company or business. However, in today’s digital era it’s difficult to get a hold of customers since there are so many businesses available online. There’s nothing stopping people from looking for the services they need from providers all over the world. So what can these struggling businesses do?

BENGALURU:India's premier business school -- IIM-Bangalore -- is offering an advanced course to family business owners in its campus here, the institute said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The consumption slowdown that dented auto industry' sales and production has now percolated to the local economy, causing hardships to thousands of small businesses that supply parts along with services like logistics to the key manufacturing sector.

KOLKATA: Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited has decided to augment the capital of its infrastructure finance and equipment finance businesses, a company official said here on Monday.