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According to eCommerce firm eBay India, the ratio between rural and urban buyers would be 1:10 right now but it may go up to 6:10 over next two years.

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 8/15/2012 1:02:00 AM Luxury carmakers increasingly using online campaigns to reach tech-savvy buyers http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1969 luxury carmakers Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi are increasingly using iPad apps and online campaigns to reach out to tech-savvy customers, particularly in smaller cities and towns where these global brands do not have showrooms.

Mercedes-Benz recently equipped its sales consultants across ...]]> 8/15/2012 1:00:00 AM Government to review stance on internet curbs http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1967 8/15/2012 12:55:00 AM PE investors looking for ‘online’ exclusivity http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1968
A similar trend appears to be playing out with other e-commerce sites that have not been able to survive in the highly competitive online ...]]> 8/14/2012 12:57:00 AM Global advertising giant IPG set to buy Interactive http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1966 After buying India's largest digital marketing agency, world's fourth largest ad network to launch a specialist research unit Interpublic Group or IPG, the world’s fourth largest advertising network after WPP, Omnicom and Publicis, is close to acquiring the largest digital marketing agency in India, called Interactive Avenues (IA).

 8/13/2012 12:30:00 AM E-commerce space to witness a lot of growth: Thornton http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1964
According to audit, tax and advisory firm Grant Thornton, the total PE/VC deal value ...]]> 8/13/2012 12:23:00 AM E-tailers may find going tough for second round of funding http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1965
Industry sources say that not a single online firm has turned profitable even after three to four years of ...]]> 8/11/2012 12:26:00 AM 20% of offline travel companies have shut shop in the past few years http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1962 8/6/2012 12:46:00 AM Digital-only campaigns signal growth in online ads http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1961 As the interest level in digital campaigns has risen, so have the spends on social media campaigns, say experts Mumbai: On 26 April, when Varun Duggirala changed his status on social networking site Facebook from ‘being single’ to ‘in a relationship’, his friends flooded his page with comments and ...]]> 8/6/2012 12:43:00 AM Social media driving e-commerce http://ThinkingAloud.in/NewsComments.aspx?NId=1963 8/5/2012 12:50:00 AM