Pandemic e-tail push creates 3 lakh delivery, supply chain jobs

About 15-20% of these seasonal jobs, typically created to meet the festive season rush, are likely to be renewed or extended going into 2021

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5G adoption, large deal focus to drive growth for Tech Mahindra

The opportunities would be around three areas, network services for telecom service providers, scaling up 5G for enterprises and R&D spends on networks and devices.

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Amazon says sellers racked up $4.8 billion in global sales from Black Friday to Cyber Monday

More than 71,000 small- and medium-sized businesses worldwide have surpassed $100,000 in sales this holiday season to date.

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Salesforce is buying workplace messaging app Slack for $27.7 billion

Microsoft has been posing a threat to Salesforce's key products, a line-up of tools that help other companies manage their customer relationships.

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Company continued to hold on to close to $ 1 bn cash, tracked to runway very closely: Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal to employees

Agarwal was talking to employees in India, US, Japan, China and other markets in a 'fireside chat' session alongside board member Troy Alstead and India CEO Rohit Kapoor.

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Tata Digital buys stake in govt's rural e-tailer Grameen e-Store

The firm paid around Rs 10 crore for an undisclosed stake; etailer also in talks with HDFC Bank for stake sale

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Flipkart wholesale arm posts 12% jump in FY20 revenues, cuts losses

Flipkart India's majority income is from the wholesale sale of products, unlike Flipkart Internet, the marketplace unit of the ecommerce giant that earns its revenues from commissions it charges vendors

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