Last updated April 22, 2026
India's e-commerce market grew at a 23% compound annual rate between 2020 and 2025, the fastest of any large economy, with smaller cities and towns now generating more than 60% of online orders as...
Hi Shopifreaks Before we get started, I just wanted to say thank you for your readership. Many of you have been with me since the very beginning when I launched Shopifreaks in January 2021 -- which...
Flipkart announced that group CFO Sriram Venkataraman, who has been with the company since 2015, will step down, with marketplace unit CFO Ravi Iyer taking over the broader finance role on an...
Hi Shopifreaks I've got a big edition today jam-packed with stories about AI commerce -- what it could've been, and what it actually is in 2026. Is agentic commerce a solution looking for a problem?...
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Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce marketplace, is evaluating a launch into the online food delivery market and is planning a pilot program in Bengaluru for mid-2026. The marketplace is building a...
Hi Shopifreaks How'd your Super Bowl Sunday go? Did you bet your life savings on the Seattle Seahawks winning like that one TikToker did? Actually that didn't turn out to be such a bad idea... This...
ZILO, an Indian fashion quick commerce startup, raised $15.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Peak XV Partners. The company is using the fresh capital to scale operations and expand its...
Google and Shopify announced a new open-source standard for agentic commerce called Universal Commerce Protocol that's “designed to power the next generation of agentic commerce.” Here's what we...
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