Walmart-backed Flipkart expands quick-commerce push as Amazon ramps up in India

Walmart-backed Flipkart expands quick-commerce push as Amazon ramps up in India

As quick commerce becomes India’s next e-commerce battleground, Walmart-backed Flipkart said Wednesday that its Minutes service has built a network of 1,000 micro-fulfillment centers — small, strategically located warehouses designed to enable deliveries in minutes — less than two years after launch, a milestone Amazon is also targeting as it expands its fast-delivery business in…

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An Analyst Has Crowned the King of Streaming Quality: Can You Guess Which Platform It Is?

An Analyst Has Crowned the King of Streaming Quality: Can You Guess Which Platform It Is?

As the streaming business has moved from a focus on subscriber growth to management teams touting the importance of profitability, the sector has also seen the rise of mentions of such quality-related measures as subscriber retention and “engagement.” “Engagement is critical to reducing churn, [which] might be the most significant opportunity we have,” new Disney…

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‘Off Campus’ Review: Amazon’s Hockey Romance Is No ‘Heated Rivalry,’ and That’s Mostly OK

‘Off Campus’ Review: Amazon’s Hockey Romance Is No ‘Heated Rivalry,’ and That’s Mostly OK

Does the saying “A rising tide lifts all boats” apply to subgenres of small-screen romance? Amazon surely hope so. As a romance involving a star hockey player with daddy issues, its new series Off Campus will be unable to avoid reflexive comparisons to Heated Rivalry — and, given the HBO drama’s lightning-in-a-bottle success, unlikely to…

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