NEW DELHI: India-born Gopi Thotakura, the first Indian citizen to venture into space as a tourist, flaunted the Indian flag while floating in the spacecraft due to gravity loss. The video capturing the crew’s gravity-defying exploits has become viral on social media.In the footage shared by Blue Origin, Gopi Thotakura can be seen showcasing a…
The wave of mass layoffs swept across some of the world’s largest companies in April 2024, with tech titans like Tesla, Google, and Apple forced to cut thousands of jobs. So far, more than 70,000 people have lost their jobs in the tech sector this year. Apple fired over 600 employees Apple laid off 614…
NEW DELHI: Carrie Clark was shocked when she received a call on April 17 from a veterinarian in California, informing her that her missing cat, Galena, had been found 500 miles away from her Utah home. The 6-year-old American shorthair had disappeared a week earlier, and Clark initially thought the call was a prank.It turned…
Ecommerce major Flipkart and Zepto were reportedly in talks but the deal failed to get through. According to an exclusive report in Economic Times, ecommerce major Flipkart and Zepto held talks for a potential deal but the discussions fell through and are unlikely to be revived, said two people in the know of the matter….
Apple reportedly has recently announced its first significant layoffs since pandemi. The job cuts are said to affect about 700 employees at its special projects group. However, the scale of these cuts is significantly smaller than the tens of thousands of jobs slashed by rival tech giants Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft in the last…
Shanghai: With jaw-droppingly low prices and a seemingly endless selection of trendy clothes, Shein has taken the world by storm — and found itself in the crosshairs of French lawmakers who want to curb the excesses of fast fashion. Customers love the Chinese-founded firm’s massive catalogue of ultra-cheap items, from $8 sundresses to 48-cent bracelets,…
Maruthy Ramgandhi New Delhi: D2C men’s fashion wear brand Snitch has appointed Maruthy Ramgandhi as the chief technology officer (CTO), it announced in a press release on Wednesday. Ramgandhi comes with 18 years of experience in launching customer experience and data-driven delivery products in e-commerce space. He has previously worked with companies like Stumbl, Amazon,…
New Delhi: Rangita, an ethnic wear label from Stellaro Brands, a subsidiary of e-commerce company Snapdeal has forayed into offline space with the launch of two exclusive stores, Himanshu Chakrawarti, CEO, Stellaro Brands told ETRetail exclusively. Rangita targets women in the 20-plus age group and offers affordable ethnic wear. The brand has launched its first…
Representative Image New Delhi: Clothing brand UNIREC has raised USD 1.9 lakh (Rs 1.5 crore) from BeyondSeed in a seed funding round, it announced in a press release on Friday. The funding will be used to expand the brands market and for creation of innovative and sustainable fabrics, the release read. Kapil Bhatia, CEO and…
Representative image New Delhi: Cultfit’s D2C arm Cultsport, which sells sportswear, indoor fitness equipment, cycles, and more is betting on offline as a key channel as it plans to open an exclusive brand outlet every month, shared a top official of the company. Talking to ETRetail, Shamik Sharma, business head, Cultsport said, “We have over…
