BWI: HomeShop18 Wins ‘E-Retailer of the Year’ Award

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: HomeShop18
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:38 AM IST (05:08 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Household & personal care products & services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Retailers; Technology
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HomeShop18 Wins 'E-Retailer of the Year' Award
HomeShop18 has been awarded 'E-Retailer of the Year' by Star Retailer at the Franchise India Awards, 2011

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, December 06, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- HomeShop18, India's largest virtual retail venture, has won the 'E-Retailer of the year' award by Star Retailer at Franchise India 2011. This award is an acknowledgement of its role in building the scale and credibility for e-commerce business in India.

Judged by an independent panel of experts and supported by the Indian Franchise Association (IFA), Franchise Awards 2011 rewards organizations that have shown outstanding business acumen, passion and achievement in retailing.

Receiving the prestigious award, Sundeep Malhotra, Founder and CEO, HomeShop18 says, "We are gratified to receive this award and are humbled at being recognized for the efforts and initiatives that we have taken over the years for the growth of the e-commerce industry. This is a proud moment for us and we would like to take this opportunity to thank the consumers for their continued trust in HomeShop18." HomeShop18 has been instrumental in building the virtual retail industry in the country. With its e-commerce venture, HomeShop18.com , the company is now focusing on building a superior online shopping destination through continuous product portfolio expansions. HomeShop18.com currently records a repeat customer rate of 30% and adds a new customer every 6 seconds to the already established 6.1 CRM Base.

About HomeShop18:

HomeShop18 is Network18 group's online and television retail marketing and distribution venture.

HomeShop18.com is India's fastest growing e-commerce website (traffic growing at the rate of 300% YoY) with a monthly reach of over 2.5 million unique visitors (ComScore : October 2011), each spending over 7 minutes (avg.) on the website. Adding a new customer every 6 seconds, HomeShop18's robust distribution set-up helps it reach out to over 3000 locations across the country. HomeShop18 offers a complete product range across all major categories; including digital, fashion & lifestyle, beauty products, jewellery, kitchen essentials, home & furnishings, kids' gear, books and many more. HomeShop18 has partnered with more than 500 established brands and marquee labels such as Reebok, Lee, Peter England, Nokia, Canon, Samsung, Whirlpool, Videocon, Spice and Sia among many others, giving its millions of customers over 70 lakh products to choose from.

HomeShop18's 6.1 million CRM base is supported by a trained and customer focused 24X7 call centre manned by 750 executives catering to over 35,000 calls a day.


CONTACT DETAILS
Siddharth Bijpuria, PR Pundit, +91 8800922828, siddharth.b@prpundit.com
Ritika Kashyap, PR Pundit, +91 9654283809, ritika.k@prpundit.com
Soumya Chandran, HomeShop18, +91 9811376648, soumya.chandran@network18online.com

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CONSUMER, BUSINESS SERVICES, ELECTRONICS, HOUSEHOLD, IT, MEDIA, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY

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