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10 mn orders placed online this Valentine's season
Business Standard
|February 14, 2025
Couples tried hard this Valentine season to sweep each other off their feet, with a little help from online platforms.
While they may or may not have succeeded in their efforts, businesses certainly did.
In the first 11 days of February 2025, the e-commerce enablement SaaS platform, Unicommerce, processed over 10 million gifting orders. This shift became obvious with a surge in demand for personalised gifts.
This story is from the February 14, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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