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Amazon's Indian online store, Amazon.in, has launched a guaranteed one-day delivery offer in select Indian cities for an extra charge of Rs 99. However, this option is only for items 'Fulfilled by Amazon' in Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and Pune. As a limited period offer, Amazon is also offering guaranteed two-day delivery for a discounted price of Rs.49.

Google India on Monday said it will kick of its three day long 'Great Online Shopping Festival' from December 11. The shopping carnival will see participation from about 241 e-commerce players, including Flipkart, Myntra, and Amazon India, among other. During this, sellers will be offering discounts ranging from 20% to 80% on footwear, property deals, books, jewellery, watches, electronics etc.

Less than a week after Amazon launched 'Guaranteed one day delivery services,' Indian online mega-store Flipkart has launched its next day guaranteed delivery service. The service promises to deliver the orders the next working day if placed before 6 pm, in select cities (Delhi, Noida, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad), at an additional fee of Rs.90 per item.

After getting a huge response from shoppers, Google on Thurday extended its mega event, 'Great Online Shopping Festival' (GOSF) by a day. The second edition of India's GOSF, which started on Wednesday, will now go on till Saturday. GOSF's first edition last year witnessed over a million people visiting the site, but this time that number has already been surpassed.