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Damon Xi new UCWeb India GM
MUMBAI: UCWeb, an Alibaba Mobile Business Group Company, has announced the appointment of Damon Xi as the general manager for UCWeb India. The move will make Damon in charge of the strategic alliance and business development for the company in India.
UC Browser has reached a milestone of 100 million MAUs in India and with a market share of 57% (as per Stat Counter), UC Browser is the largest mobile browser in India.
Alibaba Mobile Business Group general manager of overseas business Kenny Ye said, “Bringing in Damon will enable the team in India to work and keep up with the dynamicity. Damon with his strategic abilities and immense managing associations in the internet industry is the ideal candidate.”
Damon was earlier working for Tencent and has over 12 years of professional experience in internet and telecom industry. He said, “The decision to head UCWeb in India could not come at a better time. The Indian mobile internet landscape is the most exciting place to be at.”
With a strategy of digitising entertainment, UCWeb in India recently collaborated with various entertainment based activities be it movie promotions with “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, TV Shows with its partnership with Colors TV shows such as Jhalak Dikhla Ja and Bigg Boss or Book Releases with Chetan Bhagat’s recent bestseller, One Indian Girl.
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Zepto sets up mini delivery hub at AI Summit
Quick commerce goes live at venue with 1,700 daily orders
NEW DELHI: At a summit devoted to the future of artificial intelligence, quick commerce quietly stole the show at ground level. Zepto set up a compact Delivery Hub at the India AI Impact Summit, turning the venue into a live demonstration of instant retail in action.
Built at roughly one third the size of a standard 4,000 sq ft dark store, the scaled down hub was engineered for speed. Despite its smaller footprint, it was stocked with more than 10,000 stock keeping units curated specifically for summit attendees. From mid morning cravings to late afternoon slumps, the shelves were primed for every possible need.
Till Wednesday, the hub was processing an average of 1,700 orders a day. Lunch hour emerged as the clear rush period, as delegates swapped panel discussions for paneer puffs and product demos for Diet Coke. Snacks topped the order charts, followed by tea and other beverages.
Among the fastest moving items were samosas, plain Maggi, chicken puffs, Bisleri packaged drinking water bottles, Coca-Cola Diet Coke cans and Lay’s India’s Magic Masala potato chips. In short, comfort food met cutting edge tech.
The on site hub gave attendees near instant access to essentials without stepping outside the venue. More than just a convenience counter, it served as a real time case study of how technology led operations can power seamless commerce even at large scale events.
While speakers debated how humans and intelligent systems will co create and co work, Zepto offered a practical reminder that sometimes the smartest innovation is simply getting a hot snack into hungry hands, fast.
