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eBay India announces its first global transaction
BANGALORE: Online marketplace eBay India, formerly Baazee.com, has announced its first global transation since its recent launch. Dr. Vineet Srinivasan, Illusions India, a dentist with a passion for ecommerce sold a diamond solitaire to Mark Baugh from Dallas, Texas in USA, a media release says.
Avnish Bajaj, Country Manager, eBay India was present on the occasion to felicitate the first Indian seller who traded internationally
Says Bajaj, “We applaud the entrepreneurial spirit of Indian sellers who have made a great beginning of selling products internationally. Dr. Srinivasan was the first of 378 Indian sellers who have sold to buyers from 31 countries since the launch of eBay India. In fact, 16 items sell to international buyers every hour on eBay India. We see a lot more global trade taking place in the future.”
Baazee.com was re-launched as eBay India on 24 March, marking the final integration of Baazee’s technology platform with eBay’s platform. With this, Indian users got access to the eBay global marketplace. Buyers and sellers in India now have access to a global trading community of 135 million users in 33 markets worldwide, the release adds.
Global trade on eBay is all trade on the eBay platform between sellers and buyers who live in different countries and thus, the goods cross international borders. Currently, global trade GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume) on eBay is $4.2 billion.
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Sleepwell unveils nationwide sleep study on World Sleep Day
79 per cent use screens before bed, 36 per cent of 18–25-year-olds sleep ≤5 hours.
MUMBAI: Sleepwell just dropped the pillow truth bomb because when India’s sleeping less and scrolling more, even the mattress wants to stage an intervention. On World Sleep Day 2026, Sleepwell released its nationwide Sleep Study, painting a stark picture of India’s escalating sleep crisis. The findings show that 79% of Indians use screens right before bed, fuelling restless nights and drowsy days. Alarmingly, 36% of young adults aged 18–25 sleep five hours or less making them the country’s most sleep-deprived group.
The study also busts the myth of “catch-up sleep”, 65% of respondents actually sleep even later on weekends, pointing to increasingly irregular patterns that spill fatigue into the working week. Mattress discomfort emerged as a frequently overlooked culprit behind late-night wake-ups and constant leak-anxiety checks.
To drive the message home, Sleepwell’s CMO Puneet Gulati appeared on Zee Business, stressing that quality sleep isn’t a luxury, it’s foundational health. He highlighted how the right mattress can transform restless nights into restorative ones.
The brand doubled down with clever late-night activations, partnering with a quick-commerce platform to serve contextual ads between 11 pm and 3 am, gently nudging bleary-eyed scrollers to consider mattress discomfort as the reason they’re still awake and pointing them to the nearest Sleepwell store. Digital influencers and creators also shared relatable stories of how poor sleep fuels impulsive late-night behaviour.
In a nation that celebrates hustle but quietly pays for it in lost rest, Sleepwell isn’t just selling mattresses, it’s selling the radical idea that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is close your eyes and actually sleep well.
