With more than 400 partners, Google’s much awaited Great India online shopping festival (GOSF) will kick off on Wednesday. The Three day event will be conclude on Friday.
"The GOSF's first edition took place in 2012 with 90 merchants and this year, we have 450 merchants. Consumer confidence to shop online is on the rise in India and in the last few weeks, over 5 million users have visited to Gosf site,"said Google India Managing Director Rajan Anandan.
The search engine giant is also launching a new section this year, focused on the first time buyers, called the 'Rs. 299 Corner' that will feature heavy discounted products with free shipping and cash on delivery option. The new section will include popular brands such as Philips, Uber, JBl, Benetton, Alia Bhatt Collection and EverPure water purifier.
last year, GOSF saw tremendous response from consumers in India and the company claimed it attracted 2 million visitors.