In a big consolidation move for the burgeoning Indian e-commerce market, the poster boy of Indian online retail - Flipkart.com - has bought out electronics retailer Letsbuy.com for an estimated $25 million.
Both sites are backed by common investors - Tiger Global Management and Accel Partners. Although no details were made available by the company or the investors about the deal value and the structure of the transaction, TOI has learnt that Letsbuy.com had been on the block for a while and was looking for a valuation of about $80-85 million but had to finally resort to a distress sale after finding no takers at that price.