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A family shops for Diwali lights at Sector 18 market in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: Pardeep Tewari Advertisement

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E-commerce platforms have rolled out festive-season sales, bank discounts, exchange offers and easy monthly instalment schemes to attract shoppers ahead of Diwali, as rising product prices and tighter household budgets push consumers towards lower-priced goods and value-for-money purchases.

India’s e-commerce sector recorded a 31% year-on-year (YoY) increase in order volumes during the first week of the festive sales season, while gross merchandise value (GMV) rose 17%, according to an analysis by e-commerce technology company Unicommerce.

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The arithmetic has collided with a sharper reality on quick commerce, where a keyword that cost a brand Rs 60 per click just months ago is now commanding as much as Rs 240, a fourfold jump that is quietly rewriting the economics of festive advertising.