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Amazon rushes to kirana stores to take on RIL's 'new commerce' plans

Amazon Distribution offers retailers services that will include GST invoices, competitive rates, and managing back-end inventory.

Amazon India charts out B2B plan to take on global rival Alibaba

Amazon B2B at present caters mostly to small and medium enterprises, major firms such as GE, Qualcomm globally and online food delivery firms such as Zomato and Swiggy in India

Amazon India launches seller-funding programme for small businesses

E-commerce giant ties up with Ketto to enable its sellers arrange small ticket funds through crowd-funding.

After FDI prick, Amazon back in the ring with record number of merchants

E-commerce firms had to change the way they functioned after the government enforced new FDI norms in the sector on February 1

Amazon cuts deal with Cloudtail to return products to India website

Lawyers representing Amazon and Walmart have been toiling without pause to stitch together new deals

With AI-based technology, Amazon's Make In India innovations going global

In India, the company is betting heavily on technologies such as data analytics, AI, and machine learning (ML) to understand and predict consumer behaviour and build a strong e-commerce business

Facing stiff rules, Amazon India may delay $1-bn investment plans for 2019

The billion-dollar investment, at risk of being pushed back by several months, is part of the $5.5-billion commitment made by Amazon for Indian operations so far

Amazon India inks pact with FISME to educate MSMEs about online selling

Amazon India Thursday said it has partnered with FISME to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) tap into opportunities in the e-commerce sector. According to the pact, Amazon.in will collaborate with The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) to conduct various events and workshops across the country that will enable MSMEs sell their products online. "The MSME sector plays a critical role in the growth of Indian economy. A significant number of the 4,00,000 sellers on Amazon India's platform is SMEs. Also, unique products sold by MSMEs empower our customers to have access to increased selection," Amazon India Director and GM (Seller Services) Gopal Pillai told PTI. He added that the tie-up with FISME will help in educating MSMEs on the nuances of online selling domestically, and also about B2C exports so as to enable them sell across multiple international locations. Amazon.in, which is locked in a bruising battle with Walmart-backed Flipkart,

E-tailers' war: Amazon's gross sales in India 21% higher than Flipkart's

Flipkart and Amazon make up a majority of India's online retail, which, Barclays predicts, would grow two-fold to $40-45 billion by 2020

Amazon's India marketplace unit posts nearly $1 billion loss in FY18

In FY19, analysts and industry watchers expect both Amazon and Flipkart to post record losses that could touch $2 bn a piece

Amazon India scales up delivery network to keep up with 'Prime' growth

There are 150 Amazon managed delivery centres with an additional 60 centres dedicated to just large appliances

RSS-backed centre to sell cow urine, dung based soaps, face packs on Amazon

Due Amazon delivery services being unavailable, the centre has signed an agreement with the Indian Postal Department and it has ensured that the products will be delivered within 10 days

E-commerce market hots up: Amazon brings corner shops under its fold

Ties up with over 30,000 local grocers; aims to make up to 100,000 such stores work with itself in some way by the middle of next year

10.oR D2 review: Budget smartphone with 18:9 screen, 3,200 mAh battery

The Amazon 10.oR D2 is a feature rich proposition in the entry-level budget smartphone segment with modern screen and 3,200 mAh battery

The language of market expansion

If round one of the competition in e-commerce rested on deep discounts, the next one could well be on getting the language right

Amazon launches Hindi website, app to take on Google, Flipkart in India

The global e-commerce giant plans to reach out to the next 100 million customers who might be more comfortable with Hindi than with English

How Amazon plans to jump the language barrier to reach 500 mn Indians

As it seeks to reach India's's farthest regions and appeal to less-educated customers in the world's fastest-growing pool of internet users, Amazon has found that English is not enough

Amazon India launches Hindi website, shopping app in battle with Flipkart

Amazon also has plans to support more local Indian languages on its shopping app and mobile website

Amazon plans to invest $700 million in Kishore Biyani's Future Group

Amazon, on its part, could bring the Whole Foods brand to India by end of this year, sources said

With an eye on Flipkart-Walmart deal, Amazon invests Rs 27 bn in India

Infusion comes ahead of closure of Flipkart-Walmart deal which will give the Indian firm another $2 billion in cash