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Flipkart fears customer disruption from Indian e-commerce curbs
Flipkart has told the Indian government the company faces the risk of “significant customer disruption” if new curbs for e-commerce are not delayed. Read more…
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Online sellers appeal against India CCI ruling favouring Flipkart
A group representing online sellers in India will appeal against the Competition Commision of India’s (CCI) ruling in favour of Walmart-owned Flipkart Read more…
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India will ban e-commerce companies under new rules
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will ban e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com and Walmart-owned Flipkart Group from selling products from companies in which they have an equity interest. In a statement, the government also said Read more…
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Low turnout for shopkeeper protests against Walmart/Flipkart merger
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian shopkeepers and traders affiliated to a local lobby group held scattered sit-in protests across the country on Monday against Walmart’s proposed $16 billion acquisition of e-commerce firm Flipkart. The Confederation Read more…
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How private brands could reshape India’s e-commerce wars
MUMBAI (Reuters) – For Lalit Bisht, buying Roadster jeans and T-shirts off Myntra, Flipkart’s fashion operation, is a no brainer. It may take a week to deliver clothes to Bisht’s small hometown in Uttarakhand, but Read more…
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SoftBank flips Flipkart stake to Walmart after short stint
TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp said on Wednesday it is selling its roughly 20 percent stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart to Walmart Inc, the first public divestment by its Vision Fund. Walmart said Read more…
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Amazon muscles in on Walmart’s Flipkart bid with formal offer: report
BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Amazon.com has made a formal offer to buy a 60% stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart, CNBC-TV18 reported on Wednesday, threatening to complicate Walmart’s bid to buy a majority stake in the Read more…
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Walmart looks at buying into Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Walmart Inc is in talks to buy a stake of more than 40 percent in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, a direct challenge to Amazon.com Inc in Asia’s third-largest economy, two sources familiar Read more…
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Softbank not done with India e-commerce yet – gives Flipkart $2.5b
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s Flipkart has secured nearly $2.5 billion in funding from Japan’s SoftBank Group, giving the online retailer more firepower to compete with Amazon in the country’s burgeoning e-commerce market. SoftBank’s Vision Fund, Read more…
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The only likely winner in India’s e-commerce sector is now Amazon
Last week, Snapdeal ended merger discussions with Flipkart in a move that, I think, snuffs out the one chance the local players had to keep Amazon at bay. At the same time, Softbank is now Read more…