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4Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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India Continues to Be a Rather Large Investment For Us: Amazon

E-commerce giant Amazon remains bullish on India, introducing new features for customers and sellers, even as the region continues to weigh heavy on the US-based company's finance. For the December quarter, Amazon's International business posted an operating loss of USD 487 million, up significantly from USD 108 million in the year-ago period. Its North America business had an operating income of USD 816 million (up 28.3 per cent year-on-year), while that from AWS was higher by 59.6 per cent to USD 926 million during the said quarter. Overall, net sales was up 22 per cent to USD 43.7 billion, while net income grew 55.3 per cent to USD 749 million in the fourth quarter. "I'd point out India which continues to be a rather large investment for us... So, it's still very early. We cont...

Amazon Invests 2010 Crore into Amazon India, Total Investment 7000 Crore in Past 12 Months

20Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

FUNDING

Amazon Invests 2010 Crore into Amazon India, Total Investment 7000 Crore in Past 12 Months

It seems Jeff Bezos led American e-tailer Amazon launched full fledged e-commerce war against India's leading e-commerce firm Flipkart. According to latest information Amaon has invested Rs 2,010 crore into Amazon.in. The total investments in Amazon Seller Services to Rs 7,000 crore in the past 12 months, according to regulatory filings. The latest investment strategy from Amazon, making the points raised by Flipkart Founder Sachin Bansal and cab aggregator Ola Founder Bhavish Aggarwal, seeking government intervention and asking the country to protect Indian-origin startups to counter capital dumping by foreign rivals. Last week, Amazon rolled out Prime Video and prime service for which it is in discussions with content players and offers its users a host of features like quicker del...

Indian E-commerce Companies Demand Exemption From GST

30Aug By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

INDIA, News

Indian E-commerce Companies Demand Exemption From GST

The rapidly expanding e-commerce companies today made a strong case for keeping them out of the proposed GST net but the state finance ministers appeared in no mood to oblige. At the first meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers held after the Parliament approved the GST Bill, online retailers said they only provide a platform to vendors and customers and do not make money out of sales made. According to representation made at the meeting, companies like Flipkart, Amazon India and Snapdeal are only service providers to the vendors and as such are liable to pay GST only on service income. When panel chairman and West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra questioned the billion dollar valuations some of the so-called online platforms command, the e-retailers s...

11Jul By RishabhNo Comments

BUSINESS

Amazon Crosses 1 Lakh Sellers On Its Platform

PTI: E-commerce firm amazon.in has crossed one lakh sellers on its platform during April-June quarter, witnessing a growth of over 250% year-on-year. "Since our launch in June 2013, we have been working extensively to meet different business requirements of sellers and help them grow their business profitably online," said Gopal Pillai, General Manager and Director Seller Services, Amazon India. Seller initiatives include extensive education and skilling programmes, offering Fulfilment By Amazon wherein amazon.in packs, ships and delivers products to customers, manages returns and does customer service on behalf of the sellers, and other assisted shipping services. Amazon is also giving sellers access to over 304 million active customers through the Amazon Global Selling programme. "Ove...

Amazon India net loss widens to Rs 1,724 Cr, Registered a Six-Fold Increase in Sales

25Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Amazon India net loss widens to Rs 1,724 Cr, Registered a Six-Fold Increase in Sales

MUMBAI: As per the report, Amazon India Losses in business goes up to Rs 1,724 crore in the year ended March 2015. The reason of such a huge loss occurred because of Amazon's expenses was due to higher advertising, sales and promotion costs of almost Rs 1,405 crore, almost equivalent to the combined marketing spends of Godrej Consumer, Dabur and Marico. However, Amazon Seller Services registered a six-fold increase in sales to Rs 1,022 crore in 2014-15 from Rs 169 crore a year earlier, according to a filing with the Registrar of Companies on Saturday. The combined losses of the 'Big 3' online firms including Flipkart and Snapdeal to Rs 5,052 crore as they hunted for buyers by offering deep discounts. Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce firm, reported a loss of about Rs 2,000 ...

Amazon may export delivery lessons from India to cut costs abroad

15Nov By RishabhNo Comments

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Amazon may export delivery lessons from India to cut costs abroad

E-commerce giant Amazon.com is taking lessons learnt from its daily battles with India's choked roads and cramped cities to some of its largest developed markets, exporting a model of cheaper deliveries and reduced warehousing costs. Online shopping is booming in India, where millions of consumers are newly able to access the Internet thanks to cheap smartphones. For Amazon, it is already the largest contributor of new customers outside the United States. But, like local rivals Flipkart and Snapdeal, Amazon has struggled with deliveries in cities where snarl-ups are frequent and road signs unreliable. In response, firms have set up logistics networks and use motorbikes instead of trucks. Flipkart, for one, has tapped Mumbai's dabbawalas, a more than a century-old lunch box distrib...