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Global Markets

Amazon and Walmart Find Sales Season Success in Rural India

Amazon.com and rival Walmart reported record revenue for their six-day India sales as e-commerce catches on with buyers and sellers in smaller towns.

News & Analysis

Flipkart Is Said to Make New Offer of $950 Million for Snapdeal

The offer could lead to a final agreement between India’s two largest local e-commerce providers within three weeks.

Retail

Report: Flipkart's E-Commerce Merger at Risk

The company's planned acquisition of its rival Indian e-commerce provider Snapdeal has hit a snag that may put the deal in jeopardy.  

Financial Markets

Flipkart Deal With Snapdeal Said to Need Further Investor Approvals

Several important investors have yet to sign on to the deal, which could create a stronger local competitor to battle Amazon in India's e-commerce market.

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Technology

Report: Flipkart Raises $1 Billion, With Plans for $1 Billion More

The 10-year-old startup is fighting for its life against Amazon.com Inc. and other rivals looking for a piece of the fast-growing India market.

Retail

Flipkart's Hedge Fund Boss Is Looking for $1.5 Billion

In order to compete against Amazon and other rivals like Pvt, Flipkart will have to persuade investors to inject fresh capital.

News & Analysis

Amazon Bets on Diwali to Take Title as India's Top Web Retailer

Bezos's protégé Amit Agarwal is aiming to make Amazon the country's top online store by sales ahead of the Diwali shopping season.

Retail

Giants Clash in Nascent Indian E-Commerce Market

India’s shaping up to become the next big e-commerce battleground for global players from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Amazon.com Inc. to local champions Flipkart and Snapdeal.

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Global Markets

Op-Ed | Making 'Made in India' Matter

A new campaign encouraging foreign nations to use India as a manufacturing hub is an opportunity to promote 'Made in India' as a stamp of quality, artistry and heritage within the fashion industry, says Bandana Tewari.

Technology

Mukesh Bansal, Online Fashion Guru to India’s Masses

Start-up founders are natural multitaskers. But for Mukesh Bansal — founder and chief executive of Myntra, India’s leading fashion e-commerce player — building a winning business required the focus to resist doing too many things at once, while finding the right blend of fashion and technology.

Technology

Alibaba to Disclose Names of 28 Major Shareholders

BANGALORE, India — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will name the 28 people who will control the world's biggest e-commerce firm in an update to its initial