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Amazon launches Digital Kendra to empower Indian businesses with e-commerce

It will help MSMEs recover their businesses from the recent challenges, bring benefits of e-commerce and help them reach customers in India and globally.

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Inaugurating the Amazon Digital Kendra, Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat said Amazon India’s initiative will help equip MSMEs with the right knowledge, skills and support to benefit from technology adoption and e-commerce.

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru

4 min read Last Updated : Jul 08 2021 | 11:59 PM IST

E-commerce giant Amazon has launched its first Digital Kendra in India in Surat, Gujarat. Amazon Digital Kendras are brick and mortar resource centers that will provide micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) the opportunity to learn about the benefits of e-commerce.

They can avail a range of third party services such as shipping and logistics support, cataloging assistance, digital marketing services, GST (goods and services tax) and taxation support to kick start their journey towards being digital entrepreneurs. The initiative is in line with its commitment to digitally enable 10 million MSMEs

“Last year at Smbhav, we had announced that

Topics : Amazon MSMEs E-commerce firms

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