Amazon saw 60% growth in new India customers with recent festive sales

The e-commerce major has said it is buoyed to keep investing in India as it sees good uptick in sales and a far-reaching presence in the country

Amazon has said it witnessed 60 per cent growth in customer additions in India, thanks to its festive season sales that started in early October. Growth came on the back of yet another quarter of subdued rise of international sales, which include those in India, in the third quarter.

On a call with analysts on Thursday, Brian T Olsavsky, chief financial officer at Amazon.com, attributed part of the slowdown in the growth of international business to festive sales in India being pushed to the fourth quarter, unlike in the previous year. The company reported a revenue of $15.5 billion from