Shoppers Stop uses online subsidiary to get back on Amazon marketplace

In December, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry had issued a notification prohibiting e-commerce marketplaces from selling products of firms in which they had a stake

Shoppers Stop, the country’s oldest department store chain, is using its online subsidiary Shoppersstop. com to get back on Amazon as it eyes a larger share of sales from e-commerce segment.

On Thursday, Rajiv Suri, managing director and chief executive officer, Shoppers Stop, said its website would list on Amazon in compliance with regulatory requirements and almost 120 stock-keeping units mainly in apparels would be available in the forthcoming days, which would be steadily increased over time.  “Shoppersstop.com is a separate legal entity with no investment from the US retailer,” Suri said. “It is, therefore, in compliance with the draft