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India's economy is reviving and festive season's online sales show it

In the run-up to the festival, retailers including Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.'s Flipkart saw a 55% jump in online sales from a year ago to $4.1 billion, according to RedSeer

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India’s main holiday season -- culminating Saturday with Diwali, the festival of lights -- appears to be giving a much needed boost to demand, with online retail sales to business activity indicators signaling Asia’s third-largest economy is recovering.
 
In the run-up to the festival, retailers including Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.’s Flipkart saw a 55% jump in online sales from a year ago to $4.1 billion, according to estimates from consultant RedSeer for the period Oct. 15-21. Data compiled by Bloomberg showed an increase in new vehicle registrations during October, while a separate gauge pointed to a rise in credit

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