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Non-metros emerge as key growth drivers for Amazon: V-P Saurabh Srivastava

Amazon India says non-metros account for 70-80 per cent of new customers, while demand for premium products rises in smaller cities and its Amazon Now quick-commerce service expands

From policies to strategies | Preparing the future HR leaders

In this session, Deepti Varma, VP, People Experience & Technology, Amazon Stores India & Emerging Markets, talks about the evolving HR function, future of workplace and provides career tips to the B-S

Dashboards, drum jams and delivery convoys kick off India's shopping season

From Bengaluru to Kargil, Flipkart and Amazon race to deliver as online festive sales are projected to grow up to 29%

Amazon cuts around 1,000 jobs; India retail employees among those hit

Amazon has cut nearly 1,000 white-collar jobs, affecting employees in India, the US and the UK. The layoffs mainly impact its Stores unit as the company expands its focus on AI

Flipkart, Amazon bet on delivery speed as India's festive sales kick off

Online festive sales could rise 29 per cent to ₹1.55 trillion, with quick commerce taking a 16 per cent share as Flipkart and Amazon expand their rapid delivery networks

Amazon expands ultra-fast delivery service to more than 120 Indian cities

Amazon has expanded its ultra-fast delivery service, Amazon Now, to more than 120 cities across India, doubling its footprint in two weeks as the e-commerce giant steps up its delivery network ahead of the festive season. The service is now available in cities including Amritsar, Abohar, Jalandhar, Ambala, Mangalore, Manipal, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Changanassery, Bhubaneswar and Karwar, Amazon said in a statement on Friday. Amazon Now offers tens of thousands of products, including groceries, fruits and vegetables, frozen food, personal care items, fashion and beauty products, small appliances, and home and kitchen goods. Orders are fulfilled through a network of nearly 800 micro-fulfilment and urban fulfilment centres, the company said. "We are delighted to take ultra-fast deliveries with Amazon Now to India's hinterland - from Amritsar & Abohar in the north to Kochi & Changanassery in the south - ahead of the Amazon Great Indian Festival. Amazon Now continues to be the ...

Amazon introduces redesigned Kindle e-book readers: Details, availability

Amazon has introduced redesigned Kindle e-book readers, including new Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Colorsoft models with updated displays, thinner designs and faster book opening

Amazon expands ultra-fast delivery service Amazon Now to over 120 cities

Amazon Now has doubled its footprint in two weeks, bringing minute-level deliveries to customers in cities including Amritsar, Abohar, Jalandhar, Ambala, Mangalore, Manipal, Vizag, Kochi, Changanasser

Anthropic IPO prospectus lays bare deep dependence on Big Tech partners

The company routed 47% of its sales to customers last year through cloud partners Amazon and Alphabet's Google, according to a copy of its confidential IPO filing

Quick commerce becomes the new battleground as festive season approaches

E-commerce giants bank on speed as they expand beyond metros ahead of Big Billion Days, Great Indian Festival sale event.

CCPA fines Amazon, Flipkart ₹10 lakh each over unregistered herbicide sales

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed penalties of Rs 10 lakh each on Amazon and Flipkart, and Rs 5 lakh on JioMart, for selling and advertising an unregistered agro-chemical product called 'Cyclosinone Herbicide' on their platforms. In a separate order dated September 22, the consumer protection regulator directed the three e-commerce companies to immediately discontinue the sale and advertisement of the product, which it found was being marketed without disclosing the chemical name of its active ingredient or its composition. The CCPA also directed the platforms to conduct a self-audit to prevent listings of products that contravene existing law or pose a hazard to consumer safety, and asked them to submit compliance reports within 15 days of the order. The investigation was triggered after the CCPA received a complaint forwarded by the Union Ministry of Agriculture, originally filed by the Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI). During the probe, the ...

Amazon reaches out to former workers for AI, cloud jobs after mass layoffs

The outreach includes a recruiter-led initiative for former AI and machine learning staff, while the company says former employees can be considered for other open roles as well

FSSAI initiates penal action against five leading e-commerce platforms

FSSAI has initiated penal action against five e-commerce platforms over product claims, information and the listing of prohibited food articles under food safety regulations

Amazon Pay India FY26 net loss widens to ₹1,148.5 crore, revenue up 18%

Digital payments firm Amazon Pay India Private Limited has reported a widening of its standalone net loss to Rs 1,148.5 crore for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, according to documents accessed via business intelligence platform Tofler. The company had posted a net loss of Rs 865.7 crore in the previous financial year (FY25). Revenue from operations grew 18.5 per cent to Rs 2,484.4 crore during the fiscal under review, up from Rs 2,096.6 crore in FY25. Total revenue, which includes other income of Rs 108.2 crore, increased 18.11 per cent to Rs 2,592.6 crore in FY26. The company's total expenses surged by 22.22 per cent to Rs 3,741.1 crore in FY26 compared to Rs 3,060.8 crore in FY25. The increase in expenditure was primarily led by an escalation in 'other costs', which rose to Rs 3,486.9 crore from Rs 2,835.3 crore in the year-ago period. Employee costs climbed to Rs 224.9 crore from Rs 213.4 crore in FY25. Incorporated in 2011, Amazon Pay India is a subsidiary of US-bas

Amazon opens first fulfilment, sort centres in Varanasi for festive season

Amazon has launched its first fulfilment centre and sort centre in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi ahead of the festive season, the company said in a statement. According to Amazon, the new fulfilment centre has a storage capacity of one lakh cubic feet, while the sort centre spans 13,000 square feet. The facilities will help speed up deliveries to customers in Varanasi and nearby areas and create hundreds of local jobs. The new facilities are being operated by logistics industry partner firms, the company said in the statement on Tuesday . "With the expansion, Amazon now has two fulfilment centres, five sort centres and 170 last-mile delivery stations across Uttar Pradesh," it said. Amazon said the Varanasi expansion is part of its nationwide network expansion, involving 20 new fulfilment centres, six sort centres and 150 last-mile delivery stations. The company said the expansion has increased its total storage capacity by 50 per cent to 64 million cubic feet and sorting space by 25 p

AI may be the buzzword, but Indian home buyers still want value: Report

Amazon India's latest Best in Tech Survey shows that Indian consumers are increasingly choosing home technology based on practical benefits such as picture quality, energy efficiency and service

AWS unable to restore access to Bahrain, UAE cloud zone hit in Iran war

Amazon's cloud computing unit AWS said the damage in Bahrain ‌spanned multiple so-called availability zones, which are clusters of one ​or more data centres in the same geographic region

Amazon announces operations network expansion ahead of festive season

Amazon has opened 20 fulfilment centres, six sort centres and 150 delivery stations, expanding storage capacity by 50 per cent and strengthening its reach beyond metros.

Amazon expands operations network across India ahead of festive season

E-commerce major Amazon on Monday announced an expansion of its operations network across India ahead of the upcoming festive season, launching 20 fulfilment centres, 6 sort centres, and 150 last-mile delivery stations. The expansion is part of the company's announced investment of over Rs 2,800 crore to bolster its pan-India operations and infrastructure, Amazon said in a statement. The expansion will increase Amazon's total storage capacity in India by 50 per cent to 64 million cubic feet. The facilities will be operated and managed by third-party logistics service providers. All 6 new sort centres situated in Chikkaballapur, Hassan, Meerut, Ramanagar, Raipur and Varanasi, as well as seven of the 20 new fulfilment centres are coming up in non-metro cities. To handle the anticipated surge in consumer demand during the festive period, the e-commerce firm had earlier announced the creation of over 1.6 lakh seasonal work opportunities across 400 cities, spanning both metropolitan are

Amazon pauses operations with 21 Air after Miami cargo plane crash

Last week, an Amazon Prime Air cargo flight overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport