Amid an exercise to wind up certain verticals as part of global exercise to cut costs, Amazon on Monday announced to shut down its wholesale distribution business in India.
Agitation part of global campaign against e-commerce firm
Amazon Food had onboarded 3,000 partners including QSR brands such as McDonald's and Domino's Pizza; some 25 people working on the project have all have been absorbed by the company
The Union Labour Ministry has summoned Amazon India to appear before the deputy chief labour commissioner in Bengaluru in connection with the alleged forced terminations by the company
Amazon India said that it reviews its employees every year across verticals and checks if the organisation requires realignment
In another big development, India on Monday came out with a framework to address the menace of fake online reviews on e-commerce websites. Now websites like Amazon and Flipkart and food delivery apps
Google Cloud has two Cloud regions in India, one of which was opened in Mumbai in July last year
The sale will have offers on global and Indian luxury and premium brands
Sources say attempts being made to absorb staff in other units
Those in the know say the full force of the impact of global layoffs in India will be felt in the retail division
Including direct and indirect jobs, Amazon employs over 1.1 million people in India
US e-commerce giant cuts subscription fee for new exporters joining Global Selling programme
Note, however, that you can only do this if you have completed your KYC
Fans will experience a high-quality localized content feed in India, with commentary and graphics across five languages including, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, along with English
The Amazon Smartphone Upgrade Days sale started today, on November 11, and it will continue until November 15
However, Amazon recently said it has decided that Appario Retail would cease as a seller on the e-commerce giant's platform within the next 12 months
The Amazfit Band 7 will be available on Amazon and Amazfit official website at a discounted price of Rs 2,999 on November 8
The development comes at a time when Cloudtail, once the largest seller on Amazon's India marketplace, shut operations on the e-commerce platform as a seller this year amid regulatory pressure
India is a key market for Amazon which has invested over $6.5 billion in the country
Started on October 25, the Amazon Smartphone Upgrade Days sale would continue until October 28