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Amazon signs pact with Gujarat to boost state MSMEs' e-commerce exports

Amazon Global Selling lowers the entry barrier for motivated Indian MSMEs to expand their business and launch their brands globally, from anywhere in India.

Amazon to host first-ever Career Day in India, over 8,000 direct jobs ready

140 Amazon recruiters will offer over 2,000 one-on-one career coaching sessions for interested participants to help grow in their careers at the company or elsewhere

Amazon app seeks share of India's farm market, offers advice on crops

Dedicated mobile app to help farmers make decisions on crops and even deploy machine learning technology.

India's open e-commerce may quietly close another door for Amazon, Flipkart

An assault on the economics of digital platforms will possibly rank among the most far-reaching separations of platforms and commerce seen anywhere.

Amazon enters India wealth management with bet on startup Smallcase

Smallcase improves digital access to capital markets by offering weighted portfolios of stocks and exchange traded funds.

Supreme Court says CCI probe against Amazon, Flipkart will continue

The Competition Commission ordered the investigation in 2020 against the companies for allegedly promoting select sellers on their platforms.

ED serving notice to Flipkart and not Amazon 'raises suspicion': CAIT

Influential trade association writes to investigating agency, appeals to commerce and finance ministers.

Amazon opens fulfilment centre with 600,000 cubic ft storage in Telangana

Expands existing facility; the e-commerce firm has launched its 5th fulfilment centre in the state

Prione's 'mission' is to enable 25 mn businesses in e-commerce: CEO Jathar

Company is a joint venture between Amazon and Catamaran Ventures; it is aiming for 20 per cent year-on-year growth.

Small businesses to launch over 2,400 products for Prime Day: Amazon India

Amazon India said over 100 small and medium businesses including startups, women entrepreneurs, weavers are launching more than 2,400 products across categories for Prime Day.

Amazon expands fulfillment network in India across an area of 10 mn sq feet

Amazon India's overall fulfilment network will be spread across a floor area of more than 10 million square feet which is more than the land size of 125 football fields

How Amazon Web Services is working with Govt to take on the Covid challenge

NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies CIC, set up in partnership with AWS, to work on initiatives like telemedicine, safe air travel and reaching critical supplies to patients and frontline workers

Amazon's Small Business Days sees record sales for over 84K SMBs

Amazon India's recently held Small Business Days has helped more than 84,000 small and medium businesses to bounce back from the economic disruptions due to Covid second wave, company said

Amazon starts IP accelerator to help Indian businesses protect their brands

Offering small and medium-sized sellers easy access to services from trusted intellectual property experts and law firms

New Amazon service delivers prime customers' weekly orders at one go

Members across India can also choose date of delivery, in a move that will entail fewer boxes and fewer trips to the customer location

Why Amazon, Flipkart may have to tweak some of their e-comm policies now

Experts say these changes could impact business structures used by Flipkart and Amazon in the fast growing Indian e-commerce market

CCI to expedite Amazon, Flipkart antitrust probe as tech focus intensifies

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) initiated a probe in January last year on the basis of a complaint alleging Amazon and Flipkart promoted select sellers on their e-commerce platforms

NRN Murthy's Cloudtail gets tax notice of Rs 54.5 crore, says report

Cloudtail, one of the largest sellers on Amazon India, is owned by Prione Business Services

Amazon India to impart core skills to make students industry-ready

Amazon India announced the launch of an integrated learning programme for students to learn applied Machine Learning (ML) skills, making them industry ready for careers in the new technology.

CAIT hails HC order, asks Goyal to direct CCI probe into Amazon, Flipkart

On Friday, the Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition from Amazon and Flipkart requesting a stay on India's antitrust watchdog CCI's probe into both companies' alleged anti-competitive practices.