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Why Amazon has struggled to crack India despite years of heavy investment

13 years on, Amazon remains a major player in India, but local rivals have eroded its edge across retail, payments, streaming, and quick commerce, leaving it constrained despite strong brand loyalty

Right time for Amazon Music to pivot beyond Prime members: Rishabh Gupta

Amazon Music launches standalone plans and a free ad-supported tier, betting on rapid growth in India's paid music streaming market

Amazon Data Services India buys 10.6 acres of land in MMR for ₹125 cr

Amazon Data Services India has acquired 10.6 acres in Palava, Thane, from Lodha Developers for Rs 125.13 crore as it expands its data centre presence in the Mumbai region

'Indian enterprises shifting from PoC projects to agentic AI rollout'

AWS is pitching Quick as a platform-agnostic agentic AI layer as Indian enterprises move from AI pilots to large-scale deployments

Anthropic valued at $965 bn after latest funding round, eclipsing OpenAI

Alphabet Inc.'s Google contributed several billion dollars to the round as part of a previously announced commitment to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic over time

SC junks ₹202 crore penalty on Amazon by CCI in Future Coupons case

The Supreme Court set aside the Competition Commission of India's penalty on Amazon over its Future Coupons investment and directed refund of the recovered amount within eight weeks

Amazon is working on next Fire OS update amidst push for Vega OS: Details

Amazon has quietly revealed Fire OS 16 in developer documentation, suggesting the company is still investing in its Android-based Fire TV platform alongside Vega OS

SC sets aside CCI's ₹202 crore penalty on Amazon in Future Group deal

The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the NCLAT's June 2022 order which had rejected US e-commerce giant Amazon's appeal against an anti-trust suspension of its investment deal with Future Group. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta also set aside the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) December 17, 2021 order which had levied a Rs 202 crore penalty on Amazon and suspended its deal with Future. "In view of the findings recorded above, the appeal is allowed. The impugned judgement dated June 13, 2022 passed by the NCLAT and order dated December 17, 2021 passed by the CCI are set aside," Justice Nath said while pronouncing the verdict. The top court said if any amount was deposited or recovered from Amazon pursuant to these orders, the same be refunded within eight weeks. The bench delivered its verdict on a plea filed by Amazon challenging the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) June 2022 order.

CCPA orders probe into unregistered herbicide sale on e-commerce sites

Four major e-commerce platforms, Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho and JioMart, have delisted an allegedly unregistered agro-chemical product following notices issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA), which has since ordered a detailed investigation into the matter. The platforms informed the regulator that listings of "Cyclosinone Herbicide" had been removed with immediate effect and that seller accounts associated with such listings had been placed under scrutiny, the regulator said in a statement on Saturday. The CCPA, however, said the responses were only a first step and directed that the matter be taken up for comprehensive investigation. "The CCPA has placed the matter for detailed investigation," the regulator said. The notices were originally issued following a complaint by the Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI), forwarded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, alleging that the herbicide was being actively sold and promoted online despite not ...

Amazon combines Rufus, Alexa+ to bring agentic AI-led shopping experience

Amazon's new shopping assistant can answer product questions, compare items, track prices, and automate purchases across apps, website, and Echo devices

Quick-commerce firms push deeper into smaller cities as metro growth slows

Amazon and Flipkart are expanding dark-store networks beyond major urban markets as competition and saturation pressure profitability in metros

How China's evolving consumer habits may protect the Amazon rainforest

Xing is no ordinary tourist. She leads the Tianjin Meat Industry Association, representing importers responsible for around 40% of China's beef purchases from Brazil

Amazon opens its supply chain to all: Can Indian logistics firms keep up?

Amazon has opened its logistics network to all businesses, intensifying competition for global and Indian delivery firms and raising questions on pricing, margins, and scale

More than 100 cities: Why Amazon is expanding its quick commerce service

Amazon is set to expand its ultra-fast delivery service, Amazon Now, to 100 cities across India. The company plans to scale the service through more than 1,000 micro-fulfillment centers.

Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon hand Pentagon more control over AI systems

Nvidia Corp., Microsoft Corp., Reflection AI Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have all newly struck agreements with the US Defence Department 'for lawful operational use' of its AI systems

Amazon's 'Now' orders rising 25% month over month in India: CEO Andy Jassy

E-commerce giant expands rapid-delivery service to 100 cities as competition intensifies in quick-commerce market

From discounts to Dior: What's driving premium pivot in fashion ecommerce

India's fashion ecommerce players are increasingly betting on luxury over mass, testing whether margins can grow without losing scale

Amazon makes product exploration interactive with AI audio chat feature

Amazon's 'Join the chat' feature lets users ask questions while listening to product summaries, with AI responding in real time using listings, reviews, and contextual data

Amazon touts 'major expansion' with OpenAI as ties with Microsoft loosen

Amazon announced what it called a "major expansion" of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday, a day after the artificial intelligence company said it was loosening its ties to longtime backer Microsoft. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the collaboration with Amazon's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, would involve co-developing a new platform for AI agents that can do computer-based work on people's behalf. Altman spoke via prerecorded video message to an Amazon event in San Francisco at the same time as he was appearing in federal court across San Francisco Bay in Oakland for a civil trial brought by rival OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk. Microsoft had said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom. OpenAI relied exclusively on Microsoft's investments in cloud computing services to build the technology that helped make ChatGPT a .

Amazon to take 'Now' rapid-delivery service to 100 cities in India

E-commerce giant ramps up micro-fulfilment network as quick-commerce competition intensifies