Supreme Court says CCI probe against Amazon, Flipkart will continue

The Supreme Court on Monday said an antitrust investigation into business practices of Amazon.com Inc and Walmart’s Flipkart must continue, rejecting demands of the two e-commerce giants to put them on hold. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered the investigation in 2020 against the companies for allegedly promoting select sellers on their e-commerce platforms … Read more

SC rules in favour of Amazon against Future-Reliance merger deal

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favour of e-commerce giant Amazon against the proposed ₹24,713-crore merger deal between Future Retail Limited (FRL)and Reliance Retail. A Bench of Justices Rohinton F. Nariman and B.R. Gavai upheld the validity and enforceability of a Singapore-based Emergency Arbitrator (EA) award, which restrained Future Retail Limited (FRL), India’s second … Read more

Nykaa IPO: first profitable unicorn, led by women, to tap public markets

India’s first women led profitable unicorn startup is going in for its initial public offering. Nykaa, the online beauty aggregator is looking to raise Rs 525 crore via fresh equity issuance. According to media reports the company intends to raise a total of Rs 4,000 crore. According to the company’s draft red herring proposal (DRHP) … Read more

India a tough market to operate: Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal

Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal said India is a tough market to operate in but the company will not focus on short term profits at the cost of long term success of the food delivery company. “India is a tough market to operate in, but if you are building to succeed in India, you are already … Read more

Flipkart raises $3.6 bn to fund its India expansion

The Flipkart Group, a homegrown consumer internet ecosystem, on Monday said it raised $3.6 billion to fund its digital commerce activities in India. The fundraise seen participation from global investors, including sovereign funds, private equity and crossovers in addition to Walmart. The new investment values Flipkart Group at $37.6 billion. This round of funding was … Read more

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

Amazon India’s recently held Small Business Days (SBD) has helped more than 84,000 Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) to bounce back from the economic disruptions caused by the second wave of Covid-19, the company said on Sunday. The three-day event was held between July 2 and 4. Of the 84,000, 68 per cent of the … Read more

A former Amazon executive is quietly building a new $1 billion business inside Instacart that’s trying to rival Facebook and Google

Instacart’s ad business generated hundreds of millions in sales last year. It’s led by an exec who grew Amazon’s ad operation into a Google and Facebook competitor. Some advertisers say Instacart doesn’t share enough strong data to make it worth larger investments. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Instacart is building an advertising business … Read more

Future belongs to organizations that can lead the digital revolution: Mukesh Ambani

For Reliance Industries’ Chairman, Mukesh Ambani future belongs to organizations that will lead and leverage the digital revolution. In his address to shareholders in the company’s annual report released on Wednesday, Ambani said, “As technology becomes a driving force in all businesses and facets of life, the future belongs to organizations that can lead and … Read more

Bezos wraps up Amazon stock sale for $6.7 billion, continues to hold 10%

Jeff Bezos sold $1.7 billion of Amazon.com Inc. stock, bringing the amount he’s unloaded this month to about $6.7 billion.   Bezos sold 521,936 shares under a pre-arranged trading plan, according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings. That brings the total sold in three batches in May to 2 million shares. He said in … Read more