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India: Amazon Signals Tough Marketplace Competition with Walmart

Rachel Gunter
Updated
India: Amazon Signals Tough Marketplace Competition with Walmart

Amazon’s (AMZN) Indian subsidiary is expanding its seller lending program, with the move coming only a few weeks after Walmart (WMT) revealed a plan to make a massive investment in India’s e-commerce industry. Walmart is buying a 70% equity stake in Flipkart for $16 billion, a transaction that could see it buy out current Flipkart investors such as eBay (EBAY). Flipkart is Amazon’s main rival in India’s e-commerce industry, so this is a big move by Walmart to improve its competition with Amazon.

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