Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., ESRI India Technologies and Microsoft Corp., are among the technology firms that have signed preliminary agreements with Prime Minister Modi's administration to harness data from India’s farmers. Jio Platforms Ltd., ITC Ltd. and Star Agribazaar Technology, are some of the India-based companies that have signed up...
Walmart India Adopts New Sales Strategy
Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart's plan to crack India's giant consumer market, compete with Amazon.com Inc., and Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries -- who has announced plans to launch his own e-commerce initiative -- is to collaborate with the neighborhood stores. Twelve million neighborhood stores across India account for...
In India, Netflix and Amazon Adopt Different Marketing Strategies
Amazon.com Inc., and Netflix Inc., have contrasting approaches in the way they pursue growth in India and internationally. Netflix debuted in India 10 months ago; however it does not believe in a physical presence in the various countries globally where it operates. This is because content making decisions are taken...
Hyderabad, India, to Be Biggest Offshore Campus for Amazon Inc. by 2019
Spanning 3 million square feet, and spread over 10 acres of land, the new Amazon campus (for which the foundation stone was laid in the last week of March) will have “thousands” of employees managing back-end operations of Amazon’s various global businesses. The facility will also house a technology development...