Amazon booming in India, enabling exports and creating jobs
In 10 years, the online giant has enabled $3bn worth of exports of Indian-made goods and created more than a million jobs in the country
08 April 2021 - 11:37
Bangalore — Amazon offered a rare peek into the pandemic-era growth of its Indian business while it battles Walmart in its biggest overseas market.
The US online giant said it has enabled exports of Indian-made goods worth $3bn and created over a million local jobs since it began operating in the country about a decade ago — about $1bn of that and 300,000 jobs since January 2020 alone. About 250,000 new sellers have joined Amazon.in since and more than 50,000 offline retailers and neighbourhood stores are now on the platform, the company’s country chief said...
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