Indian traders, both brick-and-mortar and smaller online sellers, have long alleged that Amazon's platform largely benefits a tiny number of big sellers and that the American giant engages in predatory pricing that has crushed legions of retailers

In October last year, Aditya Birla Fashion's board had approved plans to raise Rs 1,500 crore by issuing a 7.8 per cent stake on a preferential basis to Walmart-owned Flipkart Group

With lockdowns heavily restricting physical store sales and consumers flocking to online mode of shopping, 2020 saw a dramatic shift in consumption behaviour and adoption of the digital medium

Mukesh Ambani built three sector-dominating businesses under RIL and cleaned off the conglomerate's debts by raising Rs 2.89 lakh crore

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail, Jeff Bezos's Amazon Inc. and the Walton family's Walmart-Flipkart combo are pitching themselves for the long haul in Indian retail

How Mukesh Ambani, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Walmart's Doug McMillon are fighting to get a bigger slice of India's $850 billion retail market

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Reliance Retail closed nine deals with eight investors between September 25 and November 9. The investors included Silver Lake, KKR, Mubadala, ADIA, GIC, TPG, General Atlantic and PIF

Although Flipkart did not disclose the financial details of the investment, it said that it will work in tandem with Fashion brand USPL to deepen product offerings on its e-commerce platform

According to Future Retail, the Emergency Arbitrator order was passed in arbitration proceedings initiated by Amazon by invoking an arbitration clause in a contract to which it is not a party

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It will be interesting to note that Ambani's trump card in this retail war will be his partnerships with the US technology companies. Facebook and Google hold stakes in Ambani's digital venture Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL)

With this acquisition, Walmart-owned Flipkart Group will strengthen the wide array of brands offered on its e-commerce platforms Myntra and Flipkart, deepening its association with Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL)

Arbitration hearing pertains to a legal notice issued by Amazon for alleged breach of agreement signed with Future group. It had raised objections over Rs 24,713 crore deal saying Future Group didn't seek prior permission before signing deal with RIL

The company bet it could do a better job of bridging online and offline data for its advertisers and give itself a shot at developing an ad platform that could take on Amazon.com Inc

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2020 sale will kick off at midnight on October 16 for Prime subscribers. Flipkart's Big Billion Days 2020 sale will begin at 12 noon on October 15 for Plus members

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The deal with Amazon was also conditional based on the government's FDI policy permitting foreign multi-brand retailing firm

Amazon, Reliance and Walmart Inc's Flipkart are in a battle to gain market share in India, where millions of middle class customers are newly adopting online purchases of food and groceries due to the COVID-19 pandemic