Amazon and Flipkart competing hard to figure when Diwali begins.
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When I heard the story of Tony Hsieh’s tragic passing, the meaninglessness of the tragedy struck me deep. The death not only cut short his young life but also culled the dynamism of his ideas and a promise of a better future. I did not know Mr. Hsieh, but many whom I respect knew him and held him in high regard. Om Malik wrote a beautiful, heartfelt essay on what Tony Hsieh meant to people pursuing their ideas. I will write about the brilliance of Zappos, which was perhaps the biggest e-commerce acquisition of Amazon (1.2 billion USD in 2009), the first of their billion-dollar acquisitions. Zappos was not a run of the mill internet retailer. It was a strikingly…
Leave a CommentMukesh Ambani’s Jio, launched in 2016, with its aggressively underpriced service has risen to meet the increasing appetite of massive internet consumption in rural and suburban India. Jio is the Amazon of India, dominating the internet market and also making massive inroads into the granular retail market. Competitors in hushed tones are wary of Jio’s size and dominance, but customers absolutely can’t do without it due to price and convenience. Personally speaking, Jio absolutely transformed my travel experience in India.
Leave a CommentIn light of the recent conflicts, India has made a move to ban TikTok and Wechat and 57 other apps, made by firms that are all based in China. This ban is a big loss for ByteDance, as TikTok had surprisingly “cracked” the challenging mobile market in India. I explain the appeal of Tiktok in India. The issue with the Indian market typifies that challenges that face Chinese Internet firms that seek to go global.
Leave a CommentI explore the natural boundaries of Amazon’s customer obsession – tracing the notion from Aesop’s Fables to the Theory of Moral Sentiments.
Leave a CommentI have desisted from posting my Covid notes, as the days grew grim and the world is inundated with desperation. Stay well, dear reader.
Instead, I will write about Shipping. The pressure of online orders during the pandemic finally got to the more efficient e-commerce firm in the US: Amazon. WSJ reports that Amazon will be suspending its delivery service, Amazon Shipping, which was created as a competitor to FedEx and UPS to ship items from third party businesses to their customers. I argue why.
Leave a CommentSupply chain duels, like wars of conflict, are now increasingly global. Walmart and Amazon are entrenched in a long fight to win over e-commerce market in India.
It has been about 16 months from when Walmart acquired Flipkart to make inroads into India. Now, Walmart in India is making a pivot to B2B.
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