Amit Agarwal

Amazon’s highly anticipated Prime Day event is back on July 16 starting at 12 noon IST and running through midnight on July 17. Now in its second year in India, Prime Day will be bigger than last year with...

Amazon India announced its first Prime Day sale to be held on Tuesday July 11, 2017. Prime members enjoyed 30 hours of deal shopping starting at 6:00 pm on Monday, July 10 and got exclusive access to over 30...

Amazon India has announced its first Prime Day to be held on Tuesday July 11, 2017. Prime members can enjoy 30 hours of deal shopping starting at 6:00 pm on Monday, July 10 – and be the first in...

Amazon will continue to invest in India in expanding infrastructure and bringing in solutions that enhance consumer and seller experience as the US-based e-commerce major looks to overtake local rival, Flipkart. According to a PTI report: Amazon, which has completed...

Amazon India head Amit Agarwal has been elevated to the post of Senior Vice President, Amazon. The company confirmed the development in an emailed statement. "This indicates how excited Amazon is about the progress the company is making in India and...

Admitting that the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a key reform which will simplify the tax compliance, the e-commerce players on Thursday, however, said the proposed tax collection at source will hurt lakhs of small sellers by...

Irked by leading e-retailer Amazon selling skateboards and bedspreads with images of Hindu god Ganesha, Hindus in the US on Tuesday urged it to immediately withdraw them from its online platform. "We are disappointed with Amazon.com for continuing to carry...

Cashing in on the ongoing demonetization drive across India, Amazon India is witnessing triple-digit growth in its sales as it has switched to various electronic payments platforms, said the company's Vice President and Country Manager Amit Agarwal. "When demonetization was...

E-commerce giant Amazon said its business in India saw a "short term impact" in the immediate aftermath of demonetization but has since then bounced back to "triple digit growth rate", with ten-fold jump in customers opting for e-payment at...

The festival season, which is considered the most significant period for Indian e-commerce companies in terms of sales generated, has recently concluded with Flipkart, Amazon, and Snapdeal, the three biggest e-commerce websites in the country claiming major gains. All three say that this year's sale was the biggest so far and all of them have claimed to achieve a major milestone in some way or the other. As per industry estimates, just one day of festive sales generate anywhere between $300-400 million (about Rs 2,000-3,000 crore) in orders for the e-commerce players. While the gross sales number achieved by three of them during last month's sales season is still unknown, this year proved to be different in terms of many firsts. Where holding 'multiple' sales event in itself was an industry first, here's a list of major trends indicating a significant evolution in consumer...