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04-19-2017, 04:22 PM
How Softbank is adding spice to the Amazon-Alibaba battle in Indian e-commerce
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Venture Beat recently published a piece (https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/15/indias-e-commerce-battle-is-**t-indian-anymore/) headlined 'India’s e-commerce battle is **t Indian anymore' that highlighted the battle between Amazon and China's Alibaba Group in the world's fastest-growing e-commerce market.
But there's probably a third player in the game too. And that is Japanese telecom and investment giant Softbank which is suddenly the buzzword in India's e-commerce world.*
SEE ALSO: Softbank reportedly wants to merge India's top online retailers to take on Amazon (http://mashable.com/2017/03/28/softbank-merging-online-retailers-fight-amazon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
After trying to broker a merger between India's homegrown online marketplaces, Flipkart and Snapdeal (where Softbank holds a 30 percent share), it is **w looking to invest in the country's biggest mobile wallet firm, Paytm.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/19/softbank-taking-on-amazon-alibaba-india-ecommerce/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Venture Beat recently published a piece (https://venturebeat.com/2017/04/15/indias-e-commerce-battle-is-**t-indian-anymore/) headlined 'India’s e-commerce battle is **t Indian anymore' that highlighted the battle between Amazon and China's Alibaba Group in the world's fastest-growing e-commerce market.
But there's probably a third player in the game too. And that is Japanese telecom and investment giant Softbank which is suddenly the buzzword in India's e-commerce world.*
SEE ALSO: Softbank reportedly wants to merge India's top online retailers to take on Amazon (http://mashable.com/2017/03/28/softbank-merging-online-retailers-fight-amazon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
After trying to broker a merger between India's homegrown online marketplaces, Flipkart and Snapdeal (where Softbank holds a 30 percent share), it is **w looking to invest in the country's biggest mobile wallet firm, Paytm.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/19/softbank-taking-on-amazon-alibaba-india-ecommerce/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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