Ignoble Oscars go to Narayanamurthy, Amit Agarwal, Jeff Bezos
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New Delhi, April 15 : The crowning glory moment of the Asmbhav Summit was an evening marked by a high note of sarcasm and thought-provoking mirth.
The Asmbhav Awards, a not so honourable recognition, were bestowed on individuals who really swung the axe of destruction amidst the innocent lot of the small Indian retailer.
The winners really made the possible, well, impossible.
The awardees were decided after enough careful thought and deliberation and were chosen on the basis of their singular, single-handed prowess in laying waste the dreams, aspirations and lives of the humble Indian retailer and merchant who now have, thanks to these worthies, only their empty lives to lose.
Local traders, small sellers, retailers and SMBs got together to organise a day-long virtual summit Asmbhav (meaning impossible) on Thursday to coincide with Amazon India’s second edition of Smbhav, its summit for sellers, in order to protest against the “real agenda of foreign retailers posing as marketplaces,” by circumventing Indian laws.
Asmbhav Summit was organised by PRAHAR (public response against helplessness and action for redressal), AIOVA (All India Online Vendors Association, AICPDF ( All India Consumers Products Distributors Federation), AIMRA (All India Mobile Retailers Association), FAIDA (Federation of All India Distributors Associations) and FDTA (FMCG Distributor and Traders Association). These associations collectively represent over 6 lakh small sellers. The event saw small traders share the challenges they face while selling on e-commerce marketplaces run by MNC players and expects to create awareness around policy loopholes which they claim are being
Asmbhav Summit to raise voice against foreign e-com retailers
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New Delhi, April 14 : Representatives and supporters of over 6 lakh small Indian traders, distributors, and merchants, both off-line and on-line, have come together to launch a unique event, titled Asmbhav Summit . Asmbhav or impossible , manifests the belief of the sellers that till such time that India continues to allow foreign retailers to masquerade as marketplaces and platforms in India, success for small Indian sellers would be impossible.
The Asmbhav event is being concurrently held with Amazon s event, Smbhav 2021 which is ostensibly being positioned as a friend and guide to its small sellers and trader partners.
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