Committed to creating conducive ecosystem for Indian brands to start exporting: Amazon
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Committed to creating conducive ecosystem for Indian brands to start exporting: Amazon
PTI / Apr 16, 2021, 21:19 IST
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NEW DELHI: E-commerce major Amazon on Friday said it is committed to working with government agencies and partners to create a conducive ecosystem to lower entry barriers for Indian businesses to start and expand their exports business.
Amazon vice president (International Marketplaces and Retail) Eric Broussard said more than 70,000 businesses in India are part of the company s global selling programme that enables merchants to reach customers across the world. .thousands of our sellers from India played a key role in serving customers globally during this period (of pandemic).In this changed world, the pace of technology adoption has accelerated. There has been a structural shift in online shopping behaviour, he said at the Am
There is a huge opportunity to create global brands from India. Customers across the world are buying from businesses around the globe and this presents a tremendous opportunity to businesses in India, said Eric Broussard, Vice President, international marketplaces and retail, Amazon. E-commerce brings this opportunity closer to businesses irrespective of their size. It enables a level playing field and keeps the sellers and the entrepreneurs in charge of their inventory, the markets they want to sell in and work to create a global brand for themselves. With Amazon Global Selling, Broussard said Indian exporters can today list their products on 17 international marketplaces or websites of Amazon. They can get access to 150 million paid Prime members and over 300 million customers in 200 countries and territories across the world.
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