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The All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stressing that Amazon’s operations in India should be suspended until a probe into the company is done.
AIMRA, a trade union that represents more than 1.5 lakh mobile phone retailers in the country, said that Amazon, along with leading mobile brands, have joined hands to derail the retail industry and put small retailers’ life in danger.
The association said that Amazon is doing business in India with the strategy of deftly dodging the regulators and politicians.
E-commerce companies promote sales on their platforms through their own preferred sellers.
Indian traders ask government to investigate Amazon, impose daily cap on smartphone sales
A group of Indian traders has asked the government to investigate Amazon s business practices in the country and impose a daily cap on a single seller s online smartphone sales.
Manas Tiwari | March 2, 2021 | Updated 12:02 IST
AIMRA said in its letter that government should cap a single seller s daily smartphone sales on Amazon.
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Traders accuse Amazon of wrong practices.
AIMRA seek investigation into Amazon s business practices.
A group of Indian traders has asked the government to investigate Amazon s business practices in the country and impose a daily cap on a single seller s online smartphone sales. The demand has been made by All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) representing 150,000 mobile phone stores across the country in a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The letter cites an earlier report which claimed that Amazon has given preferential treatme
150,000 mobile retailers urge PM Modi to probe Amazon s business practices in India
The report was based on internal Amazon documents dated between 2012 and 2019. We were already aware of Amazon s thought process and strategy, the All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) wrote in the letter
Reuters | March 2, 2021 | Updated 10:24 IST
Amazon says it doesn t give preferential treatment to any seller on its marketplace and has always complied with Indian law
A trade group representing 150,000 mobile phone stores on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to investigate Amazon s business practices in the country and impose a daily cap on a single seller s online smartphone sales. In a letter sent to Modi, the group cited a Reuters special report published last month that revealed Amazon has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its Indian platform, using them to circumvent the country s strict foreign investment regulations.
Amazon’s operations in India should be suspended until an investigation into the company is completed, the All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) said.