Amazon deployed secret strategy to dodge India s regulators: Report
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Amazon deployed secret strategy to dodge India s regulators: Report
Reuters / Updated: Feb 17, 2021, 19:46 IST
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The documents reveal that the Amazon helped a small number of sellers prosper and gave them discounted fees. (File photo)
NEW DELHI: Amazon has for years given preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its India platform, publicly misrepresented its ties with the sellers and used them to circumvent increasingly tough foreign investment rules that affect e-commerce, internal company documents reviewed by Reuters show.
The documents, dated between 2012 and 2019, are reported here for the first time. They provide an inside look at the cat-and-mouse game Amazon has played with the government, adjusting its corporate structures each time the Centre imposed new restrictions aimed at protecting small traders.