Amazon and Walmart Face the Ire of 70 Million Indian Shopkeepers

(Bloomberg) — In the heart of New Delhi’s largest wholesale bazaar, merchants who normally compete with each other have united against a common enemy.“Amazon, Flipkart!” one merchant after another shouts into a microphone from a small stage in Sadar Bazaar’s central traffic circle. Some 50 other shopkeepers gathered around shout back in unison: “Go back! Go back!”The sit-in, which created more chaos than usual among the rickshaws, motorbikes and ox-carts plying the market road, was one of as many as 700 protests against Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. — owner of local e-commerce leader Flipkart — that organizers say took …read more

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