Can Amazon Succeed In India?

Amazon just opened its largest office building yet in Hyderabad, India. The new space represents the company’s commitment to the Indian market, where it faces steep competition from Walmart-owned Flipkart. Despite recently introduced regulations that make it difficult for foreign-owned e-commerce companies to compete, Amazon is adopting new retail strategies as it looks to India as its next major growth market.
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Can Amazon Succeed In India?

[@udayrathod3786]

Buckle up India, we got 10 years worth of discounts left

[@epicprince8196]

ebay.com has better deals better people selling new or used items. One can even find awesome / out of this world deals in auctions.

[@Kamleshbishtcom]

I miss eBay in india

[@VaidyatheDr]

*cant wait*

[@AdityaSingh-oe7bz]

@Beep Bop they have reentered India by buying stakes in paytm mall

[@NikhilMaurya10]

@@epicprince8196 We need better used items market in india. It's not usually easy to find cheap second hand items.

[@yashohit]

Everything is good but the Amazon's App is awful, I don't know why such a big company has a app like this. It feels like we are shopping in windows 98.

[@AdityaSingh-oe7bz]

really.. flipkart app is so much soothing.. amazon app is repulsive

[@VishalSingh-sd6hf]

Indeed

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw nah Amazon sucks ass. UI is too slow, many fake reviews

[@OriginalDubb]

Works flawlessly on IOS

[@updatewithankit3133]

Shi bole bhai

[@ShujathHussain0]

one amazon is shrinking whereas other is expanding

[@hodorhodor6925]

bro ha Brazil’s voice to burn the Amazon for their own goods has nothing to do with Amazon or companies

[@YTworld-69]

Deep

[@amansaurav1520]

@@hodorhodor6925 consumption model leads to pollution leading to climate change

[@justaname4288]

@@amansaurav1520 consumption model is basically the reason why you are commenting on this video against it

[@Eren-da-Jaeger]

not many people get this

[@Anon46d246]

1:14 “the country recently rolled out its 4G network". But I have been using 4G since 2015 in India. Always One or more wrong facts in these news channels.

[@abhigyanverma6542]

Welcome to CNBC

[@rupendra79]

4G in real sense that is for masses is with Jio's entry in 2016, although 4g was first launched by airtel way back in 2012. Though using 4g since 2016 but speeds are still 3g here at my place.

[@ArunKarumathil]

@@rupendra79 It is radio wave man. Anywhere in the world, the bandwidth can become weak at certain places. I live in UK and 4G is a pain in the bum at certain places. I have used 4G in Kerala on my vacations and speeds are quite good there. My mom uses BSNL 4G and it seems fine too.

[@sunnymishra28]

Yes, even they use old photos and videos

[@AG-vc2ee]

india's 4g speed is laughable

[@princesingh6961]

Amazon is a success. Cuz it has focused in towns and smal cities as well

[@birb850]

Prince That’s not a reason

[@princesingh6961]

@@birb850 im from India and that's one of the main reason

[@hardrock342]

@@birb850 it is one of the main reasons. I am from a small town of india and it just takes 2-3 days to deliver products here. Amazon has done absolutely good job. Another reason is because of books. We don't have libraries here so gotta depend on kindle for some literature books or delivery for academic books and mangas.

[@hemantakakati1103]

Im also from a small town but it takes exactly 5 days to arrive products...

[@akramhussain3647]

Sala humre gaon me nhi ata

[@raptorfast538]

Amazon might've started the E Retail store in 2014, but they set up they're office's in India well before that, way back in 05'. The reason they're doing well is because they've spent nearly 9 years in understanding the market!

[@treborironwolfe978]

Bezos reminds me of Brain from the old "Pinky and the Brain" cartoon. "So, Brain, what're we doin' tomorra night?!" "Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Same thing we've always done..."

[@blaze556922]

Much before, isn't correct. Way before, well before, prior to, etc. You're welcome 🙂

[@raptorfast538]

@@blaze556922 thanks :)

[@treborironwolfe978]

@@blaze556922 grammar troll ;)

[@blaze556922]

@@treborironwolfe978 Having the correct information makes someone a troll? Clearly you're confused. You're the troll in this situation kid. Now get back under your bridge...

[@hgff69]

Amazon will win but Apple will never ever succeed in India. Please the consumer, win the market.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

@Daan Made in Holland huawei will succeed in india instead, then india will bow to china. :)

[@zekekace6882]

@@jarrodyuki7081 china for sure can give competition but the kind of geopolitics sort of awareness is growing many of the local markets and people are boycotting Chinese major electronics companies(still in small scale). For Ex- recently there was mass protest(at least in my state) in favour of boycotting Chinese companies when china vetoed in UNSC against declaring Masood Azhar (head of one of the biggest terror group in Pakistan).

[@georgebalan6201]

Daan Made in Holland Actually, the Apple A12 chip is 1 year ahead of of the snapdragon 845, (the chip used in the pocophone), and the A12 chip is even more powerful than the 855.

[@jarrodyuki7081]

@@zekekace6882 india is surrounded by chinese allies. the only exception is bhutan.

[@zekekace6882]

@@jarrodyuki7081 Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is still can't be considered as Chinese ally TBH..

[@MarkWTK]

Oh boy, step 1 in world domination. Decades later even my underwear has the Amazon logo Edit: I see Amazon learned from Nestlé's mistake in India by establishing local shops to connect with the rural communities

[@janueldesouza2486]

Nobody has a stronger distribution network in India than Hindustan Unilever Limited. Nestle and Amazon have not even touched half of it yet!

[@tejateja6920]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@SG-zk4ot]

You can find tata salt , hul and itc products anywhere in India.

[@shubhankardasgupta4777]

@@BgmiJOINmyCLaN Bambani is completely filling up his pockets. One example is his JIO communication is now backflipped by many customers due to its low-quality service and a huge increase in its price. TATA is the cause of India's footsteps in global competitive marketing.

[@m11nt]

@@BgmiJOINmyCLaN Biggest joke

[@reeshabhjain]

amazon vs flipkart uber vs ola swiggy vs zomato/ubereats/ at the end consumer wins

[@joyal876]

But now India's GDP growth had slowed down. As of now even Pakistan have a better GDP growth rate than India. May be discounts not gonna last that long..

[@gmpgmpgmp]

But India has a higher volume even now

[@binayakbanerjee4238]

Just the reverse we are getting employed but we ourselves need to generate such employment in order to improve and contribute to our gdp.We need to work out in our manufacturing sector which is very much necessary.

[@gustofzephyr947]

@@joyal876 yeah but Pakistan is not a large economy. Amongst large economies, like America, China, Japan, Germany, etc, India still remains the fastest growing, with 7.2% in 2018 and projected 6.8% in 2019.

[@shashwatshagun4783]

@@joyal876 no pakistan grows 3-4% per year india now slowed is 6.8%.

[@AbhijitBiswasDBZ]

6-7 yrs of 4G is called just rolled out? Damn Edit: everyone is interested in this comment so I'll share useful info, 2012 India had first 4G phone launched by Huawei and later iPhone 5 was the main stream massly adopted phone, 2012 is when this happened,so that's how old 4G is in India.. 3 years after USA. Not bad, 2009 in USA was the same testing period so yeah

[@TheEarlyGamerTech]

Exactly

[@a-woke5283]

They do need to reinforce their image of India being a backward, poor filthy place. They can't sleep a night without feeling good about themselves through faux comparisons in their head. In fact, behind the scenes, the whole point of this video might be that instead of amazon.

[@avdeshalvaraz7721]

@@a-woke5283 well, there's no doubt that Western countries are 100x better, cleaner and much more prosperous than India. Most of the India is poor and dirty. But yeah it has some nice places too.

[@a-woke5283]

@@avdeshalvaraz7721 I'm not denying that. But over the last decade India has pulled 300mil people out of poverty. My point is their image of us is the same as it was 50 years ago, forget 10. Because that image makes them feel better about themselves. Its blindingly obvious that we're miles behind them but their perception is still very skewed.

[@AbhijitBiswasDBZ]

@@92sakthi that is not the rollout of 4G in the India, jio is almost 4 yrs old now. And they released 4G in USA in late 2009 and they'll not hear anything against it, whereas that was a single city tested rollout, actual rollout nationally was 2012-13 onwards...

[@nathancosta36]

*Closes amazon tab in India

[@rrrlovebuddy]

Didn't get you mate

[@weareorigin]

In Nepal last year, I saw about 3-7 Amazon.in ads in an hour of Nepal tv.

[@AdityaSingh-oe7bz]

what's the use?

[@sananthkumarmv3189]

How

[@NitzVision]

Nepali thought amazon is owned by dhoti ?

[@Nyu0005]

I think amazon needs to add a “bargaining” option to their websites to do well in India.

[@alwayscuriousbutsad6584]

I'm Indian, this is actually funny.

[@Akhil-gd7lp]

Well, they're already offering at discounted prices and have become the goto place to buy products online.

[@sananthkumarmv3189]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Akhil-gd7lp]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhwlol of course everyone knows that, pantry items are still cheaper than most for what you find outside

[@alextorres9421]

Amazon not in business of bargaining! They make more than a billion dollars in profit a year!

[@lucifer-mahiravana-iblessa4959]

Amazon prime is great success too! Best subscription

[@pax4370]

Sadly so. Dont prefer that a big corp has taken over bollywood and entertainment segment also. Its bad for creativity and freedom of expression. Firango ki channel ko biswas nehi kar pa rha hoon :p

[@pax4370]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw yhat means we have to work hard. Humara cinema firangion bana nehi payega. Lagaan ke jaise cinema bollywood se hi ho sakta hai. Hajar crore le ke bhi hollywood wo nehi kr payega. Kyunki humlogo ke bare mein sabse achha pata to humko hi hai na!

[@kshitizdewani3786]

@@pax4370 bhai Alt balaji aur zee5 me nanga naach dekhe ab hum? Gandi baat dekhe?

[@pax4370]

@@kshitizdewani3786 alt balaji aur zee 5 hue nehi pata. Wo dekhta nehi. Nehi pata. Par ye baat pata hai ki hume swadeshi cheezon ko badhawa dena hai. Doso sal angrejon ka gulami to isliye chhora tga.

[@RoyalPrabhat]

pax43 since when did Bollywood become creative?

[@sumukhakrishna4657]

BBC and CNN left the chat ...

[@lijie6431]

Why would they be in the chat to begin with ?

[@hardrock342]

2000 rs nano chip journalists sustained in chat.

[@drunkcat1713]

True 🤣🤣

[@ambujbhaskar9288]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw no, if you actually look closely the BBC always, literally always has unpopular opinions against majority of Indians they usually look like they are inciting hate against Indians just like they did 200years ago

[@lijie6431]

anon anon I understand now

[@00mpa1oomp4]

80% customer base outside top cities! damn that's impressive!!! especially in India where infrastructure in tier 2 cities & rural areas is still decades behind

[@chichan9013]

India and China are the best places to sell your products.

[@shauryasarin7030]

You are cute chi chan

[@StewieGriffin]

Good luck with the tariffs.

[@willchu]

@@KhalnayakNo.1 Another jealous Indian.

[@SanAntonioNewHomesForSale]

Hold up... 80%percent of the product is made in China and yall think Amazon can go in there and sell sh.it online for more than it's worth ?....

[@xcofcd]

@@LiquidVibes96 jup it's what the US used to be...

[@redblood1492]

My Pakistani friend asked me why ain't Amazon starting it's business in Pakistan? I said they don't deliver bombs or grenades. He blocked me. ☹️

[@deepaklm2796]

😂😂😂😂

[@hmm2928]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂✌️

[@xihangyang]

deliver by drone is banned in Pakistan. they have nightmare about drone.

[@tawongamunyanduri5874]

😂😂😂😂you knew what you were doing

[@asutoshmohanty5975]

Best comment in this section. Thousands of likes coming 😂😂😂

[@WycliffStudios]

Amazon has already conquered in India. I'm super thankful to Amazon for its services

[@rg7792]

Amazon is actively looking at good companies to have a stake. They already have Future group and are taking a stake in Reliance Retail.

[@akshat4311]

Reliance and Amazon are at war for Future group

[@rg7792]

@@akshat4311 Yes. Agree I had written 1 yr ago when Amazon was looking ar RIL Retail as an investment. Nothing came out. Now 7 mths ago they began a retail war for Market Share & Future Group.

[@akshat4311]

@@rg7792 glad you responded but I don't know the outcome. Do you know who accuried future retail

[@rg7792]

@@akshat4311 3% of Future Retail was acquired by Amazon and an agreement saying if Future Group was to get sold it will sell to Amazon. Then when when things got tough he decided to Reliance Retail but Amazon took Amazon & Future Group to court. Now both Court case & Future Group are waiting for next date. Meanwhile Big Bazaar has started once again in a small way.

[@akshat4311]

@@rg7792 ya this much I knew I thought they would had a decision regarding it

[@JajaborMusic]

I need the ads you have shown in the video. Please let me know where it is available.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Who wants ads?

[@Jitendrasingh-ps5eg]

Go to google ads

[@moviesunified6746]

one more thing to add, amazon prime is flourishing in india . amazon is investing heavily in prime video to provide content like webseries and movies in hindi language. local language content + good prime subscription price is connecting more people in amazon ecosystem. a online content war is going on in india, indian audience are hungry for content and amazon is winning in this front

[@rohanmaharjan2]

Amazon will succeed if it would run fast at initial than competing with rivals.

[@AbhinavXevents]

To run faster they have already incurred huge losses.🤣

[@fixmix9857]

Please bring amazon in Philippines our ecommerce sucks

[@ezekiel0606]

it's not that bad

[@dhavalchheda1626]

@@ezekiel0606 Oh it is definitely. There is a stark contrast in both.

[@yutuberboy]

PHIL IS NOT A MAJOR MARKET LIKE INDIA CHINA JAPAN.

[@Surendran69]

Eventually they will enter. Anyway ❤️ from 🇲🇾

[@nishitraj.]

They will eventually

[@urajoke2912]

BBC is crying after seeing this video. But thanks CNBC but CNBC can you show some new sides of India like Gurgaon cyber city, greater Noida, Kolkata Newtown not only poor sides, thanks.

[@rah8985]

But in the video the location shown was Hyderabad na ?

[@Abhyuday_rai]

@@rah8985 stock footages dude

[@rah8985]

@@Abhyuday_rai The buliding at 0:21 is located in Gachibowli (Hyderabad, Telengana ). And I can tell you the exact city or maybe even location of all the places covered in the video 😂 That's the advantage one gets having travelled and explored about 22 states of India . And yes there are few stock videos too in there .

[@Abhyuday_rai]

@@rah8985 ohh good you must be a traveller

[@rah8985]

@@Abhyuday_rai Complicated .. Father was working with Indian Air force ( now retired) so we travelled quite extensively along with him as kids and got to explore our beautiful country. And now as an adult and as a part of my job ,I ,in my individual capacity , too get to travel a lot to various states and cities . PS : I am not in the forces ,just in case you were wondering . Working with a MNC that is into market research .

[@vivekanandan5093]

To win Indian Market You have to Lose on ur Profit for a while....

[@Anvaya24]

Not always

[@vivekanandan5093]

@@Anvaya24 but majority times. It's not easy to conquer an spot here. U know ryt.

[@NovaDoll]

Amazon does not make money from their retail side. This is why most of their products are at cost and no normal companies can compete with them. They make nearly all of their money from their cloud services. The FBI and CIA use Amazon cloud and so does netflix.

[@vivekanandan5093]

@@NovaDoll true... The compensation of losses and investment come from US market

[@ahmxrd]

These mega-companies need to look at the Nigerian market. That market will be huge in the next 10 years

[@hemantsingh9533]

May be in 100 year

[@ahmxrd]

@@hemantsingh9533 15 years ago, the same would have been said about India.

[@angelaanaconda55]

Africa is pretty untapped. My dad's making hundreds of thousands there... The country I come from has a 70% under 35 population that can't find cool clothes and gadgets. ITS RIDICULOUS. People have gone there for a year and came back millionaires.

[@ahmxrd]

@@angelaanaconda55 the continent as a whole, especially that Nigerian market holds so much potential. The Chinese know this and are starting to pour in billions of dollars into Nigeria.

[@avdeshalvaraz7721]

Abhishek Gore so you go help them, invest your trillion dollars in africa and take africa out of china’s trap.

[@mechajay3358]

If Amazon can crack India's market, it's another step close to dominating in e-commerce Industry.

[@arijitguha6794]

You forgot to mention amazon Prime's role and indirect leverage to highlight amazon's brand image in india. Prime has done far better than netflix/hotstar in understanding Indian audience and brought up Indian content like "Mirzapur", "Pataal Lok" , "Panchaayet", "The Family Man" which has tremendously successful to make amazon a household name in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, towns and even in rural india, the india most popularly known as "Bharat".

[@DrStrangeLove2050]

Thank God! I was afraid i would never see any new Amazon videos from CNBC!

[@Truck_Kun69]

Amazon needs to rapidly improve its presence in India bcz Ambani is going to come in e-commerce sector 😂😂..

[@void2470]

Hhahahha. But sadly this time Ambani is up against bezos. Not gonna be easy

[@sharadjain2463]

Ambani should kick out this Amazon from India like Alibaba did in China .

[@bideshpaul8474]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bideshpaul8474]

@@sharadjain2463 Flipkart is better

[@sharadjain2463]

@Sameet Pattnaik We have no any indian owned company in E Commerce . China have their own companies in their internet sector .and Foreign companies are rulling & dominating our industry.

[@amithYT]

Whatever they said about rural service is true. In my area Flipkart doesn't offer its service, but Amazon does. So, Amazon is always my goto place.

[@rohitroll2119]

China has it's market closed with huge barriers.. so Amazon is moving on to India

[@user-ej6vt2hh3e]

No, we totally open our market for Amazon. Alibaba Taobao is cheaper, JD is faster, After entering the Chinese market for so many years, the user interface of amazon is as complicated as ever, and the service is even more complicated.

[@xcofcd]

The Chinese are very smart when it comes to this kind of protectionism. It's the same with foreign cryptocurrencies and ICOs they shut the door on. They know exactly what's going on there...

[@niralpatel3990]

moinmoin Can you please explain at a deeper level for better understanding?

[@dilipkumargraphicdesign7556]

@@user-ej6vt2hh3e how to watch KZbin videos in China

[@shatteredstar2149]

@@user-ej6vt2hh3e their services aren't that complex, it's pretty easy to use

[@boldjawad]

I'm an Amazon employee in Hyderabad. That campus is huge. It's actually built to accommodate 35000 employees. And there are 20 other Amazon offices here in Hyderabad.

[@ayushapoorva]

Only thing holding back India is regional stability, if China and Pakistan will mind there own business then we can become an economic hub. Also a bunch of reforms are required before our economy becomes mature.

[@AliPlays381]

Kashmir is The Biggest Problem And Your Modi Govt Also Modi Ma Himat Hoti To solution Nikalta Baat sa Kashmir Ka Na Ka Article 370 Hata Deta

[@anishabisht4213]

Bhai India media na dekh abhi Sri Lanka ke border cross karke Tamil Nadu ke machware fish chura rhe the unko pakda to protest karne lage

[@NoName-yf2cs]

Welcome to India .... Hope you know we have" Union "

[@nishchaysrivastava6251]

No Name it’s a corporate headquarter I guess

[@Wow_wow1]

Everything can be bought with money.

[@Sean-hz1rt]

Am from same city HYDERABAD...this Amazon new building is next to my house !!

[@zinalexzender6933]

Keep stone ready

[@imswaathik]

15k “workers”?! You mean people or employees. The next sentence referred to American employees as “people”. Be compassionate. And stop propagating stereotypes.

[@VishalSingh-sd6hf]

Amazon is good at service but it need to improve it's app interface in india.. it's worst than Flipkart.

[@utkarshchaudhary974]

I live in a very small town in Rajasthan, India but services from amazon here are just phenomenal. Returns, refunds, delivery everything is superfast and smooth.

[@abdullahsalleh5044]

Amazon surely has learnt so much from Apple and therefore India probably might be a good choice as the country is growing vastly in terms of economic, military, social and culture.

[@asutoshmohanty5975]

They are succeding. They now ship their products to even remotest villages of India

[@earumamaadu]

So just 2 companies control everything.

[@explorer6990]

.nah, there's, tataclicq, paytm mall, reliance digital and more

[@patronarti5745]

We have been using 4g for years now🤦

[@paulson2008]

I live in an Indian village and only way I can get the city creature comfort is through AMAZON.

[@funnygifs8055]

SweetScience93 May be that’s it real name. India have 15% Christian too

[@theendurance]

@SweetScience93 it's common with Indians and other people from South Asia. Very weird trend

[@knightrider693]

@SweetScience93 why tf do u care?

[@552mustang]

SweetScience93 What? Every Indian Christian you know does not have Indian names, or you just dont know many Indian Christians. Im Indian American, there are a ton of Christian Indians with anglo names Ive come across, especially in the South. Dont talk about what you dont know.

[@Salvo900]

SweetScience93, there are christians in india

[@RahulSharma-om1gp]

Amazon has succeeded in India to a great extend . Since India is growing fast now so Amazon has a great chance of succeeding more and more .

[@MohitGupta-xm5jg]

Amazon has such a good ecosystem that you don't want to buy from any other online site if even they have cheaper price. And do not forget Amazon prime.

[@DK-ul3lo]

I mean Jeff bezos finally tatsed Hyderabadi biryani 🔥

[@Mrinal.Choudhary]

Amazon prime has changed the game in India. With so many extra features, people are just commited now. It's gonna grow exponentially.

[@ironside7527]

Can’t you show some Good photos of india like Mumbai,banglore, Gurgaon etc???

[@rupendra79]

Why do u have problem with photos of crowded marketplaces of India? Are u interested in such buildings which ape western designs?

[@ironside7527]

@@rupendra79 Nahh

[@mysteriousvideos6267]

exactly im too thinking the same everytime western media wants tp degrade India .

[@avdeshalvaraz7721]

@@mysteriousvideos6267 India degrades itself by having the discriminatory cast system and pooing in your holy river. No doubt that most of the India is dirty. There's a reason why most of the foreigners think that India is a hellhole.

[@jinojohnson9653]

@@avdeshalvaraz7721 dont listen to pewdiepie. You are taking "facts" from a guy who does dumb gaming videos. Update your knowledge about india and then talk or atleast get your facts from good sources.

[@sisamusudroka3000]

Will they ship windows support?

[@babur75]

Please do a video on coupang, it is the amazon of South Korea! Would love to know if amazon is trying to enter the Korean market as well, and if potential government barriers will prevent them

[@KKKKKKK492]

Happy with Amazon services in India Thank you for being and investing in India🇮🇳 ...

[@AnkitVerma-hp1ni]

Soon Jio or reliance going to enter e-commerce market with the huge investment to take on market. And as the history says they are really aggressive. Soo good luck Amazon 😏

[@sakthikumaran6654]

i will trust a MNC like amazon than a crony hindiwala business guy like ambani n its jio!!

[@AnkitVerma-hp1ni]

Don't judge a company because of it's origin country is same as yours, results are not always bad like u. Give it a try. May be it's better than Amazon or at par and if not market forces will throw out that company. Give it a try.

[@JyotiDeka1989]

Isn't there an app called AJIO, which sells clothes and other lifestyle products?? I never bought anything from it by the way.

[@samyakparashar5741]

How old is the footage you use in ......??

[@GoodnessPC]

1:48 CNBC seems to be way too much insecure to add bookmarks of competitiors !!

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

$673 billion retail market output, $180 billion ICT sector India, 300 million middle class consumers that's what Amazon needs.

[@atherrasool1171]

Welcome to Hyderabad !!

[@Lucifer-ez2pl]

The image of india which is portraying here is typically western minded. Old pictures with stereotyping. Oh western media its 2021 lots of changed and changing. 🤣

[@ihmpall]

India’s per capita income is below half of African countries. It has the most stunted children in the world. They are actually being ji. E

[@devanshbhatt7941]

i prefer flipkart you know why because of the app interface in Amazon

[@malacki6554]

If you think amazons intentions in India are good, then you’re a very naive person

[@asdsmil4890]

@Ras Bas Amazon gives really good services but it also send the money to USA which decreases our foreign reserves.

[@anishabisht4213]

Welp maybe bezos don't know Indian customers yet 🙃 i created a dozen virtual identities and got a ton of free cashback, plus amazon is creating jobs, cheaper goods and transport goods to even small villages

[@gobimurugesan2411]

I hate their app. Pls copy flipkart app Amazon

[@Raj.Pandya]

Just because you hate the app it doesn't mean others hate the app too.

[@reeshabhjain]

@@Raj.Pandya bro amazon app sucks yes they have good service but there app sucks.They need good app developers

[@aaronstone6183]

@@Raj.Pandya The app sucks big time.. i mean it feels like I'm still surfing on some 20 yr old web

[@lohitbhambri7615]

Most important factor is price. When I want to purchase a particular product from e commerce I compare it on both Amazon and Flipkart. Wherever I get a better deal I purchase from that place. Delivery time of both e-commerce is comparable. But I think only one department where Amazon isnt comparable with Flipkart is fashion. Flipkart is killing this field with its subsidiaries (Myntra and Jabong)

[@legendemperor9150]

*"Amazon has already succeeded in India"*

[@arnabdebadhikary4844]

Flipkart is bad but Amazon is best especially for electronic products

[@pranaym3859]

And Amazon has best logistics service

[@knowledgesociety5492]

Hi Sonai. How are you?

[@Nishith8]

Flipkart is better in electronics and fashion

[@JMian]

Are you talking about white-label products or branded ones? If branded then flipkart is the best.Typing from a samsung laptop purchased in 2012 from flipkart

[@aayushroy0609]

I regularly buy from both and have yet to have a bad experience. I buy from whoever has a better price.

[@sai1744]

It is good that they put it in Hyderabad, considering how fast the city is developing and their location.

[@eagleplug3348]

It sucks

[@muradbatyrow6572]

India growing very fast and their product good quality than China's product, and I wish them in future well life. Hello from Turkmenistan

[@nopomegranates1876]

I'd rather India come up with their own "Amazon" than grow the already large Monopoly that Amazon is

[@joelfernandes23]

It's called "Flipkart" which is now owned by Walmart.

[@neetujain6451]

Indians did come up with it and it was sold

[@neetujain6451]

Indians did come up with it and it was sold..

[@mirzaahmed6589]

What's wrong with a foreign company? Does every country need its own Facebook, Google, or Amazon? Most of those would never make money.

[@joshuatheunkownuniverse.2475]

@@mirzaahmed6589Yup For the global hegemony, most of the private companies and product should be Indian. Without control over major world market, India can not represent itself.

[@stayinawesum]

1/2 of the population depends on agriculture employment wise

[@rohitroll2119]

60%

[@ujwalmokashi6702]

Those are on paper stats. Farmers are smarter than you think. Dairy, poultry, bee keeping, prawn culture etc are considered as agriculture. They'll have investments here n there they'll show they land and don't pay taxes. No tax in India for agriculture

[@rohitroll2119]

Wow. The whole world is United in avoiding taxes it seems.

[@bucca2]

“Amazon looks to edge out international and local competitions” HELL WORLD HELL WORLD HELL WORLD

[@adkinsy85]

I hope everything goes well 🙏😊

[@pramit7745]

*They already succed in India* ❤️. *They r Better than stupid small shops*

[@VaidyatheDr]

Those stupid small shops costs more than double

[@pramit7745]

@@VaidyatheDr cause they r stupid 😖

[@samiullakhan9571]

Thanks AMAZON for selecting HYDERABAD we love you..!!

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

India changing only the way it can, how fast India can change as a opportunity?

[@veenray8174]

I am not sure whether Amazon will succeed in future or not but what I do know is that CNBC has swelled over 900K subscribers and seem to have a bright future.

[@d-4h190]

Anyone from Hyderabad ..?? 😀😀 Proud Hyderabadi..🤗🤗😎

[@vamshireddy974]

Yeah

[@N5cool]

Amazon supports so many brands in 🇮🇳, they are also making money from Amazon kindle and Amazon prime.

[@smalhazi]

So what you're saying? Indians are paying for prime and kindle services on monthly basis? Sounds like BS

[@akihokokurosaki]

@@smalhazi ofcourse they do, Even I've subscribed to prime for streaming.

[@debooks2553]

At 1:37, right before flipkart is mentioned we see a guy pushing a cart backwards out of Walmart. Nice transition.

[@arijitguha6794]

Amazon is voted as the most "trustworthy" brand by the Indian consumers. The prime reason it is way ahead of Flipkart and Snapdeal is its customer-centric approach, reliability and the trust consumers have on it. In India, you have to pay the price for customer's sentimental value. Once a customer gone, it's hard to get back the loyalty.

[@nickhilpatil]

Flipkart is good but Amazon is perfect.

[@digitalsubodh2592]

Maza tab aaye...jab log "Amazon vs Flipkart" karte reh jaayein...Aur maze koi aur hi aake le jaaye 😂😂😂😂😂

[@madhavsharma6816]

Future retail group deal was blocked by reliance. Mukesh Ambani be like : Hold my beer

[@never__alone]

Well i used to buy only from Flipkart, then Amazon launched the Amazon Prime and it changed the game, one day delivery, in some products same day delivery, i only use Amazon these days.

[@blackdoe7501]

Nobody: CNBC: Can Indians succeed in India?

[@TheFourthWinchester]

I'd much rather spend my money in local shops and help their life improve rather than help Amazon grow even larger and have more power. In the end, Amazon will cost you more than local shops if they get market dominance. This has been proven time and again in the Western nations. Anyways, Flipkart was always better than Amazon. The only reason to get Prime in Amazon is for the Prime Videos.

[@ransom4734]

Amazon understand indian market very well and according to it adapt itself that's why they are getting successful in india I personally love this brand

[@brajeshsingh2391]

I also have a suggestion for Amazon. they can start paid tours of their head office in India. I am sure given its location, design and size there will be many visitors who will be willing to pay a fortune and see the office and how Amazon operates. Like the Coke museum in Atlanta.

[@juice8431]

''fortune'' lmao

[@beamerUSA]

6:00

[@WhosJayB]

Amazon should come Trinidad try something new in the Caribbean

[@osobori]

Amazon is in Puerto Rico and Bahamas I think

[@preciousjose]

Small market, it'll be a while until these big corporates try to cash in from carribean markets.

[@kannan-sar1758]

Mate population difference matters, 1.3billion is a wide market and foreign companies don't come with any good intentions either

[@nickolasabbott3153]

Yeah they can give jobs to sooo many warehouse workers in India

[@MrSchwifty327]

What do you mean recently rolled out 4g I've been using 4g for years

[@Zoza15]

I for one congratulate India for this amazing opportunity to get Amazon to build the Indian Economy. And i´m also happy to see India having more production regarding goods over China, Good for India good for the world. No backstabbing economics hopefully..

[@franchocou]

Amazon has destroyed over 30% retailer in the United States alone and pay zero in taxes, so?

[@anishabisht4213]

@@franchocou lol they're running huge losses in india and govt taxes them heavily here

[@moonkrane1588]

Amazon is amazing ❤️❤️❤️

[@krishnaSagar69]

Almost 90% things I buy online I buy them on Amazon !

[@Avijit.305]

Amazon will succeed because it has good service. I live in remote village and hare too it gives quick service. But it has to improve its app.

[@illuminati7294]

"Cash cow", nice.

[@motherduckery3186]

Honestly, this is really scary, especially the part where they're setting up smaller rural brick and mortar stores where people can come to learn how to order things on their smartphones.

[@ree9119]

Hi CNBC, maybe you can review Go-Jek in Indonesia :)

[@Unknown_Ooh]

The office is India is so huge because labor there costs next to nothing to Amazon US HQ so they can easily double the staffing and get double the productivity than they can back in the States.

[@pax4370]

Amazon needs India way more than India needs amazon. Frankly i personally felt better if flipkart (not boyghtoff by walmart) were expanding and doing good. Its microsoft scenario again.

[@pax4370]

@Getafix which nationaliy you belong to?

[@jinojohnson9653]

@@pax4370 you are from?