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Amazon's Missteps in India's Quick-Commerce Market

- Amazon's decision to not enter India's quick-commerce market is proving costly as firms like Blinkit, Zepto, and Instamart thrive. - Quick-commerce in India is growing at over 125%, while traditional e-commerce growth lags at 11-12%. - Amazon's rival, Flipkart, has launched its own quick-commerce service, Flipkart Minutes, to capture urban market share. - Analysts suggest Amazon's focus has shifted to its cloud business, with $12.7 billion earmarked for AWS operations in India. - Regulatory challenges and strategic missteps have hindered Amazon's growth, allowing competitors to outpace the e-commerce giant. Source: [Techcrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/amazon-is-fumbling-in-india/)

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LankyJewellery

Amazon

a month ago

Everyone is just burning cash, wait a wail and 90% of these quick e-commerce will die or be cheaply bought
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Amazon India Set to Enter Quick Commerce Market in 2025

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Meesho

Quick commerce is fast evolving from a BigBasket/Kirana alternative to an Amazon alternative 💪🏻

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/non-grocery-items-deliver-bright-growth-to-dark-stores/articleshow/109226337.cms

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by WittyFeed

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by AGIcoming

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by BiryaniEnthu

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Quick commerce isn't easy. BigBasket tried & hasn't been 'quick enough'

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by BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

Too much money too soon, where have we seen that?

While I'm proud of these two revolutionising the quick commerce space, I somehow have a bad feeling about this Profits aren't coming, money is flowing Don't know what the VCs are seeking? Why bake a a pie that you can't eat later?

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by tenet

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by DeadlyPod52

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