Regulatory challenges in India bring Amazon, Walmart into unlikely alliance

2019 could be a year of intense corporate slugfest. The third of a four-part series focuses on the Indian e-tailing market

The rivalry between Amazon India and US retail giant Walmart, which bought over Indian e-tail firm Flipkart in 2018, to corner a bigger share of the over $100 billion Indian e-commerce market will intensify in 2019. However, even as they fight it out, regulatory challenges on foreign e-commerce players in India is also bringing the two into an unlikely alliance.
 
The next big battle between Walmart and Amazon India will be fought in two key areas: Building an offline presence to complement online sales and an aggressive thrust in the grocery and foods business. It’s another matter that grocery