Ecommerce news India | Traders to protest against Amazon at Jantar MantarPosted by B2B on March 4th, 2020 Ecommerce news India | Traders/Merchants to stage protest today at Jantar Mantar against ecommerce giants Amazon/Flipkart Ecommerce news India - CAIT (Confederation of Indian Traders) is organizing a protest at Jantar Mantar, in the national capital, on Wednesday to show their anger at foreign online retailers in the field of e-commerce making it big in ecommerce news in India. This, while the American e-commerce company Amazon begins its symbolic two-day summit for SMEs in the national capital. The event will likely bring Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to the country, according to numerous media reports. It is expected that the American billionaire, Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994 will face the heat of many merchant associations and retailers in India, where dozens of small retailers, distributors, and mobile phone store owners will be stirred against the big discounts offered by electronic retailers (ecommerce retailers) such as Amazon & Flipkart and encouraged to forcing them to comply with the guidelines Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy. In total, 5,00,000 merchants/traders are expected to protest at more than 300 locations in India on January 15, CAIT said. On Wednesday, merchants will meet in Jantar Mantar in Delhi between 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, a member of the CAIT told. In addition, protests will be held at other locations apart from Delhi. Reports said that these protests are trending in ecommerce news in India. The online retailer will organize a two-day event in the capital, starting January 15. "Smbhav", a collaboration event for SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises), will be attended by top industry executives, such as Kishore Biyani, Piyush Pandey, among others; while Amazon's chief executives, such as Amit Agarwal (Amazon's country head, India), are expected to address Small business owners rather than collaborating with online retail products, services and platforms. Read More : https://business2business.co.in/article/2126/ecommerce-news-india Like it? Share it!More by this author |