The US-based ecommerce behemoth has always complied with local laws, he added.
Agarwal also reiterated Amazon<\/a>’s commitment to empowering small sellers on its platform, countering narratives that it favours only a few large sellers.
“In the long run, the priorities of the government, namely digital empowerment and inclusion, are aligned with our business priorities. We can only grow if more sellers come online and bring selection, and more customers come online to buy from Amazon,” he said.
Amazon said more than 4,100 businesses did sales worth over Rs 1 crore each last year, translating to at least Rs 4,000 crore from small sellers on its platform.
The company’s cumulative exports from India have grown to $2 billion and it has signed up 150,000 new sellers as well as 50,000 local shops in the last year, offsetting some of the drop in sales in offline retail.
“I’m sure the government recognises and appreciates that,” Agarwal added.
Despite e-commerce<\/a> accounting for just 3% of India’s retail sector, it is playing a meaningful role in the country’s economic recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and will play a big role in growth over the next decade, he said.
He also sought a framework to accelerate growth of e-commerce<\/a> rather than policies that would restrict it.
“What we look forward to is more of a stable, predictable, and enabling policy framework that can help realise this potential. It should allow more opportunities for all businesses to go online, help ease of doing business online and reduce compliance burden,” Agarwal said.
The government is considering further refinements to its policies governing e-commerce marketplaces.
Recently, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said the government may issue further clarity to ensure e-commerce companies follow the rules in letter and spirit, reiterating his stance since assuming office in May 2019.
On the business front, Agarwal said that there has been a structural shift towards consumers buying online because of the pandemic, while sellers who have moved online would continue to do more on the internet<\/a>.
There is, however, no data to accurately reflect this shift as the situation has yet to normalise fully, he added.
On segments of e-commerce that are expected to show growth in the short to medium term, Agarwal said the company was excited about combining its Pantry and Fresh products in cities where they both were available, as these were driving growth.
Amazon’s local shops initiative had vastly increased selection on the platform, as 80% of the items that these stores were listing had not been previously available on the platform, he added.
“We see a large opportunity in rolling out our one grocery offering across all the cities where both Fresh and Pantry are available. We are also testing pharmacies in Bangalore. It's a complicated category and we want to be very careful because safety and people's health is at stake. But that is definitely an area that we need to continue to experiment and figure out how to serve customers,” Agarwal said.
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亚马逊的业务目标是符合政府的长期优先级数字赋权和包容,印度的头阿米特·阿加瓦尔在一次采访中告诉等。
美国电子商务巨头一直遵守当地法律,他补充说。
阿加瓦尔重申亚马逊的承诺,让小销售商在其平台上,对抗叙事,它只支持几个大卖家。
“从长远来看,政府的优先级,即数字赋权和包容,是与我们的业务优先级。我们只能增长如果更多卖家上线,将选择,和更多的顾客来在线从亚马逊购买,”他说。
亚马逊表示,4100多家企业做销售价值超过1卢比去年,翻译至少4000卢比从小型卖家在其平台上。
从印度公司累计出口增长到20亿美元,它已经签署了150000年新卖家以及50000年当地商店去年,抵消一些线下零售销售额下降了。
“我相信政府认可和赞赏,”阿加沃说。
尽管电子商务印度零售业的仅占3%,这是该国经济复苏发挥有意义的作用Covid-19大流行后,将在经济增长中扮演着重要的角色在接下来的十年,他说。
他还寻求一个框架加速增长电子商务而不是政策限制。
“我们期待着更多的是一种稳定的、可预测的,并使政策框架,可以帮助实现这一潜力。它应该允许更多的机会对所有企业上网,帮助缓解做生意的在线和减少合规负担,”阿加沃说。
政府正在考虑进一步改进其政策管理电子商务市场。
最近,商业和工业部长总裁Goyal说,政府可能问题进一步清晰,确保电子商务公司遵守规则的字母和精神,2019年5月就职以来重申他的立场。
在业务方面,阿格沃尔说,有结构转向消费者在线购买,因为大流行,而卖家已经在线将继续做更多的事互联网。
然而,没有数据能准确反映这种变化随着形势尚未完全恢复正常,他补充说。
在电子商务领域的预计增长在短期到中期,阿格沃尔说,公司正在兴奋的储藏室和新鲜产品相结合的城市,他们都可用,这些都是推动经济增长。
亚马逊的当地商店计划大大增加了选择的平台,80%的项目,这些商店清单没有以前可用的平台上,他补充道。
“我们看到更大的机会在推出一个杂货店提供新鲜和储藏室的所有城市都是可用的。我们也测试药店在班加罗尔。这是一个复杂的类别和我们要非常小心,因为安全和人民健康岌岌可危。但这绝对是一个我们需要继续实验,找出如何服务客户,”阿加沃说。
美国电子商务巨头一直遵守当地法律,他补充说。
阿加瓦尔重申亚马逊的承诺,让小销售商在其平台上,对抗叙事,它只支持几个大卖家。
“从长远来看,政府的优先级,即数字赋权和包容,是与我们的业务优先级。我们只能增长如果更多卖家上线,将选择,和更多的顾客来在线从亚马逊购买,”他说。
亚马逊表示,4100多家企业做销售价值超过1卢比去年,翻译至少4000卢比从小型卖家在其平台上。
从印度公司累计出口增长到20亿美元,它已经签署了150000年新卖家以及50000年当地商店去年,抵消一些线下零售销售额下降了。
“我相信政府认可和赞赏,”阿加沃说。
尽管电子商务印度零售业的仅占3%,这是该国经济复苏发挥有意义的作用Covid-19大流行后,将在经济增长中扮演着重要的角色在接下来的十年,他说。
他还寻求一个框架加速增长电子商务而不是政策限制。
“我们期待着更多的是一种稳定的、可预测的,并使政策框架,可以帮助实现这一潜力。它应该允许更多的机会对所有企业上网,帮助缓解做生意的在线和减少合规负担,”阿加沃说。
政府正在考虑进一步改进其政策管理电子商务市场。
最近,商业和工业部长总裁Goyal说,政府可能问题进一步清晰,确保电子商务公司遵守规则的字母和精神,2019年5月就职以来重申他的立场。
在业务方面,阿格沃尔说,有结构转向消费者在线购买,因为大流行,而卖家已经在线将继续做更多的事互联网。
然而,没有数据能准确反映这种变化随着形势尚未完全恢复正常,他补充说。
在电子商务领域的预计增长在短期到中期,阿格沃尔说,公司正在兴奋的储藏室和新鲜产品相结合的城市,他们都可用,这些都是推动经济增长。
亚马逊的当地商店计划大大增加了选择的平台,80%的项目,这些商店清单没有以前可用的平台上,他补充道。
“我们看到更大的机会在推出一个杂货店提供新鲜和储藏室的所有城市都是可用的。我们也测试药店在班加罗尔。这是一个复杂的类别和我们要非常小心,因为安全和人民健康岌岌可危。但这绝对是一个我们需要继续实验,找出如何服务客户,”阿加沃说。
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