Amazon counting on Diwali to take title as India's top web retailer

Amazon counting on Diwali to take title as India's top web retailer

Security guards stand at the reception desk of the Amazon India office in Bengaluru, India, August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa

When Jeff Bezos donned a bandhgala jacket two years ago and posed for photographs in India, he wasn’t just promoting Amazon.com Inc.’s year-old business in the country. The web retailer’s chief executive officer was also putting his reputation on the line to break into the emerging e-commerce market.

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