Business dealsReliance's retail arm raises $3.4bn in single week
Indian conglomerate sets aim at Amazon and Flipkart for market dominance
Reliance Retail's latest investments equip it with funds to compete in the Indian market against rivals such as Amazon and Flipkart, which is owned by Walmart. © Reuters
ROSEMARY MARANDI, Contributing writer
October 5, 2020 18:50 JST
MUMBAI -- Reliance Retail Ventures, run by India's richest man, Reliance Industries' Mukesh Ambani, has raised roughly 248.9 billion rupees ($3.39 billion) in just one week from prominent global investors, which will allow the company to launch an assault on rivals such as Walmart-owned e-commerce company Flipkart of India and Amazon.