TOKYO -- SoftBank Group has reached a broad agreement to combine Flipkart, India's top e-commerce company, with third-ranked Snapdeal to more effectively take on rapidly encroaching American titan Amazon.com.
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Flipkart and Snapdeal dominated India's e-commerce industry until Amazon.com entered the fray in 2013, pushing Snapdeal down to No. 3.
TOKYO -- SoftBank Group has reached a broad agreement to combine Flipkart, India's top e-commerce company, with third-ranked Snapdeal to more effectively take on rapidly encroaching American titan Amazon.com.