Amazon & Walmart's Online Shopping War For the Indian Holiday Season

India’s e-commerce market is booming, set to overtake America by 2034. Two American companies are duking it out for the business of the fast-growing middle class.
This video first aired in October 2018.
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  • @alonerpro
    @alonerpro2 ай бұрын

    Whatever happens you have to show large number of people dancing in India.

  • @hemanthg1568

    @hemanthg1568

    2 ай бұрын

    Western stereotypes

  • @TheHatrat

    @TheHatrat

    2 ай бұрын

    It’s the law

  • @atthefalls

    @atthefalls

    2 ай бұрын

    How else will we Americans know what the heck we are watching while waiting in the plastic'n'butt-surgery drive-thru?

  • @originalunoriginal4055

    @originalunoriginal4055

    2 ай бұрын

    It's part of Indian culture and heritage. Why are you embarrassed about it!!?? The entertainment sector in India is probably the biggest industry in the country. And it's a craft where Indians excel in. It's part of India, and always going to and has been for centuries. Stop trying to force being something else which you are not.

  • @skavengerr

    @skavengerr

    23 күн бұрын

    😂😂

  • @Milagro_Bay
    @Milagro_Bay2 ай бұрын

    When Amazon finds a new demographic to profit off of: 🥵

  • @squibbelsmcjohnson

    @squibbelsmcjohnson

    2 ай бұрын

    In this case. Walmart

  • @originalunoriginal4055

    @originalunoriginal4055

    2 ай бұрын

    If it's not Amazon, then without a doubt it will be it's top 5 competition that would be doing the exact same, to capture the consumer market demographic. The sector/market is currently worth near a billion dollars every year and by 2034 it's going to reach the trillion mark! That's an income stream an entrepreneur simply cannot let it slip by. And for the key players to adopt a: "let's give a free ride to the other team. Let them have this one" attitude towards this consumer market demographic. Profiting, identifying and targeting new consumer markets, securing repeat purchases and forming a loyalty relationship: it's all part of running a business! 🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇🙇

  • @Dr.Deepender
    @Dr.Deepender2 ай бұрын

    Flipkart server always down in sale😂

  • @squibbelsmcjohnson
    @squibbelsmcjohnson2 ай бұрын

    "I Have 3 pairs of unused slippers" yup 😂. Sad to see this happening in India

  • @bsatyam

    @bsatyam

    2 ай бұрын

    Waste of money. Indians are forgotting the value of living frugally.

  • @librarycard3748
    @librarycard37482 ай бұрын

    This video is 6 years old...

  • @mmk003nabeel
    @mmk003nabeel2 ай бұрын

    Where’s report on Amazon? Sponsored? 😅

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy.2 ай бұрын

    Americans on Black Friday? Lol wait till you hear how many occasions we can have sales on.

  • @ivantan5690
    @ivantan56902 ай бұрын

    Recycling old videos seems to be a vice thing now... Gone are the days where we get a steady pipeline of new content

  • @azexnewmai3607
    @azexnewmai36072 ай бұрын

    100s of millions….not 10s

  • @jasonvegan5761
    @jasonvegan57612 ай бұрын

    F Amazon, F Walmart 🖕

  • @DavidZ4-gg3dm

    @DavidZ4-gg3dm

    2 ай бұрын

    What are better alternatives?

  • @azrealone

    @azrealone

    2 ай бұрын

    @@DavidZ4-gg3dm Retail shops, mom and pop stores.

  • @DavidZ4-gg3dm

    @DavidZ4-gg3dm

    2 ай бұрын

    @@azrealone They usually have a much smaller range.

  • @Iamawesomenorly

    @Iamawesomenorly

    2 ай бұрын

    @@azrealone stores that are much more likely to engage in wage theft are better? how?

  • @jaydeepsen4769

    @jaydeepsen4769

    2 ай бұрын

    W Myntra

  • @auntied4950
    @auntied49502 ай бұрын

    But do they pay their workers a living wage?

  • @trailblazer3889

    @trailblazer3889

    2 ай бұрын

    They're just allowed to be alive

  • @youtubeyoutubeyoutube9961

    @youtubeyoutubeyoutube9961

    2 ай бұрын

    does minimum wage jobs in America pay their workers a living wage? absolutely not.;

  • @snidely_whiplash

    @snidely_whiplash

    2 ай бұрын

    All the basmati rice you can fit in your pockets.

  • @visiblecommentator6292

    @visiblecommentator6292

    2 ай бұрын

    They don't operate like they do in US infacts it's far more egalitarian

  • @nikhilPUD01

    @nikhilPUD01

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@trailblazer3889 bro you are supper funny 😂😂😂

  • @EstebanDVO
    @EstebanDVO2 ай бұрын

    "people who could not afford smart television before, people who could not afford appliances before, how do we bring them in the shopping funnel..." What a garbage Capitalistic/consumeristic statement.

  • @SurrealExposure12

    @SurrealExposure12

    2 ай бұрын

    He’s speaking as if those things are absolutely necessary for existence. What a dystopian world

  • @user-pb5ph7oc8t

    @user-pb5ph7oc8t

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@SurrealExposure12 ok then throw away your smart phone

  • @user-pb5ph7oc8t

    @user-pb5ph7oc8t

    2 ай бұрын

    Meanwhile you are using your smartphone and other appliances you can live without, as well.

  • @amateurgamer149
    @amateurgamer1492 ай бұрын

    I have ordered a laptop in the Festive sale in October last year. After accepting the order, Flipkart was not delivering the product, they even asked to cancel the product from my account to lessen the responsibility and asking me to reorder the same laptop at the 100$ extra. After all this, I went to the District consumer tribunal and Flipkart gave me a brand new laptop along with compensation. The least customer centric company in the world.🤬🤬🤬

  • @igor_kilgunov
    @igor_kilgunov2 ай бұрын

    What are they doing? like 50 Heads popping up and looking on the MacBook Monitor? can someone explain to me?

  • @teandjello
    @teandjello2 ай бұрын

    This is from 2017

  • @USA-CANADA1480
    @USA-CANADA14802 ай бұрын

    I wouldn’t be surprised if one day this online shopping app becomes corrupt or gets hacked

  • @igor_kilgunov
    @igor_kilgunov2 ай бұрын

    someone know where i can buy first copy Rolex in India? the Flipkart doesn't sell it 🙂

  • @stoundingresults

    @stoundingresults

    2 ай бұрын

    I bought a mumbai special citizen automatic watch that came out of India. It was working great Until I screwed up by opening it and poked around the mechanisms inside.

  • @AfroFloyd
    @AfroFloyd2 ай бұрын

    This is a promotional video for a CEO and capitalism. Vice has fallen off a cliff!

  • @lordchaa1598

    @lordchaa1598

    2 ай бұрын

    Vice is gone bro

  • @MiguelPerez-zx2wg

    @MiguelPerez-zx2wg

    2 ай бұрын

    Well, they were bought by corporation, so logically, they are gonna be now pro corporation it the same thing that happened to PBS News. Buff Doge Old Vice: "We're gonna interview Liberia Ex Cannibal Warlords." Cheem Doge New Vice: "Please, Corporation, help us with our funding"

  • @saminathanr1462

    @saminathanr1462

    Ай бұрын

    Vice is bankrupt already ! 😂😂

  • @nuckinfuts7610
    @nuckinfuts76102 ай бұрын

    No surprise seeing the number of men FAR outweighing the number of women also in that work environment. Lol

  • @shubhamrawat-sj8bo
    @shubhamrawat-sj8bo20 күн бұрын

    People should buy from their local market until these companies sign in with ONDC.

  • @davewhite3629
    @davewhite36292 ай бұрын

    Another nonsensical money making day like Christmas 🎄

  • @samarthjain5015
    @samarthjain50152 ай бұрын

    How are they able to handle such traffic but government websites go down?

  • @rundown132

    @rundown132

    2 ай бұрын

    they literally own AWS and own cloud infrastructure..lmao

  • @tylerk3616
    @tylerk36162 ай бұрын

    This is how I imagine all of India. Just a bunch of 20 something year old guys walking around with laptops while they bobble their heads.

  • @gingertoast6216
    @gingertoast62162 ай бұрын

    banglore (or even anywhere india) is business-IT capital mostly shopping or other apps, hardly any innovation happens there. they might be seen wandering around with laptops but almost zero cutting-edge research happens there.

  • @djemcee
    @djemcee2 ай бұрын

    And somehow I feel I’m still getting scammed. Ha ha ha

  • @DavidZ4-gg3dm
    @DavidZ4-gg3dm2 ай бұрын

    Why did the number of Indians gaining access to the internet increase greatly during the mid-2010s?

  • @SurrealExposure12

    @SurrealExposure12

    2 ай бұрын

    Look into “Jio Mobile networks” it’s a fascinating story

  • @FR4M3Sharma

    @FR4M3Sharma

    2 ай бұрын

    Ambani

  • @alcapone6796

    @alcapone6796

    2 ай бұрын

    Telecom wars between the telecom operators.

  • @raven-dl3xo

    @raven-dl3xo

    2 ай бұрын

    Ambani's Jio won the Telecom war.......Ambani is the richest (maybe 2nd?) man in India

  • @arpitshivhare217

    @arpitshivhare217

    2 ай бұрын

    Ambani entered the market with dropping prices to such level that his competitors would never have expected and they were unprepared for such a scenario.

  • @SWatson410
    @SWatson4102 ай бұрын

    I feel like it doesn't matter how much we do in our fight against climate change when we're working against forces like this that push rampant and wasteful consumerism.

  • @Sequoia204

    @Sequoia204

    2 ай бұрын

    Buy an electric car and it'll all be alright lol

  • @snidely_whiplash

    @snidely_whiplash

    2 ай бұрын

    Better invest in some carbon offsets.

  • @RAMPAVAN90

    @RAMPAVAN90

    2 ай бұрын

    This! You spoke my mind! It's crazy how much people buy unneccesary things here in India!

  • @KICK839
    @KICK8392 ай бұрын

    Is this video slow

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle99212 ай бұрын

    Cheap labor still high prices

  • @nikhilPUD01

    @nikhilPUD01

    2 ай бұрын

    😮

  • @rontibm1621
    @rontibm16212 ай бұрын

    Diwali was like 5 months ago.

  • @kat8838
    @kat88382 ай бұрын

    Maybe now we can get our telemarketing jobs back?

  • @SinaLaJuanaLewis
    @SinaLaJuanaLewis2 ай бұрын

    Americans stopped mass shopping so Capitalism travels😢

  • @youtubeyoutubeyoutube9961
    @youtubeyoutubeyoutube99612 ай бұрын

    Indias online shopping economy is doing great but what about the locals who make clothing, every day items that the Indians are used to buying from. Its going to create an even bigger demographic of below poverty, already more than India is currently facing. Its a double edged sword for India. They want to have their own version of Amazon but at what cost? It won't last. Soon enough, those enginereers working there will come to USA on a work visa and make 200k-300k a year working tech in the Silicon Valley.

  • @chudleyflusher7132
    @chudleyflusher71322 ай бұрын

    And yet so many of them are still pooping outdoors. Strange priorities.

  • @spoonkiller.
    @spoonkiller.2 ай бұрын

    "shopping funnel" = debt funnel...

  • @dorjeephurba1
    @dorjeephurba12 ай бұрын

    Kuch kam nahi hota. Just a marketing gimmick 😂

  • @Fourzerotw0
    @Fourzerotw02 ай бұрын

    FORGET MORALS AND VALUES, CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME. This is why Canada's getting 1 million of these people per year. CONSUME.

  • @JkDibine
    @JkDibine2 ай бұрын

    🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇮🇳

  • @pai-mei
    @pai-mei2 ай бұрын

    *Garbage!* *Sponsored by Flipkart* *Promotional Video...* What ethics?

  • @beanhan4766
    @beanhan476622 күн бұрын

    Yay. Debts 😂😂😂😂

  • @Noms_Chompsky
    @Noms_Chompsky2 ай бұрын

    1:07 This is a great idea, how about housing loans too; worked really great before and you can bundle the risk onto hedge funds plus **no jail time when it all comes crashing down** because white collar crimes are the best collar crimes

  • @PrabhatKumar-fn4vy
    @PrabhatKumar-fn4vy2 ай бұрын

    Fake , people are starving here

  • @premelosv
    @premelosv2 ай бұрын

    makin it out the scam call centers

  • @shrutimishra252
    @shrutimishra2522 ай бұрын

    Lol the meltdown in the comment section is hilarious. Yall just can't handle our booming economy while yours are going into recession. The jealousy and hate is so evident. Bhagwan tum sabko satbhudhhi de

  • @lordchaa1598

    @lordchaa1598

    2 ай бұрын

    You misunderstand my friend. We see you making the same mistakes we made and we’re trying to alert you before it’s to late. Unbridled capitalism will destroy us all.

  • @avocado1700
    @avocado17002 ай бұрын

    Amazon way better.

  • @mantrapalsingh
    @mantrapalsingh2 ай бұрын

    When you use this drug then you will be addicted. Shopping shopping be careful dears!

  • @TonyBongtana
    @TonyBongtana2 ай бұрын

    Isnt VICE bankrupt?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @yomajo
    @yomajo2 ай бұрын

    cool, now just 6 years old vice videos. getting there.

  • 2 ай бұрын

    I thought vice shut down

  • @disvet-1ad291

    @disvet-1ad291

    2 ай бұрын

    Right - You took a good thing and ruined it and now it’s on life support and horrendous

  • @nuckinfuts7610

    @nuckinfuts7610

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@disvet-1ad291yep, and it has flat lined several times as they keep barely reviving it. Pretty soon it's gonna need a DNR.

  • @chetanbu7922
    @chetanbu79222 ай бұрын

    Flip kart is dead Amazon is way better than u copy cats

  • @susanmartin4092
    @susanmartin40922 ай бұрын

    Consume consume it's gross

  • @user-pb5ph7oc8t

    @user-pb5ph7oc8t

    2 ай бұрын

    Then stop consuming the data you paid for to make this comment.

  • @susanmartin4092

    @susanmartin4092

    2 ай бұрын

    @@user-pb5ph7oc8t we are forced into having a smart phone or computer today Nothing can be done anymore without it We are forced to comply

  • @itsjustpersonalizedviews
    @itsjustpersonalizedviews2 ай бұрын

    still Flipkart is the best . value for money and better goods. Amazon is just overrated in india

  • @KICK839

    @KICK839

    2 ай бұрын

    Not really

  • @Deeviess

    @Deeviess

    2 ай бұрын

    The customer support is terrible with Flipkart... Amazon does it better in this case

  • @trailblazer3889

    @trailblazer3889

    2 ай бұрын

    Lol flipkart is dying. They have worst customer service

  • @BrightWhite-mx8rw
    @BrightWhite-mx8rw2 ай бұрын

    Scamers party 🥳 🤪

  • @islamiccenter6781
    @islamiccenter67812 ай бұрын

    Finally 0.000M subscribers completed😰😰😰😂😂

  • @jillmarieyoung5285
    @jillmarieyoung52852 ай бұрын

    Seems like India is catching up with online shopping! We’ve been shopping online since the mid 1990s via eBay and Amazon! 😅

  • @parvadhami980

    @parvadhami980

    2 ай бұрын

    India is atleast 10-15 years behind technologically

  • @user-ci5bk4og2e

    @user-ci5bk4og2e

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah....here the online shopping has actually blasted from 2015!

  • @rollsroyce4249

    @rollsroyce4249

    2 ай бұрын

    This video is from 2018. India is more digital than the US especially after the UPI payment system.

  • @drg598

    @drg598

    2 ай бұрын

    This is 2018 video

  • @breezemont1161

    @breezemont1161

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I remember the average joe has been shopping online since jurassic period. India is so late in the trend.

  • @adrianisokay
    @adrianisokay2 ай бұрын

    This is propaganda

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy.2 ай бұрын

    “Old practices” Just call it Hindu Savarna pomposity

  • @Deeviess

    @Deeviess

    2 ай бұрын

    What old practices in the video are you talking about

  • @PokhrajRoy.

    @PokhrajRoy.

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Deeviess They refer to it in the end

  • @nochipsonlycrisps8639

    @nochipsonlycrisps8639

    2 ай бұрын

    Bong spotted

  • @Deeviess

    @Deeviess

    2 ай бұрын

    @@PokhrajRoy. Dude why are you so paranoid? What's pompous in a midclass family festivities? Or are you saying so because they're Hindus and savarnas as you assume them to be?