Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Amazon said MSME buyers can save 28 per cent more on their business purchases from Amazon’s B2B online wholesale marketplace Amazon Business with GST invoice, bulk discounts, and exclusive deals. Walmart-owned Flipkart had recently announced its The Big Billion Days sale from October 7 to 12, 2021.
Amazon India announced its flagship annual month-long sale event great Indian festival starting from October 4, 2021. The announcement comes three days after Walmart-owned Flipkart announced its six days. Amazon’s over 8.5 Lakh sellers across the country including over 75,000 local shops from 450 cities and other sellers under various amazon programs such as amazon Saheli, amazon karigar would also participate in the sale.
According to an Amazon survey conducted by Nielsen between August 30 and September 9, 2021, 78 percent of 1,965 sellers surveyed mentioned reaching out to new customers while 71 percent expected an increase in sales. The survey noted that 62 percent of sellers expected an increase in visibility of products while 71 percent mentioned business recovery post lockdown.
The company said its customers will have options with Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit card to get 5 percent reward points with Rs 750 as a joining bonus while signing up for Amazon Pay Later will get them Rs 150 back along with instant credit up to Rs 60,000, and rewards worth Rs 1000 back for customers who use Rs 1000 gift cards, and more. In order to enhance last-mile deliveries, Amazon has created over 1.10 lakh seasonal job opportunities across its operations network and expanded its fulfillment network by a 40 percent.
Amazon said MSME buyers can save 28 percent more on their business purchases from amazon’s B2B online wholesale marketplace amazon business with GST invoices, bulk discounts, exclusive deals, and lower festival price offers. The saving with GST invoices will be on all transactions across categories like laptops, printers, and networking devices, etc from the top brands like HP, Lenovo, Canon, Godrej, and more.