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...“The problem for Amazon is that even their Prime subscribers shop fashion from Myntra and groceries from BigBasket,” said Satish Meena, an independent ecommerce consultant....
...“Paytm, Zomato, Oyo — these companies lose a lot given how mature they are and the fact that their revenues are not huge,” says Jeffrey Lee Funk, a technology consultant....
...Start-ups such as Grofers are set to face stiff competition from Flipkart, which is poised to pursue a big expansion into groceries, says the retail consultant Sanchit Vir Gogia....
...“It is classic game theory,” said one consultant. “They have caused Walmart to spend more time and more money than it would have otherwise done.”...
...“Global corporations don’t ask their consultants where does India rank on the ease of doing business. They check on the experiences of other corporations....
...Walmart has “lost a lot of the arrogance they had in the 1990s,” said Bryan Roberts, analyst with TCC Global, a consultant that works with large grocers....
...Returns for the mainstream media industry have long been held back by what consultants at Deloitte described in a recent report as “rampant piracy”....
...As one consultant I met said: “The company that comes to India and is waiting for India to fix things is going to fail....
...“The cost of real estate in India is nonsensical, so ecommerce will always be able to offer better prices than brick-and-mortar,” says Raghav Gupta, a veteran retail industry consultant....
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