Celebrating India’s indie authors
Just ask Alexa to pay bills, check balance or add money to Amazon Pay
5 ways to keep your kids entertained with Alexa
Here’s how your trusty sidekick Alexa (on your Echo Smart Speaker) comes to the rescue to make this a memorable staycation for the kids!
This is the dawn of a new era for Indian entertainment: Shoojit Sircar
Shoojit Sircar’s quirky dramedy Gulabo Sitabo starring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana will premiere across 200 countries and territories on Amazon Prime Video on June 12, 2020
Post the easing of lockdown, hope floats in the Rann of Kutch
Maji Khan Mutva, an artisan from Kutch is optimistic not just about his business, but also about 'vocal for local' and why he believes in it.
Amazon provides free COVID-19 health insurance for its sellers
Announces free health cover of up to INR 50,000 for one year; no co-payment required during claims. This will bring insurance benefits to lakhs of Amazon.in sellers
Amazon India is creating close to 50,000 seasonal opportunities across its fulfilment and delivery network
The associates will join other thousands of associates across Amazon India’s fulfilment and delivery network and assist them to pick, pack, ship and deliver customers’ orders placed for sellers more efficiently.
Amazon’s COVID-19 blog: updates on how we’re addressing the crisis
Watch this page for the latest updates on how we’re supporting our employees, customers, and communities.
Amazon India expands Packaging-Free Shipping to more than 100 cities
With this initiative more than 40% customer orders from the Amazon Fulfilment network are now shipped without secondary packaging
How Amazon India is prioritizing the health and safety of associates and delivery partners
We are committed to the health and safety of our associates, delivery service partners, drivers, employees, and customers
When COVID-19 brought out the spirit of innovation in our sellers
Adapting to the changing world is what will be the key to survival for businesses. Many sellers of Amazon have realized this early on and are turning into innovators. We shine a spotlight on some of them.
Letters from our frontline heroes
When our customers write to us, we listen. And so do our associates. Here’s how the associates from across the Amazon fulfillment network responded to all the love received from our customers—by expressing their heart-felt thoughts in writing, in the times of social distancing.
Local Shops on Amazon, a new beginning for offline retailers
At Amazon India, will use our technology, training and enablement capabilities to power local shops across India to sell online.
Helping small and medium businesses through COVID-19
Gopal Pillai, VP, Seller Services, Amazon India, tells us that why today, more than ever, we have to support and stand with our seller partners to help them navigate the economic challenges that have risen from the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazon India launches special fund to help SMB partners in logistics impacted due to lockdown
The Fund will benefit close to 40,000 staff of Delivery Service Partners and Transportation Partners associated with Amazon, and provide financial aid for the month of April 2020.
Alexa makes bill payments faster on the Amazon shopping app
Just ask Alexa to pay bills, check balance or add money to Amazon Pay
Amazon launches seller registrations and account management services in Hindi
This will help millions of Indian MSMEs to overcome language barriers to embrace the ecommerce opportunity. The Hindi language seller experience is available on Seller Central and the seller mobile app
Here’s your chance to help serve a million meals
While the country is gripped by COVID-19 crisis, many people are in need of basic essentials such as food and shelter. We have partnered with Akshaya Patra to launch an ‘Essentials Box’ Donation program where an Amazon customer can place a pre-paid order for essentials box with the willingness to donate it.
Will COVID -19 change the face of women entrepreneurship?
Shalini Puchalapalli, Director, New Initiatives, Amazon India, writes on how e-commerce could be a potential way out for women entrepreneurs and other women hoping to enter the economy in post lockdown era.
Amazon India donates one lakh N95 masks, 40K hygiene kits & 65K PPE to frontline health workers
Amazon has partnered with various NGOs to identify hospitals and communities to donate Medical Aid, Personal Protective Equipment and Grocery Kits in Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi – NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
