Amazon tries free, on-time delivery to lure India online


HUGE POTENTIAL: India is Amazon's third emerging market investment after Brazil and China, and one vice-president and country manager Amit Agarwal said would take time to pay off. — Reuters

BANGALORE: Free shipping on a 100 rupee (RM5) book. Delivery times guaranteed to the minute. 

These are some of the incentives the world's biggest online retailer Amazon.com Inc is using to entice Indians to shop on the Web, a sector where growth has been stifled by payment problems, low Internet usage and a challenging logistics environment. 

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