Explainer - Amazon's battle with Reliance for India retail supremacy


FILE PHOTO The logo of Amazon is seen on the door of an Amazon Books retail store in New York City U.S. February 14 2019. REUTERSBrendan McDermid

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen on the door of an Amazon Books retail store in New York City, U.S., February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - For more than a year, Amazon.com Inc and India's Future Group have been locked in a complex legal stand-off that has stalled Future's $3.4 billion sale of assets to rival Reliance Industries , the country's biggest conglomerate.

After trading barbs in courtrooms for months, Amazon and Future unexpectedly agreed on March 3 to hold discussions to resolve their dispute.

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