India's Tata launches "super app" in e-commerce challenge to Amazon, Walmart

FILE PHOTO: Tata Sons chairman-designate Natarajan Chandrasekaran arrives to a news conference in Mumbai, India, January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Tata Group on Thursday launched its much-awaited e-commerce "super app" offering everything from apparel to air tickets in a renewed push for a slice of a fast growing market dominated by Amazon.com and Walmart's Flipkart.

Tata Neu, which has been in the works for about two years, is a single platform for the group's brands, including Westside fashion, Air Asia tickets, Croma electronics, the Taj group of hotels, BigBasket online grocery and 1mg online pharmacy.