vip：传沃尔玛拟收购Flipkart超40%的股份
传沃尔玛拟收购Flipkart超40%的股份 在印度市场与亚马逊抗衡
2月17日消息，路透社援引两名消息人士的说法称，沃尔玛正评估收购印度电商巨头Flipkart新发行股份和现有股份，收购也将从此前传出的15%-20%变为超过40%，尽职调查最早将于下周启动。
在印度Flipkart的主要竞争对手就是亚马逊，虽然Flipkart占尽了先机拿下了大部分市场份额，但面对外来巨头的压力，Flipkart正逐渐失去对用户的掌控力。尤其在一些亚马逊比较擅长的领域内，Flipkart讨不到半点好处，其优势也在不断的褪去。
而沃尔玛一直在加大对电子商务市场的投入，并计划在全球多个市场推出全新电商业务，如果这笔交易能够达成，那么沃尔玛将整合线上与线下销售渠道与资源，从生鲜百货和服装等多个方面，帮助Flipkart在印度市场与亚马逊一较高低。
摩根士丹利估计，享有巨大人口红利的印度，其电商市场的规模在10年内将扩大至2000亿美元，对于沃尔玛而言，全球化的战略，印度是一个必须要站稳脚跟的市场，而投资Flipkart将是一个最佳的选择。
Walmart may soon buy more than 40% of Flipkart: Reports
In a direct attack on Amazon, American retailer Walmart may soon buy more than 40% of India's e-commerce giant Flipkart. The talks are to begin from next week, Reuters reported on Friday.
Flipkart is expected to be valued at over $12 billion, making this one of Walmart's biggest overseas deals, which will have it purchase Flipkart's both new and existing shares.
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vip：Walmart may soon buy more than 40% of Flipkart: Reports
In a direct attack on Amazon, American retailer Walmart may soon buy more than 40% of India's e-commerce giant Flipkart. The talks are to begin from next week, Reuters reported on Friday.
Flipkart is expected to be valued at over $12 billion, making this one of Walmart's biggest overseas deals, which will have it purchase Flipkart's both new and existing shares.
Here's more.
vip：What does this mean for Flipkart?
Walmart can readily give Flipkart the support it needs to successfully challenge Amazon, which has promised to invest a whopping $5 billion to aggressively expand its reach in the Indian market.
Moreover, Walmart is an undisputed leader in grocery deliveries and low-cost apparel sectors. Flipkart can use its expertise to effectively beat competition, continue diversifying and maintain its dominance in India's e-commerce.
vip：How will this help Walmart?
Buying 40% of Flipkart will give Walmart's presence in e-commerce a major boost, which the world's largest retailer needs to take on Amazon, that is increasingly foraying into offline markets.
The deal will also help Walmart make a noticeable entry in India, Asia's third-largest economy, that it's been trying to penetrate for years now.
Currently, Walmart has just 21 'cash-and-carry' wholesale stores in India.
vip：Another attempt by Walmart to push its digital presence
The deal would be one among Walmart's several attempts to disrupt the e-commerce space in a major way. It comes closely after Arkansas-based Walmart bought online retailer Jet.com and announced a tie-up with Japan's Rakuten Inc for online grocery deliveries.
