Question: In September 2014, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stood atop a truck in Bengaluru, dressed in traditional attire, flashing a $2 billion check: a brash demonstration

In September 2014, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos

In September 2014, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stood atop a truck in Bengaluru, dressed in traditional attire, flashing a $2 billion check: a brash demonstration of the American giant's ambitions in India. Less than a decade later, with many more billions invested and Indian regulators increasingly taking a dim view of U.S. big tech, Amazon might be losing patience with the South Asian nation. Over the last week, Amazon has said it would close three ventures in India: food delivery, its education tech business and a wholesale e-commerce website. Closing these small subsidiaries doesn't at first glance look like a major defeat. But the partial exit from wholesale e-commerce is important: It means that for now at least, Amazon is conceding to Walmart-backed Flipkart and Reliance in "kirana-tech." "Kirana" is a Hindi word for India's vast number of small shops, which still make up most of India's \$932 billion retail economy, according to CB Insights. Amazon is facing some challenges in India. Please give them advice on what to do next. If your advice is to stay in India, suggest ways to improve their performance. If the advice is to leave India, suggest what are the alternatives if they leave India. (Your suggestions should include both strategic and organizational advice)

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