Wal-Mart led consortium acquires 75% equity stake in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart

The deal essentially acts as a point of entry for Wal-Mart into India’s highly competitive e-commerce market. Flipkart and Wal-Mart can finally level the playing field against Amazon.com, the world’s biggest online retailer. On Friday, as per a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has agreed to sell an a 75% equity…