Opinion
Walmart Opens a New Front in Global Battle Against Amazon
— May 11, 2018

By Aswath Damodaran
Amazon is the most fearsome competitor on the face of the earth, and has been successful at laying to waste entire businesses.
By Aswath Damodaran
In spite of that, Tiger Global, Flipkart’s largest investor until recently, priced the company at nearly $18 billion when it invested $424 million in it in January, an astounding rise in value for a company started in 2007 with Rs 6 lakh in capital. Walmart is paying $16 billion for 77% of Flipkart, valuing the company at nearly $21 billion. It is no secret that Walmart has been eyeing the Indian market for a while, recognising the potential for growth in retailing here. But attempts to enter this market for much of the last few decades have not been successful.
Read full article as published by The Economic Times.
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Aswath Damodaran holds the Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and is Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business.