# Professor Anindya Ghose is interviewed about the ecommerce market in India

1 Faculty News March 6, 2017 ![TheStreet logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/thestreet.jpg?itok=2XiyrQ8_)>

Excerpt from [TheStreet.com](https://www.thestreet.com/story/14026734/1/alibaba-takes-controlling-stake-in-indian-e-commerce-player-paytm.html) -- "[Anindya Ghose](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anindya-ghose), marketing professor at NYU Stern Business School, predicts that the Alibaba-Paytm relationship is going to directly affect the future of Flipkart and Snapdeal in a non-trivial way. 'An M&A activity between Snapdeal and Alibaba is a solid possibility here, given that their attempt to acquire Flipkart last year did not go through. An acquisition of Snapdeal can be a part of Alibaba's grand plan to take on Amazon in India by strategic stake holdings in leading players of the region,' said Ghose."

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