Forbes India – 8 June 2018 is the world’s leading business magazine and since its inception in 1917, Forbes has stood, unwavering, for one overriding principle: the unshakable belief in the power of free enterprise. Forbes mission has always been clear and unchanging: to provide insights and information that ensure the success of the world’s most influential. Faithfully fulfilling that promise is what draws today’s most influential business leaders to Forbes. These high-powered decision-makers represent a community of like-minded individuals bound by their unshakable belief in the spirit of free enterprise. They contribute to it, profit from it and their lives are better for it. For them, Forbes is the quintessential Capitalist Tool. True to its pedigree, Forbes India has donned on the role of the drama critic to Indian business. Since its launch in 2009, the magazine has helped readers connect the dots, form patterns and see beyond the obvious, giving them a perspective beyond the obvious.
Against the backdrop of Flipkart’s recent sale to Walmart, we trace how the ecommerce major built the Indian e-tail ecosystem from scratch, including a massive infrastructure for payments and delivery. Flipkart led much of the race in etailing in India. But the race has only just begun. This issue also includes a sustainability package, where we take a look at some of the interesting ways in which India is making significant progress in the field.