Amazon, Flipkart Probe: CCI Requests Apple, Xiaomi Sales Data

OVERVIEW As part of its continuing investigation against e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart, the ED has requested that Apple and Xiaomi disclose sales data and other documents. The ED is looking into whether the two e-commerce giants violated Indian law by influencing pricing and managing inventory, which is already prohibited for foreign-owned platforms. However, phone companies were not the probe's goal; they were contacted merely for information.

As part of its ongoing investigation into Amazon and Flipkart, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has requested sales data and other documentation from smartphone manufacturers like as Apple and Xiaomi.As part of a probe into Flipkart, which is owned by Amazon and Walmart, India's financial crime agency has secretly requested sales data and other papers from smartphone companies such as Apple and Xiaomi, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke to Reuters.