Question of the WeekWhat Are the Implications of Facebook’s Investment in Jio Platforms for Indian E-Commerce? Coresight Research May 4, 2020 QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What Are the Implications of Facebook’s Investment in Jio Platforms for Indian E-Commerce? Facebook’s investment of $5.7 billion into Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)-owned Jio Platforms is likely to ease the introduction of latter’s e-commerce arm JioMart. Using Facebook-owned WhatsApp’s user base of around 400 million, JioMart can enter the largely untapped unorganized retail sector in India to challenge for a share in the nation’s e-commerce market. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Holiday 2024: US Retail Wrap-Up—Apparel and Amazon Dominate SpendingConsumer Sentiment Falls Further After Stock-Market Sell-Off: Weekly US Consumer Sentiment, Week 12, 2025—InfographicWeekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 31: Trader Joe’s Continues Store ExpansionAnalyst Corner: The Brave New World of Agentic Shopping, with John Harmon
