Google Eyes Sites in India for First Retail Stores Outside US

Google counts India as a key growth market, where it has committed to investing $10 billion

- Reuters

Alphabet Inc.'s Google is close to deciding on locations in its key market of India where it will open its first physical retail stores outside the United States, three people familiar with the development said.

Google counts India as a key growth market, where it has committed to investing $10 billion. It currently has only five physical stores, all in the United States, which sell its products such as Pixel phones, watches and earbuds.

It is aiming to mirror a retail approach that helped Apple Inc. rake in billions of dollars in the last two decades by showcasing its own products. Apple has 500 plus stores worldwide.

Google is in advanced stages of finalizing locations in or around the capital of New Delhi, and the financial capital Mumbai, said the three people, who declined to be named as the process is confidential.