so your last position was as chief product officer of an indian unicorn company, flipkart.ell us -- let's just pull back. e-commerce, what have you learned about e-commerce overall?

walmart reportedly may reverse its decision to invest in flip cart -- flipkart. may have been inflating its numbers. >>> in other global cooperate news, vodafone fined by uk over sustains customer failures. the mobile operator did not act quickly to deal with those issues. all of this largely related to billing procedures. >>> wall street is worrying about slowing car sales and the economy while automakers report earnings this month. bob lutz is part of general motors and also my idol. i'm not going to say your age, but -- >> it's okay. >> 84. i need to know what's the key? is it no bacon? bacon? alcohol? no alcohol? exercise? what do i got to do? >> pick your parents carefully because it's 90% genetic. >> too late. too late for that. both of them are still alive. good. your view isn't necessarily as negative, bob, i don't think. the market may have peaked but it's at a high level. >> exactly right. >> is that it? >> yeah. i mean, if it isn't constantly growing, growing, growing, and it stays steady at a high level, the companies can do very well with that. and i

flipkart is seen as the homegrown retailer that sort of understands the market a bit better than amazon is a really challenging market. that is sort of why there is such huge potential and you haven't seen much growth, officialhere are 22 languages there. there are a lot of logistical challenges outside the major cities and people do consume things differently in india than they do in other countries. things like bartering, people being able -- people wanted to be able to barter during the e-commerce system and doing just that. the potential is definitely there. and with amazon -- amazon, gotkart, to check that peace out. oliver: coming up at the top of the hour, kathleen hays will have an exclusive interview with the cleveland fed president. watch right here on bloomberg television or catch it on bloomberg radio. ♪ 3:00 in new york, 12:00 in san francisco, and 8:00 in london. oliver: welcome to bloomberg markets. oliver: we are live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york for the next hour. we will be covering stories in cleveland, washington, and the u.k. in a few moments, and e