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 sources familiar with the matter said.

The company currently has five retail stores, all in the US, which sell its products such as Pixel phones, watches and earbuds.

Indians might see Google’s retail stores open soon in New Delhi and Mumbai as the company is in advanced stages to finalise store locations

Google is in the final stages to open its first store outside of the US. Gurugram in India is most likely to be the chosen location.

Currently, the search engine giant only has 5 physical stores and all of them are located in the United States. Google sells its products such as Pixel phones, watches and earbuds, at these stores. Google’s idea is to compete with Apple,