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US-based retail giant Walmart on Tuesday said its international sales in the third quarter got a boost from the 'Big Billion Days' sales event by its Indian e-commerce arm Flipkart. Walmart, which follows a February-January financial calendar, reported USD 31.5 billion in sales from its international business, a growth of 12.4 per cent on constant currency terms. "Timing of Flipkart's The Big Billion Days (BBD) event benefited growth in Q3 and will impact growth in Q4," Walmart said in its earnings statement. Sales growth of Walmart International, which operates in 18 countries outside the US including India, was "led by Flipkart, Walmex (Mexico), and China", it added. In the third quarter, Walmart International's e-commerce sales grew 43 per cent led by marketplace and store-fulfilled pickup and delivery, it added. Moreover, "advertising business (Walmart International) grew 50 per cent, led by Flipkart," it added. Flipkart's Big Billion Days sales event for the 2024 festive sea
E-commerce company Flipkart on Saturday said it saw a multi-fold jump in customers' purchases using credit facilities during the first two days of its annual festive season sale 'The Big Billion Days'. The Walmart group firm recorded 27 times jump in the third-party easy monthly instalment (EMI) usage during The Big Billion Days' compared to usual business days. "With 5 per cent cashback on every purchase using the Flipkart Axis Bank credit card, the co-branded card witnessed a spike of 20 times in overall spends and eight-fold transactions when compared to the non-sale days. Flipkart Pay Later EMI witnessed a 8.5 times spike in the daily transactions run rate compared to the pre-TBBD period," the company said. Flipkart said that it has recorded over 33 crore user visits, implying repeat visits of individuals several times on the platform, during the first two days of The Big Billion Days (TBBD), which started on September 26 for select users and on next day for everyone. The compa