Expanding our grocery, fulfilment centres in 12 months: Flipkart's Badri

50% customers will see same/next-day deliveries this festival season: Flipkart's Hemant Badri

Flipkart is planning to expand its grocery facilities, fulfilment centres, and technology efforts, including automation, across India in the next 12 months, says Hemant Badri, senior vice-president, head of supply chain and customer experience, Flipkart Group, in a video interview with Peerzada Abrar. Edited excerpts:

What are your expansion plans and strategy to tap the festival season?

There have been immense learnings for all of us from 10 years since the launch of our first ‘The Big Billion Days (TBBD)’ sales event. Every year it (TBBD) gets better for our customers, sellers, and partners. We have added 1.9 mn square