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Flipkart reports 21% rise in user visits during Big Billion Days sale

Flipkart's Big Billion Days sale recorded 21 per cent growth in visits, 26 per cent surge in premium demand and strong Cleartrip bookings as festive shopping gained pace

Flipkart and China businesses lift Walmart's sales numbers in Q2FY26

US-based retail giant Walmart on Thursday reported a 10 per cent growth in its international business in the second quarter of FY26 in constant currency terms, helped by Indian e-commerce arm Flipkart along with the China market and Walmex. Walmart International, which operates in 18 countries outside the US, including India, had a "growth in net sales led by China, Walmex, and Flipkart", according to the earnings statement from the Bentonville-headquartered firm. Moreover, transaction counts and unit volumes were up across markets of Walmart International, it added. Walmex is the Mexican and Central American division of Walmart. Walmart, which follows February-January financial year, reported a USD 32.7 billion in sales from its international business, registering a growth of 10.5 per cent on constant currency terms. Its net sales were at USD 31.2 million, up 5.5 per cent. Walmart's overall revenue was at USD 177.4 billion, up 4.8 per cent year on year, and 5.6 per cent higher i

Flipkart takes quick commerce beyond metros, aims for 800 dark stores

Company targets tier-2 and tier-3 cities with its Flipkart Minutes service, doubling business every 45 days and aiming to scale up before festive season

Flipkart bets big on generative AI to improve customer, seller experience

Datar believes that, as the company builds scale, it will be able to improve on the returns on investment (ROI) it is witnessing from its AI bets

Flipkart, Walmart ink MoU with NSIC to speed up capacity creation for MSMEs

The three plan to support MSMEs in their quest to integrate with local and global retail supply chains

Women kirana partners lead deliveries for Flipkart in India's remote areas

The programme enables the kirana partners to make limited time-based deliveries contingent on their comfort and availability and has enabled large-scale participation from women

Flipkart Grocery leans on smaller towns in bid to reach 20,000 PIN codes

Flipkart Grocery currently offers 7,000 products in 1,800 cities covering 10,000 PIN codes, served by 23 fulfilment centres spread over an area of 2.75 million sq ft

Flipkart launches 90-minute hyperlocal delivery service, faster than Amazon

Flipkart Quick will provide consumers with a handpicked assortment of more than 2,000 products in categories such as grocery, fresh, dairy and meat in the first phase

Flipkart starts voice assist in multiple languages to make shopping simpler

The voice assistant will enable consumers to discover and buy products easily using voice commands in multiple languages, starting with Hindi and English

Amid race to woo small traders, CAIT readies online portal for kiranas

Called bharatemarket.in, the announcement comes at a time when e-tailers Amazon and Flipkart and offline player Reliance Retail are trying to woo small traders

Kirana stores are the new battleground for India's e-commerce giants

National e-com marketplace to be launched shortly, to be world's largest e-com portal

Coronavirus lockdown: Manpower shortage cripples e-commerce sector

What is aggravating the situation is that e-commerce firms are facing huge shortage of delivery personnel.

Coronavirus spread: Uber, Flipkart join hands to deliver essential products

This collaboration will keep the vital supply chains running

As riders go home amid lockdown, queue for e-grocery orders get longer

Online grocery, which is barely about four per cent of India's $600-700 billion grocery market, has seen an overnight surge.

Covid-19: In essential items, e-commerce is no match to kirana stores

That's because, according to KSA Technopak, e-commerce firms sell gross merchandise value of only $2.5 billion. That's minuscule in the $550-billion annual sales of food and groceries in 2019-20.

Kirana stores beat e-commerce giants during coronavirus crisis: Study

The traditional trade channel that serves over 1.3 billion people, compared to some 120 million by e-commerce, has fared significantly better when it comes to availability of essential goods

E-grocers resume work as states step in amid coronavirus lockdown

Delivery picks up slowly, but firms struggle as staff stay away

Walmart, Flipkart jointly invest in fresh produce supply startup Ninjacart

Founded in 2015, Ninjacart moves over 1,400 tons of fresh produce per day, having doubled its volumes in the last four months, it was stated.

Two books offer a close account of Flipkart and BigBasket's journey

Two books - one an insider account, the other a journalist's narrative - capture the journey of Flipkart and BigBasket, the first-movers in India's e-commerce story

Flipkart India's losses increase 85.91% to Rs 3,836 cr; income rises 42%

Flipkart India's total income rose by 42.82 per cent to Rs 30,931 crore from Rs 21,657 crore