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11 stories for “Big Billion Days”

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Supply Chain

Flipkart Ekart adds 14 million cu ft storage and 900 hubs

Warehousing capacity jumps 50 per cent and last-mile reach widens for Big Billion Days and remote same-day.

Farhan Qureshi · 2 Oct · 4 min read

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Supply Chain

Flipkart adds 750 PIN codes and 14 million cu ft via Ekart

Logistics arm lifts national storage 50 percent and peak processing over 30 percent ahead of Big Billion Days.

Farhan Qureshi · 1 Oct · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Flipkart Minutes launches Pykd private label in gourmet

Quick-commerce arm adds namkeen, chips and premium grocery range; dark-store margins and basket values get a lift ahead of festive demand.

Ananya Rao · 28 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Vishal Mega Mart runs quick commerce from 767 of 819 stores

Value retailer turns existing floors into fulfilment nodes, lifting order share to 5% plus in most locations without new dark-store capex.

Meera Iyer · 27 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Meesho draws Nomura Reduce tag as valuation premium bites

Stock slips 5% after the broker flags premium to peers despite lower NMV growth, squeezing merchant acquisition budgets.

Ananya Rao · 27 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Flipkart Big Billion Days starts 9 October a day after Amazon

Both platforms lock the festive calendar and force brands to split inventory and ad spends.

Ananya Rao · 23 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Amazon sets Great Indian Festival for 8 October with 1.6 lakh jobs

Network adds 20 fulfilment centres and 150 last-mile stations just as shoppers start stocking lists.

Ananya Rao · 23 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Flipkart creates 2.5 lakh festive jobs, adds 900 hubs

Walmart arm expands last-mile by 1.4 lakh roles ahead of Big Billion Days, squeezing smaller logistics players on rider supply.

Ananya Rao · 17 Sep · 4 min read

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Platforms

Flipkart launches Fashion Spotlight, targets 500 D2C brands

Marketplace programme gives Tier-2 fashion labels video tools, live commerce and virtual try-on to scale before festive, cutting discovery cost for new sellers.

Rhea Kapoor · 10 Sep · 4 min read

Ecommerce

Flipkart 2GUD launches Local format with Bengaluru mall

Value platform opens hybrid channel for traditional stores via influencer video and fulfilment, giving single-brand outlets pan-India reach without full D2C build.

Ananya Rao · 10 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Flipkart Minutes crosses 1,000 micro fulfilment centres

Two-year-old service now covers 130-plus cities and 8,000 pincodes, raising the bar for dark-store density that kiranas and riders must match.

Ananya Rao · 31 Aug · 4 min read