Flipkart Quick will debut in choose places in Bengaluru, the corporate mentioned.
Flipkart mentioned on Tuesday it plans to supply 90-minute deliveries for groceries and residential equipment, because the Walmart-owned on-line retailer goes face to face with Amazon.com Inc in a key development marketplace for e-commerce.
Flipkart mentioned its hyperlocal service, dubbed Flipkart Quick, may also promote cell phones and stationery objects, taking it a step additional than present quick-delivery companies which primarily provide simply groceries.
Flipkart Quick will debut in choose places in Bengaluru, the corporate mentioned, with out specifying a launch date.
The new service places Flipkart extra immediately in competitors with Amazon and Alibaba-backed BigBasket, each of which supply fast deliveries of groceries. Bengaluru-based Flipkart may also go up towards grocery supply upstart JioMart, backed by Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
Google-backed Dunzo and Naspers-backed Swiggy additionally provide grocery deliveries in India, and the service could possibly be profitable for corporations through the COVID-19 pandemic, which is making extra Indians order important objects corresponding to groceries on-line.
“Halfway through the year of the pandemic, supply chains have transformed drastically,” Flipkart mentioned in an announcement. “The hyperlocal category, known for being a convenience for many, has now emerged to be a long-term essential service for the country.”
Last week, Flipkart mentioned it had acquired Walmart’s native cash-and-carry enterprise in an effort to strengthen its wholesale choices to mom-and-pop-stores.
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