Online Grocery

Flipkart Supermart is currently operational in all major pin codes of Bengaluru

Flipkart will expand its online grocery operations first to Hyderabad, followed by Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, and Pune

The announcement comes soon after the CCI approved the Walmart-Flipkart deal

• The new model will equip shopkeepers with technology, logistics, and marketing capabilities
• Renu Satti will be leading the charge as the COO of the new model
• Paytm has also planned to partner with national grocery and food chains and online platforms to power new retail

- BigBasket is looking to touch $43.5 Mn in sales by September and $72.6 Mn by March 2019
- The online grocery platform had an annual exit rate of $435.8 Mn In March 2018
- It is also piloting its new offline service with a separate app — 'BB Instant'

The Retailer Plans To Route Deliveries Through Its Neighbourhood Format Stores Easy Day With A Membership Charge Of INR 999

In A Related Development, The Ecommerce Giant Is Planning To Refocus On Its Book Business

The Development Comes Less Than A Month After Rival BigBasket Secured $300 Mn Led By Alibaba

The Development Comes Just Over a Month After The Startup Raised $300 Mn From Alibaba, Others

Flipkart’s Investment Is over 6 Times What Amazon Has Invested So Far In Its Wholesale Arm

Amazon Is Now A Vendor On Amazon India Platform As Amazon Retail India Pvt. Ltd.

Alibaba Contributed A Massive $145 Mn (INR 927 Cr) To This Round Of Funding

If The Deal Goes Through, The Jack Ma-led Ecommerce Giant Will Be Pouring $300 Mn In Bigbasket

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