Flipkart Ready To Compete With BlinkIt And Swiggy In This Segment: Report – News18

Flipkart is planning to enter the fast-commerce enterprise, aiming to ship orders to prospects immediately after buy, the media reported on Thursday.

According to TechCrunch, citing sources, the corporate intends to launch the moment-supply service in choose areas as early as May this yr.

However, the discussions are ongoing and there could also be slight adjustments within the timeline, the report talked about.

“The e-commerce firm is committed to meeting evolving customer expectations and delivering excellence in value, selection and speed, with more initiatives expected on this front in the coming months,” a Flipkart spokesperson was quoted as saying.

The new foray comes at a time when Flipkart can also be exploring the acquisition of the moment-supply agency Dunzo.

Earlier this month, Flipkart introduced that it’s gearing to roll out identical-day supply of merchandise throughout a number of classes in metro and non-metro cities.

The transfer will see prospects throughout cities, together with Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Patna, Raipur, Siliguri and Vijayawada.

The e-commerce main additionally launched its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) deal with not too long ago to additional improve its digital cost choices for all prospects, together with its 500+ million prospects.

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