Flipkart expands pan-India supply chain for festive season

09 Oct '20

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Flipkart has significantly expanded its supply chain across India to cater to the growing needs of millions of new and existing consumers shifting online and to support market access for lakhs of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), sellers, artisans and local grocery stores (kiranas). The infrastructure investment is aimed at bringing festive cheer to consumers, the company said in a blog post.

As part of this process, the company has increased its last-mile reach with more than 3,000 facilities across the country to provide a fast and efficient e-commerce experience to consumers.

Overall, Flipkart has added over 3.4 million square feet space across its supply chain assets, including fulfilment centres, mother hubs and delivery centres throughout the country.

With this, the total warehousing space for Flipkart now totals over 18 million square feet in addition to lakhs of square feet of assets from partner brands. This has been further strengthened with the onboarding of over 50,000 kiranas across the country that will help manage a higher number of shipments during the festive season.

This festive season, Flipkart said it is creating nearly 70,000 direct jobs and lakhs of indirect jobs through its pan-India supply chain.

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