Indian e-com firm Flipkart announces expansion of warehousing network

The expansion of the supply chain in Gujarat is a testament to Flipkart’s commitment to serving customers from the state and nearby region in a fast and seamless manner and contributing to its economic growth by enabling market access to MSMEs and other local sellers. The new facilities are located in Ahmedabad and Surat, and are collectively spread across an area of nearly 5 lakh square feet, helping create more than 5,000 direct and indirect local jobs in the state. This will further help strengthen the support for close to 35,000 local sellers from Gujarat to get national market access while ensuring wider selection and faster deliveries for the customers. The addition of new facilities will also augment Flipkart’s capabilities to cater to more consumers, including lakhs of first-time e-commerce customers as the region witnesses’ robust demand for e-commerce services, Flipkart said in a press release.

Over 52 per cent of new Flipkart consumers are from tier-II and beyond cities, a testament to the growing adoption of e-commerce services and more opportunities for sellers from these regions. These fresh investments by Flipkart in the state will support thousands of small businesses. Overtime, the Flipkart group has created over 1.3 lakh direct and indirect local jobs in the state, while bringing market access to under-served communities in Gujarat.

“E-commerce has played a pivotal role in taking the local seller ecosystem to a pan-India customer base and it’s heartening to witness the expansion of Flipkart’s supply chain in the state which will create thousands of direct and indirect job opportunities and open new avenues for thousands of MSMEs, local traders, and artisans. The Gujarat government is committed to the overall development of the state including the building of an enabling ecosystem for e-commerce by working closely with industry leaders like Flipkart to spur growth in the region,” Vijay Rupani, chief minister, government of Gujarat said in a statement.

“A robust supply chain has a cascading impact on almost all aspects of trade and business. Over the past many years, Flipkart has made heavy investments in a world class, tech enabled supply chain and last mile infrastructure that has created lakhs of local jobs and has been pivotal to path-breaking customer experiences. With a strengthened supply chain presence in Gujarat we will be able to further support MSMEs, sellers from Gujarat and thousands of Kirana partners from the state, while creating thousands of additional local jobs,” Kalyan Krishnamurthy, group CEO at Flipkart said.

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