E-commerce market Flipkart stated on Wednesday it has onboarded greater than 50,000 kirana shops to make deliveries to clients in additional than 850 cities throughout the upcoming festive season.
The kirana programme has been expanded to distant and much away cities together with locations reminiscent of Tinsukia (Assam), Agartala (Tripura) and Kannur (Kerala), making e-commerce extra inclusive by connecting kiranas and customers to the rising digital commerce.
Flipkart stated kirana shops have a excessive client satisfaction rating and the programme gives a chance to generate further earnings for them whereas additionally constructing on consumer-centric expertise.
“Via a mixture of their hyperlocal presence and improvements by Flipkart, this programme has grow to be an awesome enabler in strengthening kirana ecosystem within the nation,” stated Amitesh Jha, Senior Vice-President for e-kart and market at Flipkart.
Final yr, kiranas collectively delivered over 10 lakh shipments throughout Flipkart’s The Massive Billion Day whereas providing e-commerce expertise for the customers.
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