Flipkart and Amazon Battle to Dominate India’s Purchasing Festivals

The retail giants are slated to launch their annual autumn promotions in India on Oct. 3, with total gross sales predicted to exceed $9 billion, Nikkei Asia studies.

Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon’s Indian enterprise every have a share of the native e-commerce market exceeding 30 p.c; each firms have modified their schedules to launch promotions earlier, in an try and beat out the rival agency. India’s Shradh competition season is anticipated to be a profitable one, seeing because the nation’s Covid-19 instances are falling and social distancing measures have eased.

In line with consultancy RedSeer, gross sales might exceed $9 billion over the festive season — up 23 p.c from $7.4 billion final yr. The agency expects cell phones, electronics and style to be the top-performing classes.

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