Flipkart, India’s e-commerce firm, announced that it has tied up with Meru, an app-based ride-hailing cab operator, to deliver grocery and essential items to customers during the nationwide lockdown. Grocery and essential items will be delivered to Flipkart customers across Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Hyderabad through a safe and sanitized supply chain, the company said in…
As the government planned to allow certain relaxations in its lockdown advisory after April 20, E-commerce companies were aiming for a renewal of services. But in a surprising move, the government has made a U-turn and revised its order. The government had recently released its lockdown guidelines, which allowed e-commerce companies to operate fully and…
E-commerce giant Amazon was recently ordered to close its warehouses in France until at least early next week. The company has been ordered to limit deliveries to essential goods such as food and medical supplies. According to Reuters reports, in an internal document sent to French unions ahead of a meeting on Wednesday afternoon, Amazon…
With long queues at grocery stores and society arranged vegetable marts, swarming online orders, delivery slots are overbooked, stocks are scarce, and people are struggling to get the basic cooking essentials in their households. Lining up at the supermarkets and being exposed to contacted surfaces isn’t the safest choice either, when social distancing is the…
In an attempt to provide essential commodities to Indians stuck at their homes due to the lockdown, E-commerce platform Flipkart and TataConsumer Products Limited has signed a partnership. As part of the partnership, Tata Consumer Products’ distributors will list as marketplace sellers on the Flipkart platform. Consumers can use the Flipkart platform to buy different…
Britannia Industries, an Indian food-products corporation, announced it has partnered with Dunzo, an online delivery platform, to deliver its range of biscuits, croissants, ghee, and dairy whitener, among others to its consumers. The company has launched a Britannia Essentials store that will be available for users of the Dunzo app. The first batch of deliveries…