Flipkart Introduces Same-Day Delivery in 20 Cities from February
Flipkart, a leading e-commerce platform, has announced its plans to introduce same-day delivery services for various product categories in both metro and non-metro cities. This initiative aims to provide customers in cities such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Patna, Raipur, Siliguri, and Vijayawada with the option to receive their orders before midnight, provided they place their orders by 1 p.m.
The initiative is getting rolled out starting in February and will be scaled over the next several months to serve more customers across the country. "Considering that customers not just from metro cities but non-metros cities love to shop on Flipkart, we are working to provide the same day delivery to 20 cities, reinforcing our commitment to staying at the forefront of customer satisfaction", Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President, Head of Supply Chain, Customer Experience & ReCommerce Business, Flipkart Group, said in a statement.
"We will further scale it in the months to come, to include more cities and more categories, including large appliances, to delight the customers", he added. As per the company's statement, this effort is designed to help customers receive same-day deliveries for a range of products, including mobile phones, fashion items, beauty products, lifestyle goods, books, home appliances, and electronics.
The e-commerce giant also highlighted significant investments made in the necessary infrastructure and transportation to expand same-day delivery services across multiple cities. This includes the development of an expanding network of fulfillment centers.
