E-commerce major Flipkart has announced that it plans to launch same-day delivery in 20 cities from February. Products across multiple categories will be delivered across metro and non-metro cities on the same day the order is placed. These cities include New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, Indore, Guwahati, Jaipur, Vijayawada, Pune, Ludhiana, Nagpur, Lucknow, Patna and Siliguri. It has been told that if customers place their order before 1 pm, the product will be delivered before 12 midnight the same night.
This initiative started by Flipkart is being started from February. Currently, it is being started in 20 cities across the country and in the coming time, this facility will gradually be made available to more and more customers across the country.
Under this initiative launched by Flipkart, customers will get the facility of same day delivery on products ranging from mobiles, beauty products, fashion, books, lifestyle, home appliances and electronics. With this facility, customers will be able to get all the products they need within a day.
Flipkart delivers more than 12 crore packages in a month. Flipkart has invested extensively in strengthening its supply chain to reach out to customers living in remote areas of the country. Over the past year, Flipkart has invested in several fulfillment centers to provide same day delivery facilities.
Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President and Head of Supply Chain, Customer Experience and Recommerce Business of Flipkart Group, said, “We have set our foot in 2024. We are going to give happiness to millions of customers across the country in the New Year, under which their products will reach them on the same day they place their order. We understand that shopping on Flipkart is a favorite of all customers, whether they are customers in metro cities or non-metro cities. So right now we are working towards providing same day delivery facility in 20 cities. This will greatly strengthen our commitment to remain at the forefront of customer satisfaction. There are also plans to expand this initiative in the coming months. Due to which the happiness of customers will be increased by including products from more and more cities and more and more categories including big appliances.”
He further said, “Our aim is to keep improving our supply chain network, so that lakhs of orders of our sellers and customers can be easily processed with full efficiency in metro and non-metro cities every day. For this, we have invested extensively in cutting-edge technology, developed our understanding of demand patterns and leveraged data analytics. Due to which we have fully prepared ourselves that delivery will be done on the same day the order is placed. ,