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Apr 13, 2020
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Spencer’s Retail, Flipkart join hands for hyperlocal deliveries

Published
Apr 13, 2020

E-commerce marketplace Flipkart and retail chain Spencer’s Retail have got into a partnership to start hyperlocal deliveries of groceries and essentials in the country.
 

Spencer’s Retail, Flipkart join hands for hyperlocal deliveries - Flipkart


With this partnership, Flipkart and Spencer’s will deliver essential products to consumers and help promote social distancing to curb the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.
 
Under this initiative, consumers will be able to order essentials goods from Spencer’s store on the Flipkart app. Flipkart executives will deliver the order to the customer’s doorstep.

Commenting on the initiative, Kalyan Krishnamurthy group CEO of Flipkart in a statement said: “Flipkart is committed to ensuring fulfilling customers’ needs amidst the lockdown to promote ‘social distancing’ and we are initiating various steps in this regard. We have built a robust tech-backed platform to offer consumers real-time insights of essentials available in their area and will ensure timely doorstep deliveries.”
 
Devendra Chawla CEO of Spencer’s Retail added: “In such times building an ecosystem of partnerships will transition us to truly become an omni-channel business in serving consumers. In this tough environment, Spencer’s partnership with Flipkart provides another platform to a larger set of consumers.”
 
Flipkart had earlier partnered with Uber for the delivery of essential goods in metro cities like Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi amid the ongoing national lockdown.

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