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Flipkart is India’s largest ecommerce marketplace, founded in 2002 by a team of two ex-Amazon employees, Binny and Sascha Bansal. It began as a book and entertainment retailer, but has expanded rapidly to sell music, movies, fashion and general merchandise. Flipkart acquired online fashion platform Myntra in 2014. It competes with Amazon in its home market of India. In 2018, Walmart acquired a 77% controlling stake.
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NewsWalmart-backed Flipkart raises $3.6bn to power growth
Indian online retail powerhouse Flipkart has completed a $3.6bn (£2.6bn) fundraising to ”accelerate the growth of the consumer internet ecosystem in India”.
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NewsReliance takes on Amazon and Flipkart with JioMart launch
Indian retail giant Reliance Industries has launched an ecommerce platform to challenge Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart in its homeland.
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NewsFlipkart to launch online grocery business FarmerMart
Walmart-owned Flipkart has unveiled plans to enter the grocery market in its native India.
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NewsFlipkart boss steps down amid misconduct allegation
The chief executive of Flipkart Group Binny Bansal has resigned following an independent investigation into an allegation of “serious personal misconduct.”
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AnalysisAnalysis: What’s behind Walmart’s pounce on Flipkart?
Only a week after lining up a deal for Asda with Sainsbury’s, US titan Walmart has made the biggest acquisition in its history with the capture of India’s Flipkart.com.
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NewsWalmart edges out Amazon with $16bn Flipkart deal
Walmart has snapped up India’s largest ecommerce retailer Flipkart for around $16bn (£11.8bn) after seeing off competition from Amazon.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: Retail news on retail administrations, Mulberry, Zalando and Flipkart
Retail news round-up on July 9, 2015: Retailer administrations fall by a third, Mulberry creative director takes up role, Zalando shareholders sell shares and India’s Flipkart to adopt app-only strategy
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AnalysisInternational analysis: Flipkart goes head-to-head with Amazon in India
Indian ecommerce group Flipkart has launched its long-awaited Marketplace platform for third-party sellers.
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Flipkart adds one-click payment service to website
Etailer Flipkart has added a ‘Save Cards’ feature to its website, allowing customers to check out with a one-click payment. It has been reported that the retailer has built its own payment gateway to store card details, allowing Flipkart increased control over the user experience. The new one-click system will ...