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In 2017, Flipkart sold 1.3 million phones in 20 hours on 21 September during its Big Billion Days promotion, doubling the number sold on the first day of the same event in 2016. [39] Flipkart held a 51% share of all Indian smartphone shipments in 2017, overtaking Amazon India (33%).
As expected, the timing of Flipkart's Big Billion days event negatively affected year-over-year sales comparisons. Outside of India, e-commerce sales grew more than 20% across all markets.
[38] [39] [40] Similar to US-style shopping events such as Black Friday, online retailers adopted the practice of holding multi-day promotions during this period, such as Amazon's "Great Indian Festival" and Flipkart's "Big Billion Days". India's Independence Day (August 15) had also recently attracted similar events. [40] [41]
The e-commerce in India was $147.3 billion in 2024, with 18.7% CAGR through to 2028 which will be further fueled by the technology innovations (5G & 6G based higher internet speed, AI and ML based hyper-personalized shopping experience, immersive AR and VR virtual try-ons and virtual stores, blockchain based enhanced supply chain transparency and increased trust among consumers), cheaper data ...
Binny Bansal (born 1982/1983) is an Indian billionaire [2] [3] Internet entrepreneur. [3] As of February 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.4 billion. [1] In 2007 he co-founded the e-commerce platform Flipkart.
In 2018, Bansal exited Flipkart following the Walmart deal. [6] In 2007, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (not related) founded Flipkart whose valuation in 2018 was $20.8 billion. [7] In 2018, Bansal held a 5.5 per cent stake in Flipkart, which he sold to Walmart and his net worth then was a little over $1 billion. [7]
Walmart's Flipkart marketplace and PhonePe payments business in India could be $100 billion businesses buoyed by strong growth, the retailer's chief financial officer said on Wednesday at an ...
Mukesh Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur and author known for his contributions to digital commerce, wellness, and technology.A 1997 computer science graduate from IIT Kanpur, he began his career at Deloitte before moving to Silicon Valley in 1999, where he worked at Nextag, Centrata, and newScale, gaining expertise in technology and strategy.