Flipkart will open 4 centres in Maha, create 4,000 jobs
E-commerce giant Flipkart on Tuesday said it will open four new fulfilment and sortation centres in Maharashtra, creating 4,000 direct and indirect jobs.
The facilities, located in Bhiwandi and Nagpur, will be collectively spread across nearly 700,000 square feet (sq. ft). Apart from growing customer demand, the expansion comes on the back of a growing seller count from the state, which rose 30 per cent in the last year.
“As a homegrown e-commerce company, we are continuously making deep investment in infrastructure and supply-chain in Maharashtra to support a robust ecosystem for local MSMES, artisans, weavers and other underserved communities,” said Rajneesh Kumar, chief corporate affairs officer at Flipkart.
A fulfilment centre is a warehouse where orders are received, processed and filled, while a sortation centre is a facility where shipments are picked according to pin codes. Walmart-owned Flipkart has over 70 of these across the country, spread over 10 million sq. ft.
The expansion would help Flipkart compete with Amazon, Reliance’s Jiomart, and Tata-owned Bigbasket.
Amazon India recently announced plans to expand its fulfillment network, with a nearly 40 per cent increase in its storage capacity over the last year. With this, Amazon will have more than 43 million cubic feet of storage capacity across 15 states.