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  Walmart , the world’s largest retailer, said on Friday it will use its global resources to expand support for Covid-19 relief efforts in India. Walmart, the Walmart Foundation, Flipkart and PhonePe, along with Walmart’s Global Technology and Sourcing hubs, are collaborating to counter oxygen shortages, support the national vaccination drive and donate to organizations making a difference in communities nationwide. “Walmart is a global family. We feel the impact of this devastating surge on our associates, families and friends across India, and it’s important that we come together to support however we can,” said Doug McMillon, President and CEO of Walmart Inc. Walmart will donate up to 20 oxygen-generating plants and 20 cryogenic containers for oxygen storage and transportation, as well as more than 3,000 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders for delivering oxygen therapy to patients at home or in the hospital. These are being sourced globally and will be donated t...

  INALSA is launching its Robot Vacuum Cleaner in India on 10th April 2021 and it will be available through Flipkart . The brand has also bundled a number of offers and deals for customers who purchase the Robot Vacuum Cleaner. If consumers/buyers are planning to purchase an automatic smart vacuum cleaner to get their home spick and span, now seems like a great time to get one. Here is all one needs to know about the INALSA Robot Vacuum Cleaner. The Robot Vacuum Cleaner is a smart all-in-one cleaning solution for homes. The Robot cleaner features 2-in-1 sweeping and mopping functionalities and 6 cleaning modes. This cleaning Robot is controlled via remote. Read More

  Indian electronics maker Lava on Friday launched the e-Education range of tablets in India, exclusively on the home-grown e-commerce platform Flipkart. Priced between Rs 9,000 – Rs 15,000, the Lava e-Education series debuts with three tablets -- Magnum XL , Aura and Ivory – each of a different screen size. Designed for education purposes, the tablets are touted to sport big screens, big capacity batteries and enhance audio. The top-end model in the series is the Lava Magnum XL. It sports a 10.1-inch IPS screen of HD resolutions and 390 nits peak brightness. Powered by MediaTek quad-core processor, the tablet comes with 2GB RAM and 32GB on-board storage. The tablet has a microSD card slot for storage expansion (up to 256GB). The tablet boots Android 10 operating system with support for Wi-Fi and LTE. It ships with 6,100 mAh battery. It sports a 5MP camera on the back and a 2MP camera on the front. The Lava Magnum XL comes in dark grey colour with metallic finish. It is priced a...

  Samsung will launch its next mid-segment smartphone Galaxy F62 on February 15, according to details posted on the ecommerce platform Flipkart. Galaxy F62 will come with Samsung's flagship Exynos 9825 processor manufactured using a 7-nanometer process technology, making it the fastest Galaxy device in the under Rs 25,000 price segment with this flagship mobile chip. The Geekbench 5 score of the flagship Exynos 9825 processor is 2400, while the GFXBench 5 score is 68. Flipkart has also created a microsite on Galaxy F62, with details such as the presence of a quad camera and Infinity O display on Galaxy F62. Galaxy F62 will be Samsung's second smartphone in the F Series. The F Series launched in India last year. It will house a huge 7000mAh battery. With the launch of Galaxy F62, Samsung will strengthen its play in the mid-segment, which is currently dominated by Samsung's own Galaxy M51 and One Plus Nord in the online channel. Read More

  Flipkart on Tuesday released a list of its Mobile Awards 2020 winners in which iPhone 12 series, Samsung Galaxy F41 and Realme are in the list of the people’s choice awards. According to Flipkart, the winners are chosen by consumers themselves, and the awards recognises the smartphone brands that have made a difference to their lives this year - from industry-first innovations, features, to cutting-edge technology. Apple dominate the list with its iPhone 12 series winning the best camera phone, fastest-performing phone, best in design awards, and unmatched flagship phone. Chinese smartphone maker Realme won three awards – entertainment superstar with the Realme 7 Pro, finest value for money phone with the Narzo 20A and best innovation for 2020 for launching the first 5G Phone. Read More  

  Flipkart on Monday launched in India the Nokia PureBook X14 laptop, marking the brand’s entry in to the laptops segment. The Nokia PureBook X14 comes with 10th Gen Intel Core i5 processor, priced at Rs 59,990. The Flipkart-exclusive laptop will be available for preorders from December 18, 2020. The Nokia PureBook X14 is touted to be 1.1 kg in weight and 16.8mm in form-factor. It sports a 14-inch fullHD screen with support for Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR). Besides, the Nokia PureBook X14 supports Dolby Atmos for headphones. “Launching the Nokia brand into this new product category is testament to our successful collaboration with Flipkart. We are excited to offer consumers in India a Nokia branded laptop which brings innovation to address a gap in the market, as well as the style, performance and reliability that the Nokia brand is known for,” Vipul Mehrotra, Vice President – Nokia Brand Partnerships said in a statement. Read More  

  Flipkart is hosting the Mobile Bonanza sale in which the home-grown e-commerce platform is offering discounts, bank offers, exchange offers, and more on wide range of smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, Asus, Realme, and other smartphone brands. The sale started on December 7 and it will continue until December 10. As part of sale offers, Flipkart is offering an additional discount of up to Rs 1,750 on HDFC credit card and equated monthly instalment option on debit/credit cards on minimum transaction of Rs 25,000. Here are some of the deals currently live on the Flipkart’s Mobile Bonanza sale: 1) Realme C11 The price of Realme's popular smartphone Realme C11 has dropped to Rs 7,499 from Rs 8,999. The smartphone has a 5,000mAh battery and 6.5-inch screen. 2) Redmi 9i Redmi's 9i is available for Rs 8,999 from Rs 10,999 during Flipkart's sale. The smartphone has a 5,000mAh battery, 6.5-inch HD-plus display and comes with 4GB ram and 128 GB storage. Read More

  It is Dhanteras today, an occasion that marks the beginning of Diwali festival in India. Dhanteras is considered an auspicious day to buy precious metal. While there is no specific sale happening around the occasion, e-commerce platforms operating in the country like Amazon and Flipkart are running Diwali sales where one can avail offers and discounts on wide range of products, besides bank offers such as no interest equated monthly instalment and instant discounts. Let’s take a look at offers available on e-commerce platform: Amazon India Dhanteras sale Amazon is currently running its annual festive season sale named the ‘ Great Indian Festival sale ’ . Valid until November 13, the sale include wide range of products, including discounts on precious metals like Gold and Silver. Besides, there are bank offers to sweeten the deal; Amazon is offering 10 per cent instant discount on transaction made through State Bank of India credit cards subjected to minimum order value of Rs...

  Flipkart has announced a range of Nokia-branded smart televisions, powered by Android 9.0 Pie TV platform, ahead of its Big Billion Days sale, which commences from October 16. Named Nokia Smart TV, the range will be available in three screen resolution variants – HD, FullHD and UltraHD. “This festive season, Smart TVs are dominating the market like never before. The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of smarter and more digitally-savvy lifestyle, prompting consumers to adopt Smart TVs in an affordable manner - equally from metros and non-metro cities of India. As consumers plan their festive season shopping, we want to ensure that they have a wide range of choices across specifications, variants, and design. Towards this endeavor, we are excited to strengthen our collaboration with Nokia to bring a wider suite of Nokia Smart TVs to India to address the much-needed market gap of value-for-money Smart TV range,” Dev Iyer, Vice President – Private Brands at Flipkart said in ...

  Flipkart Wholesale, the digital B2B marketplace of the e-commerce firm, is launching its first festive season sale since starting operations in August The three-day sale ‘Big Festival Month’ will start from Tuesday, and will feature products in the fashion categories across more than 50 brands, over 100 sellers, and 100,000 members. “The upcoming festive season is a great opportunity for retailers and MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) to boost sales and profitability,” said Adarsh Menon, senior vice president and head, Flipkart Wholesale and Walmart India. “We see this as an opportunity for the whole retail ecosystem to come together, lift consumer sentiment, and drive business growth for local MSMEs across the country.” Read More

  E-commerce giant Flipkart said on Tuesday that it will help generate 70,000 direct and lakhs of indirect seasonal jobs through its Big Billion Days (BBD) festival shopping event. The shopping event would create direct job opportunities across the Walmart-owned company’s supply chain, that includes delivery executives, pickers, packers and sorters. There will also be additional indirect jobs created at Flipkart's seller partner locations and kiranas. This will be further supplemented by job creation in ancillary industries including vendor locations, and freight partners, as the entire ecosystem scales up for the festive season. The expansion and strengthening of the supply chain will help create a robust system enabling millions of new e-commerce users to shop online seamlessly as lakhs of ecosystem players gear up for the festive season. Read More

  Chinese smartphone maker Realme on Thursday launched in India the Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro . The smartphones bring segment first features, including the MediaTek Helio G95 mobile processor and 65W SuperDart Charger. Successor to the Realme 6 series, the Realme 7 series brings several upgrades with regard to design, performance, imagine, and more. The Realme 7 is priced at Rs 14,999 and Rs 16,999 for the 6GB RAM + 64GB internal storage and 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage variants, respectively. Sale starts from September 10 at 12 noon. The Realme 7 Pro is priced at Rs 19,999 and Rs 21,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB internal storage and 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage variants, respectively. Sale starts from September 14 at 12 noon. Read More     

Flipkart has launched a new payment method that lets customers pay some amount for a product and the balance on delivery, aiming to reduce returns and cancellations. The Walmart-owned e-commerce giant, in an email to sellers, said ‘Part-Payment’ would encourage pre-paid transactions. Customers can pay the remaining amount in cash when a product is delivered or either by online transaction. The rate card will remain the same for 'part payment' orders. E-commerce websites allow customers pre-paid, post-paid (cash on delivery) or EMI (equated monthly instalment) as options to purchase products. Most customers choose cash on delivery (CoD), which results in higher units or GMV (gross merchandise value) but risks companies a higher risk of cancellations. Flipkart told sellers ‘Part-Payment’ would help them get higher GMV growth and reduce cancellations. The company, which this week received a $1.2-billion investment from Walmart, works with over 200,000 sellers and 250,0...

Online retailer Flipkart said it has introduced ‘voice assistant’ capability on its platform, to make consumers’ e-commerce journey simpler and more natural. Introduced in Flipkart’s grocery store, Supermart, the ‘voice assistant’ will enable consumers to discover and buy products easily using voice commands in multiple languages, starting with Hindi and English. The voice-first conversational AI platform has been built by Flipkart’s in-house technology team with solutions for speech recognition, natural language understanding, machine translation, and text-to-speech for Indian languages. These solutions are capable of understanding vernacular languages such as Hindi, e-commerce categories and products, and tasks such as searching for a product, understanding product details and placing an order. The AI platform is built to automatically detect the language spoken by the user, and in real-time transcribe, translate, transliterate and understand the user’s intent to have engag...

Realme Narzo 10A smartphone is set to go on first sale in India on Friday. Launched earlier this month, alongside the Narzo 10, the budget smartphone will be available on Flipkart and Realme online stores. In retrospective, the Narzo 10A was put on sale through offline stores in select states. Now, it will be available both on online platforms (Flipkart and Realme) and offline retail stores in select states. The Realme Narzo 10A will be available in sole 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage variant, priced at Rs 8,499. The phone will be available in So Blue and So White colour options. The sale starts at 12 noon on May 22. On Flipkart, the phone will be eligible to get a five per cent cashback on purchase made through Axis Bank credit card, and SuperCash worth Rs 500 on Realme online store. Moreover, the phone will be eligible for Flipkart’s free four-month YouTube Music Premium subscription offer. Read More

Walmart-owned Flipkart said on Wednesday it would resume services and Amazon said it was working with the government to enable its deliveries after state governments reached out to the firms, which had temporarily stopped accepting new orders amid reports of police high-handedness. The Delhi police issued a statement saying they were proactively engaging with e-commerce portals and were issuing passes to ensure agents were able to commute seamlessly and deliver essential goods to residents during the 21-day lockdown. The Bengaluru police, too, came out with guidelines for issuing curfew passes. Following this, Flipkart Chief Executive Officer Kalyan Krishnamurthy said, “We have been assured of the safe and smooth passage of our supply chain and delivery executives by local law enforcement authorities and are resuming our grocery and essentials services later today (Wednesday).” Read More

Sony has launched its latest noise cancellation headphones WH-H910N in India for Rs 21,990. The company has roped in Flipkart for its online sale from February 14, 2020. Priced at Rs 21,990, the latest headphones from Sony have ‘Dual Noise Sensor’ technology that cancels ambient noise. There is a ‘Quick Attention’ mode to turn down the volume. Users can change the track, turn the volume up or down by tapping or swiping the panel Sony says the wireless noise cancellation headphones have 25-mm drivers, with highly rigid aluminum domes and soft urethane edge diaphragms to achieve the same sound pressure as conventional 40-mm drivers. Read More

Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart on Monday announced the launch of Visa Safe Click (VSC), powered by Visa, the payments technology giant. VSC, a new payment solution now available on Flipkart platform, will enable the e-commerce platform to deploy India’s first in-app device-based network authentication solution. This solution will eliminate the need for ‘one time passwords’ (OTP) for transactions up to Rs. 2,000, while also ensuring a completely secure payment experience. Flipkart said it hopes to reduce the steps in the payment system. The aim is to help consumers complete their purchase journey with ease, primarily in regions where internet connectivity and e-literacy are scarce. With this, Flipkart will offer consumers the benefits of faster checkout time, leading to more shopping carts getting fulfilled with ease. The company said that, at a time when e-commerce is witnessing an ever-growing demand, leading to higher and larger transaction volumes, VSC’s built-in ne...

Xiaomi -backed wearable brand Huami on Tuesday launched Amazfit GTR 47 mm Titanium version and 42 mm Glitter Edition smartwatch in India. The 47.2mm (Titanium) and 42.6mm (Glitter edition) are priced at Rs 14,999 and Rs 12,999 respectively, will be available on Flipkart. "With the launch of Amazfit GTR 47 Titanium and GTR 42 Glitter edition, we are setting the pace of revolution in the category and establishing a strong foothold in the smart wearable market. We aim to make our product line accessible to the masses across the fitness and fashion segment," Mark Mao, Vice President of Overseas Business, Huami, said in a statement. The Amazfit GTR 47 version is equipped with 24 days battery life with 1.39-inch AMOLED display while 42 version supports 12 days battery life with 1.2-inch AMOLED display. Both smartwatches have Corning Gorilla 3 tempered glass with anti-fingerprint coating. Also features accurate heart rate monitoring, sedentary reminders, sleep analy...

E-commerce platform Flipkart, in partnership with Finnish technology company Nokia, on Thursday launched a 55-inch smart television. Named Nokia Smart TV , it is a Nokia-branded television that will be manufactured and serviced by Flipkart and its affiliate groups. Priced at Rs 41,999, the smart television will be available on Flipkart from December 10. As for the launch offers, the company is offering flat 10 per cent discount on prepaid transactions. Moreover, it is also offering its complete protection plan -- three years warranty against manufacturing defects and accidental damage -- at a subsidised price of Rs 999. Nokia Smart TV specifications: The Nokia Smart TV has a 55-inch screen, which the company claims to use an advanced in-plane switch (IPS) panel. The screen has 4K resolution and supports Dolby Vision. It has a peak brightness of 400 nits, according to the company. Additionally, the screen supports adaptive dimming to automatically balance the screen contrast...