Flipkart buys parent Walmart's Indian wholesale business

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Flipkart said on Thursday it had acquired parent Walmart Inc's local cash-and-carry business, as the e-commerce firm strengthens its wholesale ...

Flipkart said on Thursday it had acquired parent Walmart Inc's local cash-and-carry business, as the e-commerce firm strengthens its wholesale offerings to compete better with Amazon.com Inc.

The deal will allow Flipkart to launch a digital marketplace called Flipkart Wholesale next month, the Bengaluru-headquartered firm said, without disclosing any financial details of the deal.Walmart, which has been running Best Price wholesale cash-and-carry stores in India since 2009, bought a controlling stake in Flipkart in 2018 for US$16 billion.

 

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