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Flipkart is a popular online shopping website in India. They offer discounted deals on a range of products in the following categories:
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Electronics
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Books
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Mobiles and accessories
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Movies and TV show DVDs
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Home and kitchen appliances
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TV and videos
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Music CDs
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Cameras
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Personal and healthcare products
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Computers
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Audio and MP3 players
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Network components
Flipkart is a popular online shopping website in India. They offer discounted deals on a range of products in the following categories:
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Electronics
-
Books
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Mobiles and accessories
-
Movies and TV show DVDs
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Home and kitchen appliances
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TV and videos
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Music CDs
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Cameras
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Personal and healthcare products
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Computers
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Audio and MP3 players
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Network components
History of Flipkart
Flipkart was started by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal in the year 2007 in Bangalore, India. Both of the founders were alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. They were inspired by Amazon.com which is a leading online shopping website.
The online shopping website is currently the largest online bookseller in India and offers over 11.5 million titles of national and international writers under 11 different categories.
During the first two years of its existence, Flipkart only used word of mouth as their preferred way of popularizing the site. But when John Woods' ‘Leaving Microsoft to Change the World’ mentioned about Flipkart, the site became an instant success among online shoppers.
The website attained the break-even point during 2010 and since then it has been reported to grow by 100% on each quarter. Given its success as online bookstore, the owners decided to expand its business areas to mobile phones, accessories, electronics, CDs and DVDs, healthcare products etc.
Interesting facts and figures about Flipkart
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It is the largest e-commerce site in India with more than 1 million registered users.
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On an average, over 28,000 items are sold daily on the site.
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Flipkart currently enjoys a strong investment base of $31 million.
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They offer cash on delivery, 30 days return policy, free shipping across India and EMI facilities for their users.
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They have their delivery teams located in 15 different Indian cities.
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It has 3 warehouses
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The current employee strength of the company is 3000
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Flipkart ranks at the 40th position among top 100 websites in India
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The site enjoys a massive 8,000,000 daily visits from users
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WeRead and Mime360 are its subsidiaries
Know the founders better
Sachin Bansal: Mr. Sachin Bansal is the current CEO of the company. He also happens to be the co-founder of the site along with Mr. Binny Bansal. He is an IIT-Delhi graduate in Computer Engineering. He initially worked for Amazon.com but later left the company to start Flipkart.
He looks after the front end activities of the business that range from technology to marketing. He also holds the offices of Flipkart's corporate divisions that look after the finance and legal aspects of the company.
Binny Bansal: He is the present COO of Flipkart.com. He looks after the day-to-day operational activities of the company. He is the responsible person for all issues related to warehouses, logistics and customer support.
Careers at Flipkart
The online shopping website looks for dynamic young professionals who can keep up with the massive business reach of the company. Currently, the company is looking for an incumbent for the position of Vice President Engineering – Supply Chain Technologies.
Last Updated: 11/18/11
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