Amazon’s Great Indian Festival (GIF) is round the corner. In order to meet high demands and quick deliveries, Amazon is all set to ensure no delays, whatsoever. Hence, it added 200 delivery stations and 10,000 delivery partners across the country. Additionally, expansions of more than 60 fulfillment centers. These offer a storage capacity of more than 32 million cubic centers; across 15 states in India. In the recent past, Amazon also announced 5 new sorting centers in cities like Vishakhapatnam, Farukhnagar, Bangalore, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad.
With just two days left, the sale begins on October 17. Well! If you are a Prime Member, you are provided 24 hours early access. As mentioned in a Press Release by Amazon India, there are almost 5 lakh+ listed sellers who will offer more than crores of product. Not just renowned brands, but this time customers can shop from over 4 crore products by small and medium-sized businesses as well. What’s new at GIF? Well! Almost 1,00,000 local Kirana stores and other shops have been Amazon-enabled during this festive season. These local stores are scattered across 100 cities in the country offering a range of products to choose from.
With over 900 new product launches carrying from categories like electronics, appliances, home, and kitchen products, beauty, fashion, grocery, and more; customers can make most of this festive sale. And to ease the communication between the eCommerce platform and customers, the marketplace will be available in 6 regional languages. They include – English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu.
“This year’s Great Indian Festival is an opportunity for our sellers and partners to reach millions of customers across the country. Our sellers are excited and expect this to help them in accelerating their business. For our customers, our aim is to help them find everything they need during the festive season and deliver it safely to them,” Manish Tiwary, Vice President, Amazon India commented in the Press Release.
