Flipkart Big Diwali Sale 2023: After e-commerce firm Flipkart claimed to have recorded 1.4 billion customer visits during the first seven days of its festive season sale, Flipkart announced its new Diwali sale 2023.
According to the e-commerce's YouTube channel, the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale starts on 2nd November and will end on November 11th.
As per the Flipkart website, people can enjoy steep discounts on a wide range of tech products. This includes up to 45% off on smartphones, up to 80% off on smartwatches, up to 80% off ethnic wear, and up to 50% off on laptops.
The sale also offers heavy discounts and exchange offers on smartphones, TV & other electronic products.
For those using specific banks such as Kotak and SBI there's an additional 10% instant discount available. Besides that, customers will also receive offers through Paytm, UPI and other wallet transactions during the sale.
E-commerce companies registered around 19 per cent increase in gross sales to almost Rs 47,000 crore in the first week of the festive season, which concluded earlier this week, according to a report.
According to the report by market research firm Redseer Strategy Consultants, the Flipkart group, comprising Flipkart, Myntra and Shopsy, led the sales in the first week with around 63 per cent share in gross merchandise value (GMV), implying business of about Rs 29,610 crore, according to the report by market research firm Redseer Strategy Consultants.
"Week 1 of the 2023 festive season sale, which concluded on October 15, saw online platforms clocking a GMV of around Rs 47,000 crore, growing around 19 per cent over week 1 of the 2022 festive season sale," the report said.