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Traffic needs collective action from citizens: Ravi Garikipati, Flipkart CTO

June 21, 2017

Ravi Garikipati

Chief Technology Officer at Flipkart, Ravi Garikipati, shares his thoughts around the city of Bengaluru, rising traffic challenges and the need for people to come together and break the gridlock.

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This Father’s Day, get up-close-and-personal with these fathers at Flipkart – Meet the #FlipkartSuperDads

June 18, 2017

Sailen Ghosh

On Father's Day, we celebrate fatherhood with four #FlipkartSuperDads! In a series of interviews, we speak to these fathers at Flipkart who are voyaging through different life-stages of parenting, to get perspective on how they've embraced becoming a dad.

How Flipkart is redefining the post-delivery experience with Jeeves

June 15, 2017

Madhu Karuthedath

Jeeves is no new name to most of us. For decades the knowledgeable and profound butler from the adventurous tales of P G Wodehouse has hooked the imagination of readers by the funny bone. But for Flipkart, Jeeves is no laughing matter. It is perhaps one of the greatest customer innovations that India’s largest online marketplace had pioneered during its game-changing course over the last decade. To be more precise, Jeeves Consumer Services Pvt Ltd is Flipkart’s very own product repair and after-sales service capability, designed to deliver customer smiles beyond the point of delivery. How? We unveil the story.

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How Flipkart’s Project EVA empowers women Wishmasters

June 8, 2017

Arjun Paul

For some customers in Bengaluru who shopped on Flipkart in 2016, opening the door to receive their deliveries became an experience to remember. In an innovative move that brought gender equality, women’s empowerment and equal opportunity to the doorstep, these customers discovered that their orders were delivered by a woman Wishmaster (delivery executive). A confident woman dressed in a t-shirt and trousers handed over their wishes, with a smile and a sparkle in her eye. This is the story of Flipkart’s Project EVA, an innovation that aims to empower women in the supply chain industry by proving that no workplace and no job description is an all-male bastion.

The Flipkart innovation Timeline – 10 years that redefined shopping in India

June 1, 2017

Flipkart Stories Editorial

How would you define innovation? Is it a fresh idea that holds potential? Is it creating something that changes the world? Or is it something more, where the whole adds up to more than the sum of the parts? At Flipkart, the philosophy behind innovation has been to solve real problems and to make life easier for customers. This Flipkart innovation timeline takes you back to 2007 to evoke salient moments from Flipkart’s historic journey, moments that have changed the way India shops.

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Is Flipkart a good place to work? No way! It’s a great place to work, says LinkedIn

May 21, 2017

Sumanta Dey

Culture eats strategy for breakfast, observed Peter Drucker. For the second year in a row, as Flipkart takes the top position on the LinkedIn list of the top companies to work for in India, here's a look at Flipkart's DNA and what makes it tick

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Flipkart No Cost EMI – Making your wishes affordable

May 16, 2017

Flipkart Stories Editorial

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Have you been saving up to buy that big ticket product from Flipkart? Put an end to the wait and effort. Flipkart No Cost EMI — a monthly installment-based payment scheme with no processing fee, no hidden costs, no down payment and no interest payout — takes you one step closer to making your wishes come true, no matter what the price tag. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

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Renuka Khandelwal, Flipkart’s first woman engineer, raises a toast to equality and respect

May 12, 2017

Bijoy Venugopal

Renuka Khandelwal walked into an all-male engineering team in 2010. Flipkart’s first woman engineer reflects on the excitement of startup life and that core Flipkart value of R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Vinoth Poovalingam - the fresher who started eKart

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Vinoth Poovalingam, the Flipkart fresher who built eKart

May 12, 2017

Bijoy Venugopal

In 2010, an inexperienced B-school graduate built the foundation of Flipkart’s game-changing outbound logistics organization. Vinoth Poovalingam, who took eKart from the drawing board to reality, reflects on the excitement of his roller-coaster ride as a Flipster

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Flipkart News Bulletin | 11 May, 2017

May 12, 2017

Flipkart Stories Editorial

In this edition of Flipkart Stories news update — Flipkart celebrates the Month of Talent. Padmini Pagadala becomes Flipkart’s CEO for a day. And more.