The top headlines for Dec 22 – Jan 03 | A Flipkart Stories compilation

Myntra is looking to close this fiscal with $1.2 billion in GMV, open offline stores and grow its AI platform to a million dollar business by 2020. Also, find out why Flipkart leads the list of top 10 companies Indians want to work for. Catch Samsung’s latest Flipkart deal & more in this weekly news digest.

Report: Indians prefer working for Flipkart

A report by LinkedIn charts out top 10 companies Indians want to work for and Flipkart leads the list! Read more.

Top 10 #companies Indians preferred to work in #2017https://t.co/qJ6PDg9jlX

— IBTimes India (@ibtimes_india) December 27, 2017

Flipkart to focus on higher monthly active users in 2018

Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy says the company will focus on increasing its monthly active users to 80 million.

Ecommerce Behemoth Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy On What's In The Cart Of Flipkart, This Year

Ecommerce giant Flipkart will focus on increasing the monthly active consumers by a bare minimum of 2.5x, says the CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Inc42 Media

Flipkart to focus on higher monthly active users in 2018

Online retailer believes that it has made competition irrelevant in 2017 and will shift focus to increasing monthly active transacting customers.

The Economic Times

Flipkart to look beyond gross sales numbers: Kalyan Krishnamurthy https://t.co/9ra8bQY71t

— Livemint (@livemint) January 1, 2018

Myntra expected to announce EBITDA profitability

Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan says Myntra is on track to close this fiscal with $1.2 billion in Gross Merchandise Value. Read more.

Myntra to launch multi-brand offline stores

The launch is part of Myntra’s O2O strategy.

Online Fashion Marketplace Myntra To Open Multi-Brand Offline Stores

In line with O2O strategy Flipkart-owned online fashion marketplace Myntra is now considering to launch its own multi-brand offline stores

Inc42 Media

Myntra to launch offline beauty stores: Report

Flipkart group’s fashion and lifestyle e-tailing arm Myntra is planning to enter the beauty market by opening a chain of offline stores selling multi-brand cosmetics and wellness products, a media report said, citing two people in the know.

VCCircle

After launching roadster and wellness store, @myntra plans to launch leading multi-brand offline stores.

Know all about it in the story below ↓ https://t.co/hrnVELT5Cw

— Inc42 (@Inc42) December 25, 2017

Myntra CEO on the future of Rapid

Myntra CEO Ananth Narayanan says Rapid, Myntra’s AI platform, will be a million dollar business by 2020.

Myntra chalks out growth road map for AI biz unit Rapid

Fashion e-tailer Myntra plans to turn its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning platfrom called Rapid into a separate business vertical, just like parent Flipkart.

VCCircle

#PrivateBrands of @myntra like Moda Rapido and Here&Now are completely done through Rapid. We also expect to partner other brands globally and are in discussions for it.https://t.co/fDEj33j3Sj

— Ananth Narayanan (@ANarayanan24) December 30, 2017

Xiaomi Redmi 5A on sale through Flipkart

Xiaomi’s latest launch, the Redmi 5A, is available in two variants.

Xiaomi Redmi 5A to go on sale today through Flipkart, Mi.com

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi recently launched ‘Desh Ka Smartphone’ Redmi 5A in India. It is the cheapest smartphone of the company till date.

Gadgets Now

Xiaomi Redmi 5A to go on sale today on Flipkart: Specs, price, more https://t.co/76XLtZflO0 pic.twitter.com/sIfLNs7NGe

— Gadgets To Use (@gadgetstouse) December 28, 2017

.@xiaomi Redmi 5A to go on sale today at 12PM via Flipkart, https://t.co/yXNWMUWS5h: All offers decoded! https://t.co/p3WY0Yxfr2 #dnaTech pic.twitter.com/M8KsITRgZ4

— DNA (@dna) December 21, 2017

Samsung’s latest #FlipkartUnique sale!

The Samsung On Nxt with 16GB storage, full HD display, and 3GB RAM is available on Flipkart. Read more.

Samsung Galaxy On Nxt 16GB Variant Launched in India at Rs 10,999; Will Be Available at Rs 9,999 During Flipkart Sale on January 3 https://t.co/a1lwo7koT1 pic.twitter.com/45OStl2VaZ

— Telecom TALK (@TelecomTalk) January 1, 2018

New variant of the Samsung Galaxy On Nxt to launch on January 3 via Flipkart https://t.co/FpS4lwcSP1 pic.twitter.com/D1iSIj1WYJ

— DNA (@dna) January 1, 2018