To cope up with the economic loss during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, Flipkart and Amazon have decided to put up mega online sales in May.
Flipkart and Amazon have asked their partnered brands and sellers to stock up for the post lockdown sales. They are expecting that many people are waiting to buy non-essential goods post lockdown. The demand for these non-essential goods is immensely high at the moment.
To avail the maximum benefit and recover from the loss of lockdown, they are planning to reduce the discounts.
Brands now know that, after the quarantine, customers will be looking for the availability of products rather than discounts. The new sales will not be based on cuts rather than they will be based on high demand.
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, people are shifting to online platforms for buying groceries and other things. Therefore, a significant boost in E-commerce growth is expected.
Avneet Singh, chief executive of SPPL, which makes Kodak and Thomson smart televisions, said that e-commerce marketplaces have witnessed new consumers in the age group of mid-thirties are ordering products online for the first time. Singh believes that these new consumers will help boost online sales after the restrictions are lifted.
So far, Odisha is the state to allow all e-commerce platforms, such as Flipkart, Amazon, BigBasket, Grofers, Swiggy and Zomato, along with their third-party logistics partners, to resume operations during the second phase of the lockdown. Learning from Odisha, other states and central authorities are expected to take similar actions.