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Earlier report,
Flipkart's 13th Big Billion Days starts October 9 with 150 mn+ products as Minutes scales to nearly 1,200 hubs
Our read
Flipkart is more likely than not to declare Big Billion Days a success and credit Minutes and Ekart's capacity, while rivals respond with matching festive offers and faster delivery.
For operators
Flipkart is pairing a 150 mn+ product festive catalogue with a fourfold larger Minutes network of nearly 1,200 hubs, so brands and rival retailers should lock in inventory and pricing before early access opens October 8, especially for fast-moving SKUs that could win a slot in Minutes' 77,000-item range.
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Flipkart's post-event release giving order, customer or Minutes share figures
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The report,
Flipkart will host the 13th Big Billion Days from October 9, with more than 150 million products and early access from October 8. Flipkart Minutes has expanded fourfold to nearly 1,200 micro-fulfilment centres, and Ekart added 14 million sq ft of warehousing.
- Products on offer
- more than 150 million
- Flipkart Minutes micro-fulfilment centres
- nearly 1,200
- Ekart warehousing capacity added
- 14 million sq ft
- New delivery hubs added
- over 900
What we verified
Checked against the other reports of this story.
- Big Billion Days edition: 13th — ET Retail and MediaBrief agree.
- October 8 — ET Retail and MediaBrief agree.
What to watch next
- Reports of delivery delays, cancellations or stock-outs in the first weekend after October 9
- Amazon's and quick-commerce rivals' festive-sale claims and delivery-speed marketing
- Any further hub additions or new-city launches announced for Flipkart Minutes beyond the 150+ cities
- Complaints or notices from regulators or trade bodies about sale pricing or dark-store operations
Likely next moves
Our read of what comes next — analysis, not reported by the source.
- Flipkart is likely to publicize Big Billion Days results in terms of orders, new customers and Minutes share, and to cite the hub expansion as the reason it handled volumes.
- Amazon is likely to answer with matching festive-season offers and faster-delivery messaging, especially in the cities where Flipkart Minutes is now present.
- Quick-commerce rivals such as Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart may run festive gifting and electronics campaigns to defend their 10-30 minute delivery positioning against Flipkart Minutes.
- Flipkart is likely to keep adding Minutes hubs and widening the 77,000+ product range after the sale if early order density holds up.
- Regulators and trade bodies may renew scrutiny of discounting and dark-store practices once sale-period pricing becomes visible.
Updates
Each later report on this story, newest first. Earlier entries are never edited; a correction is a new entry.
Flipkart detailed Big Billion Days 2026 scale on 28 Sept: 150 million products, 1.4 million sellers, 900+ hubs
- Sellers participating: 1.4 million
- Rise in transacting sellers vs last year: over 60 per cent
- MSME and artisan units pre-positioned in Ekart: 2.5 crore
- New PIN codes accessible: over 750
- Peak processing capacity increase from automation: over 30 per cent
Flipkart opens 13th Big Billion Days with 1.4 million+ sellers and 8,200+ fulfilment sites; Early Access starts 8 October
- Sellers on Flipkart: over 1.4 million
- Fulfilment and delivery facilities (Ekart and Flipkart Minutes): more than 8,200
On the record
Earlier Flipkart reports on RetailIntel, newest first.
Reported figures
From the report. Source details below
| Flipkart Minutes products offered: | more than 77,000 |
|---|---|
| New delivery hubs added: | over 900 |
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Published
Also reported by BW Retail World, YourStory, The Hindu BusinessLine, MediaBrief
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