Cornavirus: How Amazon and Flipkart are dealing with supply chain issues

India’s two largest e-tailers Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart are scrambling to minimise the effect of Covid-19 on the supply chains for two of their largest categories — smartphones and large appliances. These account for about half of their sales, four people aware of the matter said. The virus would start affecting availability of consumer goods on these platforms by mid-April, and might even lead to an increase in prices, the sources added.
Both Flipkart and Amazon, through their private labels like MarQ, AmazonBasics and Solimo, also sell large appliances here that are in high demand at the onset of summer. The e-tailers rely heavily on China for manufacturing. Now smartphone launches slated later in the summer are predicted to be delayed.