E-tailers step up supply chain hiring before festive season sales

Bengaluru: E-commerce firms are stepping up hiring, particularly on the supply chain and logistics front, expecting an uptick in sales in the coming festive season, with online sales getting a huge boost particularly amid the pandemic cloud.

Amazon India and Walmart-owned Flipkart are also ramping up warehousing and logistical operations with a sharp focus on smaller cities and towns.

Flipkart will hire around 70,000 people in its supply chain ahead of the festive season sales and its flagship Big Billion Days sale event expected in October. The homegrown e-commerce firm also said lakhs of indirect jobs at its seller and other ecosystem partners’ locations will be generated.