Meesho forays into logistics, eyes lowest supply-chain costs

E-commerce startup Meesho on Wednesday launched a marketplace for logistics solutions – Valmo – that consists of a network of micro entrepreneurs who provide first-mile, last-mile and sorting solutions to sellers on the company’s platform.

In contrast to third-party logistics companies or aggregators such as Shiprocket, Meesho claims its disaggregated network of service providers is cheaper for the sellers by at least 5-6% than other players – and the cheapest in the industry – said Sourabh Pandey, CXO, fulfilment and experience.