Reliance AGM: JioMart testing integration with WhatsApp, says Mukesh Ambani

Reliance’s e-commerce venture JioMart hit a single-day peak of 6.5 lakh orders, Reliance Industries NSE -2.45 % chairman Mukesh Ambani announced at the company’s 44th annual general meeting on Thursday. He said JioMart has brought online 3 lakh merchants and shopkeepers across 150 cities.

Ambani also announced a set of integrations between WhatsApp and JioMart on a trial basis. “Our joint teams are actively developing the full New Commerce solution linking merchants and consumers, and we plan to progressively launch these over the next few quarters,” he said. Facebook has a 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms and is its largest minority shareholder.