Flipkart’s quick commerce arm Flipkart Minutes is targeting the launch of 800 dark stores across India by the end of 2025 to bolster its logistics network. The business sees adding more mini-warehouses as central to its expansion plans.

“We launched our own quick commerce product, Flipkart Minutes, nine months ago,” said Flipkart Group’s CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy during Walmart’s annual investor community meeting, Apparel Resources India reported. “We only had roughly 100 stores when we first opened. We have now nearly reached 300 stores. We’re likely to reach 800 stores by the end of this year.”

Flipkart Minutes operates in a competitive space dominated by established players such as Zepto, Swiggy Instamart, and Blinkit, Zomato’s quick commerce platform. The service promises delivery within 15 to 20 minutes from strategically located dark stores in select metro locations.

Krishnamurthy emphasised the importance of infrastructure for growth and stated that customers in the target market for quick commerce have high standards. Naming the supply chain as the most crucial component to the success of Flipkart Minutes, Krishnamurthy noted that it must be scalable, technologically equipped, nimble, and dependable. Flipkart Minutes is designed to meet the growing demand for ultra-fast deliveries, with dark stores acting as localised hubs to ensure speed and efficiency across high-density urban markets.

Author Credits- Isabelle Crossley, FASHION NETWORK