Flipkart Minutes Crosses 1,000 Dark Stores, Targets 1,500 in 180+ Cities
Walmart-owned Flipkart Minutes now spans 130 cities with 1,000 micro-fulfilment centres, adding ~100 stores monthly. Orders grew 5x YoY with Gen Z driving 40% of demand and tier-2/3 cities scaling 42x. Race tightens against Blinkit (2,243), Instamart (1,143), Zepto (1,139) as Flipkart defers IPO.
Flipkart Minutes scaled to 1,000 micro-fulfilment centres across 130 cities, adding ~100 stores monthly, targeting 1,500 stores in 180+ cities. Orders grew 5x, driven by Gen Z and tier-2/3 markets, even as Flipkart defers its IPO.
Why this matters
Caps a two-year sprint to 1,000 micro-fulfilment centres and follows Flipkart Minutes' Bharat-first plan to place 90% of upcoming stores in tier II/III cities as metros saturate.
Store-opening signals hold steady at 300 in the last 90 days as quick-commerce build-out continues.