There’s no economic slowdown on planet Flipkart

Flipkart, it seems, is an anomaly in a stressed Indian economy. At a time when several large industries in India, including automobiles and consumer goods, are struggling with poor consumer sentiment, the country’s largest homegrown e-tailer has said it’s doing just fine and is upbeat about its upcoming annual flagship week-long sale, Big Billion Days (BBD), which starts on Sept. 29. “We don’t see too much of a slowdown because don’t forget that people buy daily wares from us.