Ekart logistics or Ekart courier is an Indian
courier
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delivery services
company
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, headquartered in
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
,
Karnataka
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.
A subsidiary of
electronic commerce
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company
Flipkart Pvt. Ltd., it is run by Instakart services Pvt. Ltd.
Ekart delivers around 10 million shipments a month.
As of 2015, Ekart shipped 85 percent of products ordered on Flipkart.
Klick2Shop Logistics Services International, a Singapore-based company, invested Rs.1641 crore in Ekart in October 2017.
Background
Ekart was taken over by Flipkart from WS Retail Services.
Locker services in stores and supermarkets running for all hours were introduced first in the country by Ekart.
See also
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Couriers in India
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Indian Postal Service
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References
Express mail
Logistics companies of India
Indian companies established in 2009
Transport companies established in 2009
Indian brands
Flipkart
2009 establishments in Karnataka
Companies based in Bangalore
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