Flipkart registers 20 % growth in orders in May 2025

27 May, Mumbai 2025

Walmart-owned e-commerce platform, Flipkart is experiencing a 20 per cent-25 per cent Y-o-Y growth in orders across its businesses in the current month, said Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO at a recent townhall.

The company is also on a track to achieve a 30 per cent growth in orders in June this year, noted Krishnamurthy. In 2024, growth in India’s e-commerce sector is expected to decline to 10–12 per cent from over 20 per cent in previous years, according to a recent Bain & Company–Flipkart report.

Flipkart’s fashion vertical along with Myntra accounted for 40 per cent of the group’s new customer additions in FY24. Having turned profitable during the year, Myntra, improved its bottom line by cutting down on return costs.

The townhall was also attended by Ramesh Gururaja, Senior Vice President-Consumer Shopping Experience; Hemant Badri, Senior Vice President-Supply and and Seema Nair, Chief Human Resource Officer), who shared updates from their respective business units.

Flipkart’s quick commerce arm, Minutes, is on track to operate 800 dark stores by the end of 2025, reiterated Krishnamurthy. The company has been doubling its daily order volume every 45 days, added Kabeer Bishwas, Vice President, Flipkart.

Gururaja also spoke about the company’s renewed focus on Gen Z customers across verticals such as fashion, travel, and Shopsy, Flipkart’s value commerce platform that competes with SoftBank-backed Meesho and Amazon’s Bazaar.

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