Walmart

Walmart is an American multinational retail corporation founded in 1969. We can

compare the business model of Walmart by comparing with Big Bazaar, DMart and
Reliance Market. The company purchases all the goods from manufacturers directly
in large volume. Because of a large volume of goods manufacturers are providing
Walmart at a very low price.

That’s why Walmart is selling all the things at cheapest rates. By applying this business
strategy, Walmart is now world’s largest company by revenue.

Walmart has more than 11,500 stores throughout the world.

Now, let’s discuss the relationship between Walmart and Flipkart.

6 Reasons Why did Walmart Buy

Flipkart?
1. Indian Market
Walmart was looking forward to entering in India. But, it was not easy for Walmart
because of the e-commerce market. Walmart is also running its stores as Best
Price but it was not enough.
2. Amazon India
Before Walmart, Amazon was thinking of buying Flipkart. If Amazon would have
bought Flipkart, there will be no competition. It can create the monopoly in a market.
The main reason is that Amazon and Flipkart are e-commerce giants in India.

The Indian e-commerce market is booming and Amazon had already taken a larger
portion of e-commerce.

Hence, Walmart doesn’t want to miss the chance to enter the Indian market.

3. No Brand Image
Walmart has no brand image, particularly in India. People in India know only Reliance
market, Big Bazaar and D-Mart and many other stores. For every company, starting
with ‘0’ takes a lot of time to grow.

Flipkart is highly popular in India and by buying it, people start knowing about
Walmart and its global image.

4. PhonePay
PhonePay is subsidiary of Flipkart. It is working on the Indian government verified
unified payments interface(UPI). Walmart can grow an online business by using this
online payment platform.
5. Technology and Talent
As per Wikipedia, Walmart has over 2.3 million employees in the world. According
to QZ, Flipkart has more than 30,000 employees, including 8000 permanent staff.
Indian IT(Information & Technology) students are highly talented compare to any
other country. And by acquiring Flipkart, Walmart can also invent many things from
Flipkart’s employees.

 6. Flipkart’s Struggle

Flipkart was struggling to generate the profit since Amazon enters in India. Amazon
started selling products by giving a larger discount than Flipkart.