India: Flipkart, Amazon see surge in orders as tech infra holds up

India: Flipkart, Amazon see surge in orders as tech infra holds up

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Flipkart and Amazon India saw a surge in traffic and orders, driven by deep discounts on electronics, apparel and other products during the five-day sale held by the two online retailers last week. Crucially, the technology infrastructure of the two firms coped much better with the surge in traffic, unlike last year, as the sale was spread over five days.

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