e-commerce
Unicommerce to power Fabindia’s e-commerce operations
Mumbai: Fabindia, India’s premier consumer lifestyle platform has partnered with Unicommerce, one of India’s leading e-commerce enablement SaaS platforms, to manage its growing business operations across online and offline channels and streamline its e-commerce supply chain. As an important channel for thousands of rural artisans across India, Fabindia continues to revolutionise traditional wear mixing it with modern urban tastes.
Fabindia has deployed Unicommerce’s end-to-end technology stack including multi-channel order management, warehouse management system and omnichannel retail management system to streamline its order processing for its wide array of products listed on its own website, multiple marketplaces as well as across its 100 plus physical stores located in the country.
Fabindia will use Unicommerce’s technology to seamlessly process orders from across online channels and physical stores. By enabling ship-from-store for orders placed on online platforms, Fabindia will be able to allocate the order to the store location nearest to the customer’s delivery address leading to faster deliveries to the end customers.
The partnership will further enable Fabindia to synchronize inventory on an hourly basis so that no order is missed along with efficient management of returns from customers. This will further help the brand in enhancing the customers’ overall post-purchase experience.
Currently, the brand manages a catalog of 1,75,000 items across channels, processing orders from across its 100-plus stores and four warehouses using Unicommerce’s platform.
Speaking about the partnership, Fabindia chief of e-commerce Arun Naikar said, “With Unicommerce’s robust omnichannel technology, we are confident of seamlessly managing our rising e-commerce volumes across online and offline channels. I believe this is an important step towards building a strong technological foundation that will unlock our future growth.”
Unicommerce MD & CEO Kapil Makhija commented, “We are focused on contributing towards India’s D2C and retail ecosystem as we continue to proactively design solutions for India’s leading enterprises. We are confident that Fabindia will benefit from the automated workflows offered by Unicommerce’s technology while catering to their rising order volumes and growing customer aspirations.”
Unicommerce is India’s largest e-commerce enablement SaaS platform in the transaction processing layer, in terms of revenue for the financial year concluded March 2022. Its comprehensive product suite allows businesses to manage the entire post-purchase e-commerce operations effectively. The company has a growing client base, annual recurring revenue (ARR), and revenue growth. As of the quarter ending September 2023, Unicommerce has achieved a 750 million plus annual transaction run-rate, serving over 3500 customers, managing 8000 plus warehouses, and processing orders from 1900 plus stores through its platform.
e-commerce
Flipkart cuts around 300 jobs in annual performance review
E-commerce giant trims ~1.5 per cent of workforce as IPO preparations continue.
MUMBAI: Flipkart just gave performance the pink slip because when the annual review bell rings, even the biggest cart sometimes needs to lighten its load. Flipkart has let go of approximately 300 employees as part of its annual performance management cycle, Moneycontrol reported on 7 March 2026, citing people familiar with the matter. The exits represent roughly 1.5 per cent of the company’s total workforce of around 20,000 people across its businesses.
The move follows Flipkart’s standard practice of asking employees placed in lower performance bands to leave during yearly reviews, a process the company has carried out periodically in recent years. A similar exercise in early 2024 saw around 1,000 employees (nearly 5 per cent of the workforce) exit.
The latest round comes amid Flipkart’s continued push for operational efficiency and cost discipline, mirroring broader trends across the Indian startup ecosystem where funding slowdowns have shifted focus toward profitability.
The development also arrives as Flipkart advances preparations for a potential domestic IPO. The company has held early discussions with investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and Kotak Mahindra Capital to explore feasibility. Industry sources indicate a possible listing timeline of late 2026 or early 2027, though the final size and schedule remain undecided.
In December 2025, Flipkart received National Company Law Tribunal approval to shift its holding company domicile from Singapore back to India. a key regulatory step that simplifies the group structure ahead of a public market debut.
Controlled by Walmart, Flipkart remains one of India’s largest e-commerce platforms, locked in fierce competition with Amazon. In a market where every rupee counts and every headcount is scrutinised, the latest cuts aren’t just housekeeping, they’re part of a bigger balancing act between growth ambitions and the road to listing.
