Flipkart Makes it Compulsory for Sellers to Use its Branded Packaging
The Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has announced that the company has made it compulsory for all sellers on its platform to use only Flipkart-branded packaging for delivering goods to consumers. The company says that this move would be environment-friendly and cooperative with regulations in states such as Maharashtra where single-use plastic have been banned.
The retail major has stated that the sellers that do not follow the rules will have to face consequences. The company will penalize non-compliant sellers by blocking their accounts or not delivering their orders. The policy has been launched a few weeks before the festive sales are set to begin.
“This is a restrictive policy and is being forced through account suspension,” a spokesperson for the All India Online Vendors Associa...