BigBasket is planning to go public within the subsequent 18 to 24 months, its CEO mentioned, because the Tata Group-backed grocery big seeks to faucet surging demand for fast on-line deliveries of the whole lot from fruits to Apple iPhones.
The corporate is on monitor to double its enterprise year-on-year by March 2026 and develop to about 70 Indian cities from 35 at present over the following yr, CEO Hari Menon informed Reuters on the sidelines of a retail summit in Mumbai. He stopped wanting detailing any funding plans.
BigBasket’s plans for its itemizing in India come because the home fast commerce trade sees excessive double-digit gross sales development, with rivals resembling Swiggy’s Instamart and Zomato’s Blinkit racing to benefit from red-hot demand for 10-minute deliveries in city metros.
Zomato and not too long ago listed Swiggy are additionally rising their investments to ramp up choices, open extra warehouses and win market share, as the short commerce trade defies a broader financial slowdown within the nation.
“Assortment is the play, for my part,” mentioned Menon, whose agency can be increasing its vary of merchandise to incorporate electronics, prescribed drugs and style classes.
Fast commerce makes up about 80% of BigBasket’s income, he mentioned.
The grocery supply agency, through which Tata Sons has a majority stake, can be set to roll out fast meals deliveries, Menon mentioned with out laying out a timeline, a transfer that may pit the corporate in opposition to different 10-minute meals companies resembling Zomato’s “Bistro”, Swiggy’s “Bolt” and Zepto’s “Zepto Cafe”.
