Reliance Jio has launched its new e-commerce portal, JioMart, and started accepting orders in dozens of metropolitan cities amid the fourth phase of the nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Damodar Mall, the chief executive officer of Reliance Retail’s grocery retail business, said in a tweet the website had gone live and that consumers could place orders on it.
JioMart is now delivering in more than 200 cities, Mall said. This comes after a month Reliance Retail’s venture JioMart began taking orders on WhatsApp in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Kalyan. Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Pune, Bokaro, Bathinda, Ahmedabad, Gurgaon and Dehradun are among the tier 1 and tier 2 metros are among the serviceable pin codes where consumers can order products from the JioMart site.
Customers can log on to the newly-launched website to place their order. An app has not yet been made live. The e-commerce website will sell essential grocery items as well as farm produce, which will be sourced directly from farmers who have collaborated with the brand. It claims to be selling certain products at a minimum of 5% below the MRP.
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