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Blinkit Adds Laptops, Monitors, Printers To Its 10-Minute Delivery


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Zomato-owned Blinkit has now stepped up its 10-minute delivery game by including electronics offerings like laptops, monitors and printers

For laptops, it has partnered with HP, while monitors are from Lenovo, Zebronics and MSI

These offerings will be delivered by the company’s large order fleet in cities such as Delhi NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Lucknow

Zomato-owned Blinkit has now stepped up its 10-minute delivery game by including electronics offerings like laptops, monitors and printers.

Blinkit’s cofounder and CEO Albinder Dhindsa said in a post on LinkedIn, “We’re expanding our electronics range to cover more use cases and have partnered up with leading brands in this category.”

For laptops, it has partnered with HP, while monitors are from Lenovo, Zebronics and MSI. Meanwhile, Blinkit will offer printers in collaboration with Canon and HP.

These offerings will be delivered by the company’s large order fleet in cities such as Delhi NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Lucknow.

Dhindsa continued to add that there will be more additions of bringing in more brands as well as electronic gadgets.

Blinkit began delivering electronics in early 2024, with smartphones from Samsung and Apple in under 10 minutes across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru, among other cities.

The company has also included speakers, bluetooth earbuds, smart watches, charging cables, pen drives among others, in its electronics category until now.

This development also comes at a time when Blinkit is in full swing to enter new cities, while also not holding back on new feature additions.

For instance, the platform rolled out a 10-minute ambulance service in Gurugram, which will be expanded to major cities within the next two years.

Prior to that, the company also introduced a new feature which allows users to delete order history from their account. 

On the financial side, Zomato’s quick commerce arm posted a revenue of INR 1,156 Cr in the September quarter of FY25, a more than 2X jump from INR 505 Cr in the year-ago period.

Blinkit also managed to narrow its adjusted EBITDA loss to INR 8 Cr in the reported quarter from INR 125 Cr loss, a year ago. 





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