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Flipkart's Big Billion Days sale kick starts today

| | Oct 02, 2016, at 08:30 pm
Bengaluru, Oct 2 (IBNS: Kick-starting day one of 'The Big Billion Days', Flipkart on Sunday announced that it sold over half a million products within one hour on Day 1 of the sale.

With massive participation from customers from across the country, the sale witnessed the highest number of concurrent users in 5 minutes of going live.

This was 10 times more than any given day, making it the highest ever in the history of Flipkart.

"Within the electronics and gadget category, we sold more Apple watches in 10 minutes than the total sale of Apple watches online and offline in a month. TV’s are flying off the shelves, with a number of large size (40 inch and above) LED TVs sold in 6 hours already higher than the total number of TV’s sold during The Big Billion Days 2015," an official statement said.

"Over 40% of customers who shopped for home appliances availed product exchange. Myntra also had a blockbuster sale on day 1, clocking 3 times more revenue in the first hour compared to 2015 edition of Big Billion Days," it noted.

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