Rapido partners Big Basket, Big Bazaar & Spencer's for essential deliveries across 90 cities
Rapido tied up with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail to power last-mile delivery of essentials during India's COVID-19 lockdown, deploying 70% of its driver fleet at no commission across 90 cities.
What happened
Rapido partnered with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's Retail to enable last-mile essential deliveries across 90 cities during India's COVID-19 lockdown,
Key facts
- 90 cities
- 70 percent fleet
- 118 lives
- 4,300 cases
Why this matters
The multi-retailer tie-up with Big Basket, Big Bazaar and Spencer's positions Rapido as an attractive last-mile partner or acquisition target for players seeking instant delivery scale across 90 cities.
What to watch
- Lockdown extension or phased easing announcements across the 90 cities
- Introduction of commission or per-order pricing signaling commercialization
- Grocer announcements of owned dark-store or fleet investments
- Rider utilization rates and mobility demand recovery post-lockdown
- Competing last-mile partnership announcements from Ola/Uber/Dunzo
- Rapido codifies a formal enterprise-delivery product with tiered commission post-lockdown
- Competing mobility players (Ola, Uber) launch parallel essentials-delivery tie-ups
- Grocers negotiate exclusive multi-city SLAs to lock in rider capacity
- Rapido expands from essentials into pharma and e-commerce parcel delivery