Roundup: 80% sales shipped via own fulfilment centres: Snapdeal

Here is a quick daily roundup of the day's top business stories:* Ecommerce major Snapdeal on June 13 said it now ships over 80 percent of the sales on its platform through its own fulfilment centres.

Snapdeal has 63 SD+ centres across 25 cities in India.

"Managing a majority of our shipments through our own fulfilment centres is part of our mission to provide a reliable and frictionless customer experience," Snapdeal co-founder Rohit Bansal said in a statement.

Shipping through SD+ gives the opportunity to screen quality of products and the quality of packaging, he added.

******* Nxtra Data partners CenturyLink to provide IT services Nxtra Data, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, on June 13 said it has partnered CenturyLink to provide advanced hosting and managed IT services to enterprises and government agencies in India.

"The Nxtra and CenturyLink India-based teams will collaborate to bring a new standard of capability and service to support Indian enterprises at the right price," Nxtra Data CEO Neil Pollock said.

Nxtra Data, which was formed to run Bharti's data centre managed services business, manages centres at Noida, Manesar, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune and Bhubaneswar comprising about 2,00,000 sq ft of floor space.

******* iShippo.com partners Textiles Ministry to promote handicraft  Online portal iShippo.com has tied-up with the Textiles Ministry to promote handicraft products across the globe.

Under this partnership, iShippo will educate and train weavers to directly sell their products on the online portal.

"The partnership allows iShippo.com to engage with weavers in Bagalkot and other clusters in the state of Karnataka. The products will carry government certified 'India Handloom Brand' and 'Handloom Mark'," iShippo.com said in a statement.

It said that the portal will ensure the availability of quality products to buyers across the globe. (MORE) PTI SR RR SBT .