Amazon vs Flipkart: The great sale face-off, gear up for great big discounts

Its Amazon vs Flipkart as the e-commerce giant battle off for the biggest sale days of the year. Move aside 'pehle aap' it's now 'pehle mein' as both tech giants gear up for clash, as they match up dates of launching their biggest sale of the year.

Block your calendar for the biggest sale

• Amazon advanced it's Great Indian Festival sale to the same as rival Flipkart to kickstart on October 3.
• Flipkart over the weekend made the first move to reschedule its own Big Billion Days sale from October 7 to October 3 to counter Amazon which had initially announced the kick off on October 4.
• Flipkart will be running its Big Billion Days sale for eight days, instead of six, with the sale closing on October 10 .
• Amazon has not announced when the sale period will end.

Also Read: Flipkart Big Billion Days, Amazon Great Indian Festival Sales now both begin October 3

Money matters at the great big sale bazaar

• Reports indicate that e-commerce firms will clock sales worth $4.8 billion in the first week of festive sales, that is a 30% jump from the $3.7 billion sales registered last year