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Delhivery-Ecom Express deal: A Big win for Delhivery but could Ecom Express have a longer runway?

This is a landmark deal for Delhivery since with Ecom Express, the combined entity will have complementary distribution capabilities and the gap with competitors will grow wider. For Ecom Express, while it built a solid business, the story might have been different had it not put all its eggs in one basket.

The pecking order in e-commerce logistics is set to change as consolidation kicks in. In what seemed to be no one's guess, Delhivery, one of India’s largest integrated logistics company and the largest e-commerce logistics company is set to acquire the number two in e-commerce logistics, Ecom Express for INR1407 crore. Delhivery expects to close the acquisition in the next six months.

Thereafter, Ecom Express will become a subsidiary of.