Vivo will now let you purchase smartphones online amid COVID-19 lockdown: Know how
India TV NewsWant to buy a phone offline, but do not want to step out of your house? Vivo India on Sunday launched a smart retail system that lets people do just that in light of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions which starts to lift in green and orange zones. With this new system, interested buyers need to send their queries to Vivo via SMS, the company' website or its Facebook page and one of the of 30,000 Vivo brand ambassadors will connect with the person to understand their requirements and help him/her buy the phone from one of the 20,000 retailers in India. So we have developed a platform which meets the needs of the customers and also helps the retails resume their business as usual," Nipun Marya, Director Brand Strategy, Vivo India, told IANS. "How much inventory and how many days they will last depends on what kind of demands we get and how soon we get that demand and what are the instructions given by the authority with respect to our manufacturing plants and other things," Marya said.