iStock / sjlockeBANGALORE, India - India's biggest online retailer is giving itself less than two years to stop using single-use plastic when shipping its products. Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce company owned by Walmart, said Thursday it would eliminate single-use plastic in packaging by March 2021. It also committed to "move towards 100% recycled plastic consumption" in its supply chain by the same date. The company will, among other things, replace plastic bags with paper bags and bubble wrap with shredded material from cartons. Flipkart holds a slender lead over Amazon at the top of India's e-commerce market, which Morgan Stanley predicts will be worth $200 billion by 2027.

- Walmart is opening up another front in its battle with Amazon to dominate India's online market video. Flipkart, the massive e-commerce company that Walmart bought last year, will roll out a streaming service to users of its mobile app in the coming weeks, the company said Tuesday. The service, called Flipkart Videos, will feature a "curated range of movies, shows and entertainment series" and will be free. Amazon's streaming service, which launched in India in 2016, is part of its Prime membership service which costs 129 rupees ($1.80) a month or 999 rupees ($14) a year. "Most consumers' first touch point with the internet is through online video content, and statistics suggest that video content and entertainment play a key role in bridging the gap for consumers to come online and experience e-commerce," Flipkart said.