zero after the government changed its stance of allowing the sale of nonessentials online products deemed as nonessentials contribute 8090 of gross sales online this may also lead to companies laying off supply chain staff or put them on furlough smaller independent merchants have had to delay the salaries of their employees with no new sales happening since lockdown began on march 24 by digbijay mishra tnn published on apr 26 2020 at 1230 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app lockdown relaxations neighbourhood shops flipkart nonessential goods amazon ecommerce ecommerce essential goods delivery retail stores homenewssetback for ecommerce as offline shops allowed sale of nonessentials