Walmart hosted the second edition of the Walmart Growth Summit – India 2026 in New Delhi recently. The event convened export-ready businesses, MSMEs, digital-first brands, and supply chain partners to explore growth opportunities across domestic and international markets.
The Summit follows regional Growth Summit events in Jaipur and Coimbatore, held in collaboration with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Government of India, and Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), strengthening outreach in key MSME clusters, with more such summits in the coming year.
A key highlight of the Summit was the dedicated Resource Center, where participants received one-on-one guidance on how to onboard to the Walmart Marketplace understand regulatory requirements, and scale cross-border operations. The event drew more than 5,000 registrations, with sellers expressing strong interest in onboarding to the Walmart Marketplace to reach customers in the U.S. and beyond.
“We’ve already sourced more than $40 billion in goods from India and are focused on strengthening entrepreneur and supplier capabilities, raising compliance and quality standards, and helping scale manufacturing so more Indian businesses are ready to export,” said John Furner, President and CEO, Walmart Inc.
It was also conveyed that Walmart’s supplier development program called Vriddhi, has trained over 115,000 MSMEs across the country since its launch in 2019, equipping them with digital capabilities, critical business skills, and access to new markets, and there are plans to support a total of 1,70,000 MSMEs by 2028.
