Business COVID-19: E-commerce companies to hire more staff as orders pour in Updated : March 17, 2020 05:06 PM IST Amazon and Flipkart as well as e-grocers such as BigBasket and Grofers are witnessing increase in order flows. E-tailing platforms have seen a 15-20 percent spike in gross merchandise value (GMV) in the first 15 days of March compared to February. The spike in demand has led to staffing firms such as TeamLease getting increasing requests from ecommerce companies to provide manpower.