Stores pile up, ice-cream at ₹10, jewellery deal seals

Delhi desk, 3 September 2026. Organised retail keeps adding doors even as quick commerce fights for habit. Merchants watch the festive till and the dark-store rent bill.

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Retail
Big three add nearly 3,900 stores
Reliance Trent and Aditya Birla push organised retail deeper into smaller cities.
Retail
Reliance ice-cream starts at ₹10
Bombay Creamery debuts in west India as private-label value play.
Retail
GRT buys 74 percent TBZ for ₹1,034 cr
Open offer follows as jewellery retail consolidates ahead of festive season.
Ecommerce
JioMart Ajio lose actives to Blinkit
Weekly user data show habit gap despite Reliance store density.
Retail
Stores still write the retail rules
Big groups keep adding doors because density converts better than downloads alone.
Ecommerce
Meesho targets 10 lakh festive jobs
Amazon adds 1.6 lakh seasonal roles as ecom and logistics gear for Navratri-Diwali rush.

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