Ecommerce
FSSAI starts penal action against Amazon Flipkart Zepto Instamart
Five platforms face proceedings over Happilo claims and Dhatura listings, raising compliance costs for every dark-store operator.
Ananya Rao · 24 Sep · 4 min read
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Platforms
Blinkit and Zepto turn iPhone 18 launch into 10-minute marketing play
Quick commerce platforms list scarce units on launch day to own the immediacy conversation.
Rhea Kapoor · 23 Sep · 4 min read
Platforms
Flipkart Minutes overtakes Instamart with 627 dark stores
CLSA mapping of top-10 cities shows Walmart unit ahead of Swiggy on both store count and pincode coverage, tightening the race for merchant shelf space.
Rhea Kapoor · 31 Aug · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Karnataka suspends Amazon Instamart BigBasket food licences
State acts after Datura sold as food with FSSAI numbers; quick-commerce platforms face immediate compliance heat.
Ananya Rao · 26 Aug · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Quick commerce crosses 9 million daily orders
Six platforms together hit 9.1 million orders a day in August data, with Blinkit still clear leader and festive capacity build under way.
Ananya Rao · 22 Aug · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Quick commerce platforms cross 9 million daily orders in August run-rate
Blinkit still leads, Zepto second, while Amazon Now and Flipkart Minutes add scale ahead of festive season.
Ananya Rao · 21 Aug · 4 min read
Opinion · Ecommerce
Q-commerce is a grocery company now. Stop calling it a startup category.
The 10-minute war is over as a novelty. What remains is retail: rent, shrinkage, labour, and who owns the evening slot in a hundred Indian cities.
The Desk · 20 Aug · 6 min read
Retail
JioMart's weapon is not grocery. It is the rest of the house.
A conglomerate that can discount data, delivery, and dal in one bill is not playing the same game as Zepto. That is the point, and the risk.
Meera Iyer · 15 Aug · 6 min read