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Retail

ITC seals full Yoga Bar ownership with ₹645 crore buyout

Remaining 52.5 percent stake gives the FMCG giant complete control of the clean-label nutrition brand ahead of festive health push.

Meera Iyer · 1 Oct · 4 min read

Empty retail aisle with festive decorations hanging from the ceiling

Opinion · Retail

Why festive capacity and MDR will decide October margins

Hiring blitzes and new payment costs land together just as festive tickets swell; the shop floor will sort winners fast.

The Desk · 17 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

ITC hikes Classic Connect MRP to ₹428, Gold Flake to ₹89

Third round of tax pass-through lifts packs 9.7-12.7%, testing volume elasticity at paan shops and modern trade tills.

Meera Iyer · 17 Sep · 4 min read

Freezer cabinet with ice-cream tubs and cones under supermarket lights

Retail

Reliance Consumer launches Bombay Creamery from ₹10

New ice-cream brand with real dairy cream rolls out in West India first, targeting affordable premium.

Meera Iyer · 9 Sep · 4 min read

Open freezer cabinet with ice cream tubs and sticks under supermarket fluorescent light

Retail

Reliance launches Bombay Creamery ice cream from ₹10

RCPL enters frozen dairy with real-cream positioning and pan-India retail distribution, undercutting Amul entry sticks on price.

Meera Iyer · 4 Sep · 4 min read

Open freezer cabinet stocked with colourful ice-cream tubs and cones under supermarket lights

Retail

Reliance Consumer Products launches Bombay Creamery from ₹10

Ice-cream foray starts in western India with cones cups tubs bars and sticks; private-label push tests value pricing against established dairy brands.

Meera Iyer · 3 Sep · 4 min read

Open freezer cabinet stocked with ice cream cones and tubs under bright supermarket lights

Retail

Reliance Consumer Products launches Bombay Creamery ice creams from ₹10

Western India first, pan-India next; real dairy cream at entry price puts pressure on Amul and Kwality Walls tills and freezers.

Meera Iyer · 2 Sep · 4 min read

Stacked cartons of packaged foods on a warehouse floor under strip lighting

Ecommerce

ITC Nestle widen own e-stores with 30% discounts

FMCG majors expand direct platforms to more cities to cut marketplace fees and lock in shoppers before festive stocking.

Ananya Rao · 30 Aug · 4 min read

Wide supermarket aisle with stacked grocery cartons and price tags under bright ceiling lights

Retail

DMart shares drop 3% after ₹2,600 crore block deal

1.06 percent equity changes hands; steady Q1 profit growth of 12.8 percent fails to offset ownership shift concerns.

Meera Iyer · 29 Aug · 4 min read

Traditional kirana shelves beside a modern delivery crate on a narrow street

Opinion · Retail

Why dark-store density is rewriting kirana maths

Five thousand nodes later, the 10-minute promise is no longer optional for urban grocery.

The Desk · 25 Aug · 4 min read

Rows of shelving inside a compact urban dark store under bright lights

Ecommerce

Blinkit Instamart Zepto dark stores hit 5,026

Combined network jumps nearly 48 percent as qcom market grows 40 percent year-on-year.

Ananya Rao · 25 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

Opinion · Retail

DMart does not need to be fast. It needs the 10-minute aisle to stay expensive.

The most successful retailer in the country is watching q-commerce steal the top-up shop. Its counter is still price, not minutes.

Meera Iyer · 13 Aug · 7 min read