Ecommerce
Lenskart sets 31 October IPO, eyes ₹2,150 cr raise
Pre-IPO cheques from Damani family and SBI MF lock valuation path; store and tech spend next.
Ananya Rao · 4 Oct · 4 min read
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Opinion · Ecommerce
Why dark-store maths now favour discipline over pure discount
Amazon’s cheque and Flipkart’s PIN grab arrive just as Blinkit and peers cut promo intensity.
The Desk · 1 Oct · 4 min read
Retail
Lenskart sees ₹2,391 crore block deal as investor exits 2%
Secondary sale signals continued private-market interest even as the eyewear chain keeps adding stores in tier-2 cities.
Meera Iyer · 30 Sep · 4 min read
Platforms
Lenskart block deal sees ₹2,047 crore stake sale
Platinum Jasmine offers 1.7 per cent at a 3.5 per cent discount as the eyewear firm prepares its public listing.
Rhea Kapoor · 21 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Flipkart Minutes targets 1,500 centres by year-end
Service already in 150-plus cities and running 1.1-1.2 million daily orders, aiming to become India’s default shopping app.
Ananya Rao · 14 Sep · 4 min read
Opinion · Retail
Why secondary sales now price Indian retail risk
Lenskart’s back-to-back block deals show listed consumer names face real liquidity tests that franchise and store expansion plans cannot ignore.
The Desk · 30 Aug · 4 min read
Retail
Lenskart sees ₹1,857 crore block deal at ₹630
Alpha Wave offloads stake days after SoftBank sale, testing post-IPO liquidity for eyewear chain and its franchise partners.
Meera Iyer · 30 Aug · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Zepto's IPO clock is a product review in disguise.
The 2026 new-age pipeline has a grocery app in it because public markets now understand 10-minute demand. They still have to price 10-minute costs.
Ananya Rao · 14 Aug · 6 min read
Payments
PhonePe is a payments company that wants to be a switch. Those are different jobs.
UPI made a giant. The next decade is whether that giant is a surface, a lender, or the rails themselves.
Kabir Menon · 12 Aug · 7 min read