Retail
Reliance Retail exits 7-Eleven after five years, shuts nearly 60 stores
Convenience format posted ₹90 crore loss on ₹92 crore revenue; kiranas and quick commerce left no room for the middle.
Meera Iyer · 7 Oct · 4 min read
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Retail
Reliance Retail crosses 20,000 stores after adding 1,564 in FY26
Network hits 20,160 outlets and 78.3 million sq ft as JioMart hyperlocal orders accelerate across 5,100 pin codes.
Meera Iyer · 27 Sep · 4 min read
Opinion · Ecommerce
Why Amazon and Flipkart still cannot ignore the dark-store math
Festive capacity is useless if the minutes layer keeps taking the daily habit.
The Desk · 23 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Flipkart Minutes pushes 627 dark stores for default app status
Quick-commerce arm claims lead in top-10 cities and wants to become India’s everyday shopping destination.
Ananya Rao · 15 Sep · 4 min read
Opinion · Retail
Why big-box grocery still draws capital in the 10-minute era
Carrefour’s 50-store plan and Reliance’s store count show physical formats remain the cheapest way to own the large basket and private-label margin.
The Desk · 10 Sep · 4 min read
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
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
Opinion · Retail
Why physical stores still set the terms for Indian retail
Three thousand-plus new doors from the big groups prove density beats pure digital reach when festive tills and kirana shelves are at stake.
The Desk · 3 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
JioMart Ajio lose weekly users while Blinkit Zepto gain millions
CLSA-Sensor Tower data show Reliance apps shed 1.7 million and 1.5 million weekly actives; Blinkit added 13.4 million in the same period.
Ananya Rao · 3 Sep · 4 min read
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
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
Avenue Supermarts clears ₹500 crore for DMart Ready
Parent backs online grocery arm after FY26 revenue hit ₹4,094 crore; losses widened as delivery reaches 18 cities.
Ananya Rao · 24 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
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