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Supply Chain

Flipkart Ekart adds 14 million cu ft storage and 900 hubs

Warehousing capacity jumps 50 per cent and last-mile reach widens for Big Billion Days and remote same-day.

Farhan Qureshi · 2 Oct · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Amazon bets $3 billion on India quick commerce dark stores

Plan lifts Amazon Now from roughly 750 stores toward 1,300 by April and targets daily essentials share now at 6.2 percent.

Ananya Rao · 1 Oct · 4 min read

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Supply Chain

Flipkart adds 750 PIN codes and 14 million cu ft via Ekart

Logistics arm lifts national storage 50 percent and peak processing over 30 percent ahead of Big Billion Days.

Farhan Qureshi · 1 Oct · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Flipkart Amazon near 1,000 dark stores in q-comm sprint

Bernstein note shows Flipkart approaching the mark while Amazon eyes festive season scale, pressuring Blinkit margins.

Ananya Rao · 29 Sep · 4 min read

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

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Ecommerce

Rio Health raises $4.5 mn to scale NCR dark stores

Pre-Series A funds push network from three to over 15 dark stores and target ₹150 crore annual run rate in quick commerce.

Ananya Rao · 25 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Tira opens 11th store on Mumbai Peddar Road

Reliance beauty format adds another high-street door with AI mirrors, raising the bar for experiential beauty retail.

Meera Iyer · 20 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Blinkit lists iPhone 18 Pro day-one in 10 cities

Eternal’s quick-commerce arm partners Apple for launch-day high-ticket electronics, lifting shares 1.5% and raising the stakes for every dark-store P&L.

Ananya Rao · 19 Sep · 4 min read

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Opinion · Ecommerce

Why Blinkit’s fresh ₹450 crore war chest changes the dark-store math

Eternal’s rights issue keeps the 10-minute leader funded while rivals watch unit economics.

The Desk · 27 Aug · 4 min read

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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