Ecommerce
Amazon Now doubles to over 120 cities in two weeks
Minute-level drops reach Amritsar Jalandhar Vizag Kochi just as Great Indian Festival opens 8 October.
Ananya Rao · 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
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
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
Amazon sets Great Indian Festival for 8 October with 1.6 lakh jobs
Network adds 20 fulfilment centres and 150 last-mile stations just as shoppers start stocking lists.
Ananya Rao · 23 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Avenue Supermarts raises ₹300 crore via commercial paper
DMart parent taps short-term debt on 9 September to fund ongoing store expansion while same-store growth stays measured.
Meera Iyer · 11 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Blinkit pushes dark stores beyond metros
CLSA notes the platform alone is expanding outside top cities while rivals consolidate core networks.
Ananya Rao · 6 Sep · 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
Swiggy clears path for Instamart inventory model
Shareholders approve India-owned structure so the quick-commerce arm can stock goods like Blinkit and chase better margins.
Ananya Rao · 22 Aug · 4 min read
Opinion · Ecommerce
Inventory models and giant entrants will test q-comm’s thin margins
Blinkit’s playbook is being copied while Amazon and Flipkart build parallel dark-store empires; capital and turns decide survival.
The Desk · 21 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
Ecommerce
Swiggy wins shareholder nod for IOCC status, clears path for Instamart inventory model
Foreign ownership capped at 49.5 percent so the quick-commerce arm can hold stock like Blinkit and chase better contribution margins.
Ananya Rao · 21 Aug · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Blinkit is no longer a side quest. It is Eternal's company.
Zomato's parent is discovering what every marketplace learns too late: the 10-minute grocery habit pays the bills the 30-minute meal no longer does.
Ananya Rao · 17 Aug · 7 min read
Ecommerce
Flipkart's dark-store sprint is not about grocery. It is about not becoming yesterday.
1,500 dark stores by year-end is a number designed to sound like Blinkit. The harder trick is making Minutes a habit without torching the marketplace that still pays the rent.
Ananya Rao · 16 Aug · 6 min read
Ecommerce
Amazon Now's 100-city map is a threat. It is also a confession.
The company that taught India two-day delivery is now paying to look like a dark store. The investment is real. The question is whether Prime and 10 minutes can share a brain.
Meera Iyer · 15 Aug · 6 min read