THURSDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 2026

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6 stories for “coffee”

Dawn light on empty mixed retail floor with apparel racks beside a plain counter and delivery crates

Opinion · Platforms

Value retail and qcomm rewrite festive maths

Store density meets 30-minute beauty and coffee adjacency; merchants who ignore mixed-use and speed lose the November basket to those who combine both.

The Desk · 5 Nov · 4 min read

Empty café counter with cups and coffee machine under warm light beside plain retail shelving

Retail

Trent seals Caffè Nero India partnership

British coffee chain picks Tata retailer for debut with first café planned in Mumbai; shop-in-shop potential across Westside and Zudio raises F&B stakes.

Meera Iyer · 5 Nov · 4 min read