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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6 stories for “convenience”
Opinion · Ecommerce
Why quick commerce keeps climbing the price ladder
From groceries to iPhones, the ten-minute promise is being stress-tested on margins that traditional retail still owns.
The Desk · 19 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Instamart sees Rakhi order surge in premium gifts
Quick-commerce platforms record sharp rise in last-minute rakhi, jewellery and hamper demand, lifting non-grocery AOV in metros and smaller cities.
Ananya Rao · 30 Aug · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Zepto hikes free delivery minimum to ₹299
Threshold jumps up to 100 per cent in peak hours, aligning with Blinkit and Instamart and testing low-basket shoppers.
Kabir Menon · 23 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
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