20 stories for “delivery”
Opinion · Retail
Listed retailers are funding aggressive offline expansion even as quick commerce densifies urban delivery. The P&L test arrives this festive season.
The Desk · 5 Oct · 4 min read
Retail
Beauty-and-fashion platform guides late-twenties net revenue growth while like-for-like store sales hit a six-quarter high.
Meera Iyer · 5 Oct · 4 min read
Supply Chain
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
Opinion · Ecommerce
Amazon’s cheque and Flipkart’s PIN grab arrive just as Blinkit and peers cut promo intensity.
The Desk · 1 Oct · 4 min read
Ecommerce
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
Supply Chain
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
Ecommerce
One Nykaa model with owned brands drives the print, putting pressure on pure D2C beauty sellers and offline counters ahead of festive GMV.
Ananya Rao · 30 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Quick-commerce firm scales back from 850-900 locations to focus on high-performing cities and tighter menus.
Ananya Rao · 29 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Bernstein note shows Flipkart approaching the mark while Amazon eyes festive season scale, pressuring Blinkit margins.
Ananya Rao · 29 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
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
Retail
Value retailer turns existing floors into fulfilment nodes, lifting order share to 5% plus in most locations without new dark-store capex.
Meera Iyer · 27 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Stock slips 5% after the broker flags premium to peers despite lower NMV growth, squeezing merchant acquisition budgets.
Ananya Rao · 27 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
New 1-lakh-cubic-feet hub and sort centre cut festive delivery times in UP, squeezing local courier margins and kirana restock cycles.
Ananya Rao · 26 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
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
Ecommerce
Network adds 20 fulfilment centres and 150 last-mile stations just as shoppers start stocking lists.
Ananya Rao · 23 Sep · 4 min read
Opinion · Ecommerce
Blinkit turns operating profit while Zepto and others post heavy losses; subsidy cuts and policy costs decide who scales into festive demand.
The Desk · 22 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Lingerie and sleepwear reach 18 cities via quick commerce, turning intimate apparel into an impulse dark-store category.
Ananya Rao · 22 Sep · 4 min read
Opinion · Ecommerce
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
More than 3,000 village-made goods go live on major marketplaces, giving rural producers direct festive shelf space.
Ananya Rao · 17 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Walmart arm expands last-mile by 1.4 lakh roles ahead of Big Billion Days, squeezing smaller logistics players on rider supply.
Ananya Rao · 17 Sep · 4 min read