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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14 stories for “electronics”
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
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
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
Platforms
Blinkit and Zepto turn iPhone 18 launch into 10-minute marketing play
Quick commerce platforms list scarce units on launch day to own the immediacy conversation.
Rhea Kapoor · 23 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Flipkart Big Billion Days starts 9 October a day after Amazon
Both platforms lock the festive calendar and force brands to split inventory and ad spends.
Ananya Rao · 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
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
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
Retail
Nexus Select seals ₹1,600 crore Guwahati retail deal
Assam CM flags the mall investment as proof of rising eastern consumer demand for organised retail.
Meera Iyer · 13 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Croma parent swings to ₹159 crore profit, adds 45 stores
Infiniti Retail closes 35 weak outlets and turns operationally profitable, raising the bar for electronics chains.
Meera Iyer · 1 Sep · 4 min read
Ecommerce
Flipkart Minutes crosses 1,000 micro fulfilment centres
Two-year-old service now covers 130-plus cities and 8,000 pincodes, raising the bar for dark-store density that kiranas and riders must match.
Ananya Rao · 31 Aug · 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
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