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10 stories for “losses”

Delivery bags stacked near a scooter parked under a street lamp at night

Platforms

Swiggy Instamart losses hit ₹895 crore in Q2

Quick-commerce arm expects peak losses behind it and plans inventory-led shift to claw back margin.

Ananya Rao · 26 Oct · 4 min read

Open cardboard cartons of earphones and chargers on a warehouse packing table

Ecommerce

boAt doubles overseas revenue, enters Sri Lanka and Bhutan

International sales crossed ₹45 crore in FY26 as the audio brand pushes personal audio, watches and chargers into two new South Asian markets.

Ananya Rao · 20 Oct · 4 min read

Dimly lit empty convenience store shelves with leftover packaged snacks and coolers

Retail

Reliance Retail ends 7-Eleven franchise nearly 60 stores shut

Five-year convenience tie-up unwinds after losses; kiranas and quick commerce leave little room for mid-format branded outlets.

Meera Iyer · 10 Oct · 4 min read

Rows of packed grocery crates on roller racks inside a lit warehouse aisle

Opinion · Ecommerce

Why quick commerce profits still look uneven

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

Empty metal shelving units inside a warehouse lit by a single row of lights

Opinion · Platforms

Why dark-store density now decides festive margins

The August CLSA maps and Flipkart’s 1,000-MFC milestone show that empty shelves will punish P&Ls harder than missing a few pincodes.

The Desk · 31 Aug · 4 min read

Row of delivery bags lined on a warehouse floor beside sorting racks

Platforms

Flipkart Minutes overtakes Instamart with 627 dark stores

CLSA mapping of top-10 cities shows Walmart unit ahead of Swiggy on both store count and pincode coverage, tightening the race for merchant shelf space.

Rhea Kapoor · 31 Aug · 4 min read

Rows of delivery bags and inventory bins in a compact urban facility

Opinion · Platforms

Why dark-store density now decides quick-commerce winners

CLSA maps and capital top-ups show the race has shifted from city count to pin-code stranglehold.

The Desk · 28 Aug · 4 min read

Quiet supermarket checkout counters with empty conveyor belts under cool lighting

Opinion · Retail

Why DMart’s e-com retreat still funds the core box

Exiting seven weak cities while raising bond money shows the supermarket is choosing density over delivery speed.

The Desk · 26 Aug · 4 min read

Empty supermarket aisle with stacked cartons and delivery crates under fluorescent lights

Ecommerce

Avenue Supermarts clears ₹500 crore for DMart Ready

Parent backs online grocery arm after FY26 revenue hit ₹4,094 crore; losses widened as delivery reaches 18 cities.

Ananya Rao · 24 Aug · 4 min read

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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