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Empty quick-commerce dark store aisle with stacked crates and overhead LED lights at dawn

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

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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

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

Empty high-street shopfronts with hanging garments under afternoon sun

Retail

Zudio Reliance Trends add stores in Ayodhya Varanasi pilgrim cities

CBRE maps fashion chains chasing spiritual tourism footfall across 14 temple towns.

Meera Iyer · 27 Aug · 4 min read

Supply Chain

Delhivery does not want your dark store. That is the story.

Sahil Barua told the Street what 3PLs have been whispering: point-to-point q-commerce last mile has no network effect worth owning. The money is still in the long haul.

Farhan Qureshi · 18 Aug · 7 min read

Foggy Indian highway with freight trucks

Supply Chain

Delhivery Maps is a logistics company admitting that India is still unmapped.

An AI-native commercial map sounds like a side product. For anyone who has ever lost a rider in a housing society, it is the product.

Farhan Qureshi · 9 Aug · 5 min read