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19 stories for “profit”

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Ecommerce

Amazon bets $3 billion on India quick commerce dark stores

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

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Opinion · Retail

Value fashion is rewriting the apparel P&L

Zudio-style volume at sub-₹999 is forcing every brand to choose between turns and ticket size before the festive tills open.

The Desk · 24 Sep · 4 min read

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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

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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

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Retail

Lenskart faces ₹2,047 crore block deal for 1.7%

Platinum Jasmine offers stake at ₹682.45 floor, giving early investors an exit while the eyewear chain posts strong Q1 numbers.

Meera Iyer · 19 Sep · 4 min read

Retail

Lenskart revenue jumps 43% to ₹2,714 crore

Q1 profit leaps fourfold as the chain eyes thousands more outlets for an 800-million underserved base.

Meera Iyer · 18 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Flipkart Minutes pushes 627 dark stores for default app status

Quick-commerce arm claims lead in top-10 cities and wants to become India’s everyday shopping destination.

Ananya Rao · 15 Sep · 4 min read

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Opinion · Retail

Is mid-market fashion finished as Zudio and Yousta rewrite price?

Value formats under ₹999 now set the pace; traditional mid-tier chains must choose premiumisation or volume or watch floors empty.

The Desk · 8 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

DMart Ready exits 7 cities, now runs in 11

Online grocery arm retreats from marginal markets as Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart intensify the fight.

Ananya Rao · 6 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Trent profit rises 21% to ₹519 crore as stores hit 1,300

Zudio and Westside additions drive Q1 growth; value fashion keeps adding cities while like-for-like stays under watch for merchants.

Meera Iyer · 5 Sep · 4 min read

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Opinion · Retail

Titan to Kalyan jewellery stocks slip up to 7% on gold appeal

PM call to avoid non-essential gold buying triggers profit booking; merchants face softer festive sentiment and cautious walk-ins.

The Desk · 2 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

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Retail

DMart shares drop 3% after ₹2,600 crore block deal

1.06 percent equity changes hands; steady Q1 profit growth of 12.8 percent fails to offset ownership shift concerns.

Meera Iyer · 29 Aug · 4 min read

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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

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Retail

DMart shares fall 3% after ₹2,600 crore block deal

1.06% equity changes hands; merchants track ownership shift against steady Q1 profit growth.

Meera Iyer · 28 Aug · 4 min read

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Retail

Capital Group sells 1% DMart stake for ₹2,537 crore

Block deal trims holding and knocks shares 2-3 percent as big money rotates.

Meera Iyer · 27 Aug · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Swiggy clears path for Instamart inventory model

Shareholders approve India-owned structure so the quick-commerce arm can stock goods like Blinkit and chase better margins.

Ananya Rao · 22 Aug · 4 min read

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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

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