Retail
Nykaa seals L’Oréal BOLD pact for beauty startups
Minority stakes in high-growth Indian labels give founders capital plus Nykaa shelves and L’Oréal know-how without ceding control.
Meera Iyer · 25 Sep · 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
Retail
JioMart's weapon is not grocery. It is the rest of the house.
A conglomerate that can discount data, delivery, and dal in one bill is not playing the same game as Zepto. That is the point, and the risk.
Meera Iyer · 15 Aug · 6 min read
Ecommerce
Zepto's IPO clock is a product review in disguise.
The 2026 new-age pipeline has a grocery app in it because public markets now understand 10-minute demand. They still have to price 10-minute costs.
Ananya Rao · 14 Aug · 6 min read
Opinion · SaaS
Zoho keeps winning the Indian mid-market by refusing to look like SaaS.
While coastal startups sold seats in dollars, a quietly bundled OS ate GST, inventory, and the inbox of the company that actually ships.
Rhea Kapoor · 11 Aug · 6 min read