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Empty value-fashion store interior with clothing racks and bright overhead lights

Retail

BofA starts Trent coverage at Buy with ₹3,075 target

Zudio and Westside growth plus supply chain cited; value fashion keeps taking share.

Meera Iyer · 4 Oct · 4 min read

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Opinion · Platforms

Why Tier-2 festive growth now decides marketplace winners

Homegrown labels already clock 60 per cent jumps in smaller towns; the next two weeks will separate platforms that can fulfil from those that only promise.

The Desk · 2 Oct · 4 min read

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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

Retail

ITC seals full Yoga Bar ownership with ₹645 crore buyout

Remaining 52.5 percent stake gives the FMCG giant complete control of the clean-label nutrition brand ahead of festive health push.

Meera Iyer · 1 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

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Retail

Carrefour opens Noida store eyes 50 outlets in NCR UP

French retailer returns with 50,000 sq ft format and cluster plan, testing whether hypermarket economics still work against q-comm.

Meera Iyer · 24 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Reliance Retail seals Metro India buy for ₹2,850 crore

Full ownership of the cash-and-carry chain adds 31 large-format stores and merchant links to the B2B network.

Meera Iyer · 21 Sep · 4 min read

Handcrafted baskets and packaged foods arranged on a simple wooden table

Ecommerce

UP SHG products list on Amazon Flipkart Meesho

More than 3,000 village-made goods go live on major marketplaces, giving rural producers direct festive shelf space.

Ananya Rao · 17 Sep · 4 min read

Warehouse aisle stacked with festive cartons under fluorescent lights

Ecommerce

Flipkart creates 2.5 lakh festive jobs, adds 900 hubs

Walmart arm expands last-mile by 1.4 lakh roles ahead of Big Billion Days, squeezing smaller logistics players on rider supply.

Ananya Rao · 17 Sep · 4 min read

$Neat rows of spectacle frames on wall displays and a refraction desk in a clean optical store$

Retail

Lenskart puts ₹53 crore into overseas units Owndays and Singapore

Filing shows stake rise in Japan affiliate to nearly 98 percent; global eyewear control tightens after strong India numbers.

Meera Iyer · 16 Sep · 4 min read

Rows of stocked shelves and packing stations inside a compact urban dark store

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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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

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Retail

Zudio Reliance Trends open in Ayodhya Varanasi pilgrim boom

CBRE flags fashion chains racing into 14 spiritual cities as tourist footfall lifts high-street and mall rents for local landlords.

Meera Iyer · 8 Sep · 4 min read

Retail

Reliance Tata Aditya Birla add 3,891 stores in three years

Three conglomerates take combined network past 26,000 outlets, deepening tier-2 and tier-3 penetration as mall supply stays tight.

Meera Iyer · 4 Sep · 4 min read

Open jute sacks of white sugar crystals on a wholesale market floor

Supply Chain

DMart Blinkit cap sugar buys as prices rise 40%

Retailers and quick-commerce platforms limit packs per customer while supplies tighten ahead of Raksha Bandhan and festive demand.

Farhan Qureshi · 30 Aug · 4 min read

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Retail

Avenue Supermarts plans ₹1,000 crore bond sale for stores

Largest-ever domestic issue funds capex as the chain pushes new outlets against quick-commerce pressure.

Meera Iyer · 27 Aug · 4 min read

Stacked delivery crates and bikes outside a city dark store at dusk

Ecommerce

Flipkart closes gap on Blinkit Zepto in quick commerce

Two years in, Walmart-owned platform pressures leaders on speed and density as Amazon also scales.

Ananya Rao · 25 Aug · 4 min read

Dark store aisle stocked with grocery and general merchandise crates ready for picking

Ecommerce

Swiggy wins shareholder nod for IOCC status, clears path for Instamart inventory model

Foreign ownership capped at 49.5 percent so the quick-commerce arm can hold stock like Blinkit and chase better contribution margins.

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