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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

Quiet small-town Indian market street at early morning with closed shutters and stacked delivery crates

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

Vast empty warehouse interior with high racks and scattered cardboard cartons under industrial lights

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

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

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

Temple-adjacent high street with shuttered shop fronts and hanging fabric rolls in early light

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

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