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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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Retail

Trent bets ₹2,500 cr to add 100 Westside stores a year

Tata retailer shifts capital to mid-premium private-label format as value fashion crowds up and margins matter more on the floor.

Meera Iyer · 3 Oct · 4 min read

Retail

Zudio opens 23,000 sq ft maiden store at Gurugram M2K

Two-floor value-fashion box anchors new corporate park retail, testing denser NCR catchments.

Meera Iyer · 2 Oct · 4 min read

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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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Retail

Reliance Retail seals exclusive Fabletics India pact

US athleisure brand joins the premium portfolio, giving merchants another membership-led activewear line just as festive athleisure demand lifts.

Meera Iyer · 30 Sep · 4 min read

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Opinion · Ecommerce

Will dark-store scale finally cool the q-comm discount war?

As Amazon and Flipkart near 1,000 sites the incentive race shows early signs of moderation, yet festive demand could reignite burns.

The Desk · 29 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Decathlon targets ₹1,000 crore running business in four years

Sports retailer posts double-digit sales growth and eyes specialised running category; multi-brand sports shops and marketplace listings face sharper competition.

Meera Iyer · 28 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Trent’s Zudio crosses 1,000 stores in smaller cities

Value fashion chain hits milestone with over 80 pc of recent openings in Tier-2/3; kiranas and mid-market formats feel the pinch on footfall.

Meera Iyer · 28 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Rio Health raises $4.5 mn to scale NCR dark stores

Pre-Series A funds push network from three to over 15 dark stores and target ₹150 crore annual run rate in quick commerce.

Ananya Rao · 25 Sep · 4 min read

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Opinion · Ecommerce

Why Amazon and Flipkart still cannot ignore the dark-store math

Festive capacity is useless if the minutes layer keeps taking the daily habit.

The Desk · 23 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

DMart opens Narmadapuram store takes count to 512

Cluster expansion continues in Madhya Pradesh as value grocery holds the floor against quick commerce.

Meera Iyer · 23 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Zudio crosses 1,000 stores across smaller cities

Trent’s value format hits the milestone with most recent doors in tier-2 and tier-3 markets, keeping sub-₹999 tickets.

Meera Iyer · 21 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

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Retail

Trent Q1 revenue rises 19% to ₹5,666 crore

Westside and Zudio additions power the print as the retailer keeps opening in smaller cities despite uneven demand.

Meera Iyer · 20 Sep · 4 min read

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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

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Opinion · Retail

Value fashion land-grab leaves mid-tier brands little room

Zudio at 1,000 and Yousta racing to match force a pricing and real-estate squeeze that only the leanest survive.

The Desk · 16 Sep · 4 min read

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Ecommerce

Amazon India eyes 300 cities and 3,000 quick-commerce stores

Late entrant pushes micro-fulfilment and urban centres; Prime free speed raises the bar for Blinkit Zepto.

Ananya Rao · 16 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Reliance Retail bets on 1,000 Yousta stores in two years

Value brand sits at 55 outlets in 27 cities; race with Zudio tightens real-estate and youth pricing.

Meera Iyer · 16 Sep · 4 min read

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Retail

Lenskart eyes 4,500 India stores by FY29

Motilal Oswal raises target to ₹800 on strong store payback under 10 months and 33 percent-plus EBITDA margins.

Meera Iyer · 14 Sep · 4 min read

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Supply Chain

Decathlon B2B grows 20-fold, now 10% of revenue

Wholesale arm reaches 20,000-plus pincodes and over 90 percent of India, lifting institutional and small-city reach.

Farhan Qureshi · 14 Sep · 4 min read