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9 stories for “wholesale”

Supply Chain

Dark-store space crunch before festive forces snacks and sweets makers onto B2B marketplaces and kirana-modern trade routes.

Farhan Qureshi · 3 Oct · 4 min read

Opinion · Retail

Zudio-style sub-₹999 engines and DMart clusters are still setting the pace while premium doors chase margin.

The Desk · 21 Sep · 4 min read

Retail

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

Supply Chain

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

Supply Chain

Mint poll of 21 economists projects 20-month high on food prices, lifting input costs just before festive buying.

Farhan Qureshi · 12 Sep · 4 min read

Supply Chain

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

Supply Chain

Festive squeeze hits tills and dark stores as retail prices climb past ₹65/kg; limits spread from modern trade to quick commerce.

Farhan Qureshi · 29 Aug · 4 min read

Opinion · Retail

Five thousand nodes later, the 10-minute promise is no longer optional for urban grocery.

The Desk · 25 Aug · 4 min read

Retail

Five years of "empower the unorganised retailer" left a sticker on the glass and the order going to a dark store. Here is what actually changed.

Meera Iyer · 19 Aug · 7 min read