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Specialty quick-commerce bets on curation, not just rapid delivery

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:54:10 +0000

Sowmya Ramasubramanian, Vaeshnavi Kasthuril (MINT) Bengaluru, 13 July 2026 India’s vertical quick-commerce startups across categories like baby care, medicines and fashion, backed by venture capital heavyweights, are beginning to redefine what “quick” means. For some, the race is no longer about cutting delivery times by a few more minutes. Instead, founders are increasingly talking about […]

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Consumer firms jittery as fears of higher crude oil prices return

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:50:35 +0000

Neethi Lisa Rojan & Vaeshnavi Kasthuril, MINT Mumbai/Bengaluru, 8 July 2026 The collapse of the US-Iran peace deal in less than a month has rattled India’s consumer sector, reviving fears that higher oil prices and fresh supply-chain disruptions could squeeze demand just as companies were betting on a broader recovery. The renewed uncertainty followed US […]

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Online beauty marketplaces push for growth with in-house brands

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:19:06 +0000

Sharleen D’souza & Shivani Shinde, Business Standard Mumbai, 21 June 2026 Online beauty marketplaces Reliance Retail Ventures’ Tira and Nykaa have a common mantra: growing in-house brands. Successful brand acquisitions and margin growth seem to fuel the push. “With private labels, margins are better. It also helps both companies plug the gap in the market […]

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Ecommerce isn’t adding much to Retail Inc’s cart

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:24:00 +0000

Aanya Thakur & Writankar Mukherjee, Economic Times 12 June 2026, Mumbai/Kolkata India’s leading retail chains have seen the share of e-commerce in total sales either remain flat or edge up by a sluggish 1-2 percentage points over the past four-five years despite a sustained push towards omnichannel retailing. An ET analysis of eight major retailers-market […]

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‘Celebrity isn’t always a sustainable brand asset’

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:01:00 +0000

Arushi Jain, The Times of India 8 June 2026 Their faces have launched many campaigns and brought crores to the film industry. But can they sell a moisturiser as successfully? India’s beauty market is the hottest growth story globally, estimated to reach $40 billion from $23 billion (2026) and eyeing the fourth-largest spot by 2030 […]

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Quick commerce becomes FMCG’s biggest online sales channel in India

admin — Wed, 27 May 2026 05:49:00 +0000

Writankar Mukherjee and Aanya Thakur, Economic Times Kolkata/Mumbai, 27 May 2026 Quick commerce has become the dominant online sales channel for India’s top fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, with Dabur India and Britannia Industries among others now deriving up to 75% of their digital sales from 10-minute delivery platforms. Industry executives said quick commerce is […]

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Weakening rupee and rising crude oil prices – dual challenge for the economy [Video]

admin — Fri, 15 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000

The ET Now Swadesh panel discussion focussed on the dual challenge facing the Indian economy: a weakening rupee and rising crude oil prices, which together are driving “imported inflation” and straining household budgets. Devangshu Dutta (Founder, Third Eyesight) put forth the following key points during the discussion (the video link is under the text summary […]

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Retail chains like Reliance Retail, DMart go on store expansion spree as demand recovers

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:19:00 +0000

Writankar Mukherjee, Economic Times Kolkata, 9 May 2026 India’s top retail chains including Reliance Retail, DMart, Trent, Titan Company, Jubilant FoodWorks, and V-Mart Retail opened the highest number of stores in three years in FY26, seeking to capitalise on a demand recovery and a clean-up of unviable outlets added during the post-Covid revenge-spending period. Entry […]

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Shrinkflation, price hikes buzz in consumer firms as war spikes costs

admin — Sat, 02 May 2026 09:32:00 +0000

Neethi Lisa Rojan, Mint 2 May 2026, Mumbai Fast-moving consumer goods makers are leaning on a mix of price increases, smaller pack sizes and tighter cost controls to navigate raw-material volatility triggered by the ongoing US-Iran war, while still reporting robust volume growth for the March quarter. The ongoing war blew up end February this […]

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Project Falcon and Tata’s Consumer Coup: The Making of an FMCG Challenger to HUL, ITC

admin — Fri, 01 May 2026 10:33:00 +0000

Yuthika Bhargava & Vikash Tripathi, Outlook Business Mumbai, 1 May 2026 For generations of Indians, the word Tata hasn’t just been a brand, it has been a permanent resident in our homes. Think back to the kitchens of your childhood. It was the familiar packet of Tata salt, the Desh ka Namak, that seasoned every […]

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