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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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Quick fashion: Legacy brands race to match instant delivery demands

admin — Wed, 06 May 2026 03:27:00 +0000

Vaeshnavi Kasthuril, MINT Mumbai, 6 May 2026 Fashion retailers are speeding up deliveries to keep pace with instant-gratification shopping driven by quick-fashion startups, with established players and newer brands taking sharply different approaches. For example, brands such as Biba and The House of Rare have adopted a more calibrated, infrastructure-led strategy rather than a rapid […]

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Ikea India: Rewriting the Playbook

admin — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:58:00 +0000

Kartikay Kashyap, BrandWagon, Financial Express 18 February 2026 IKEA HAS BEEN around in India for about eight years, with another three years before that spent studying the market. It has developed a range that it deems “locally relevant-like the roti maker, the tava (pan), the belan (rolling pin), and the pressure cooker -which now constitute […]

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Finding the right fit

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:55:00 +0000

Christina Moniz, Financial Express (Brand Wagon) 16 February 2026 Starting this month global sportswear maker Nike shifted its e-commerce operations to beauty and fashion marketplace Nykaa to address poor logistics, high delivery times and inventory niggles. With Nykaa in charge, the brand said, customers can expect free shipping on all orders and faster deliveries rang […]

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Consumption! Brands, e-Commerce, Mom&Pop stores in India – a conversation with Devangshu Dutta [VIDEO]

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:13:00 +0000

This episode of theUpStreamlife is a freewheeling conversation between Vishal Krishna and Devangshu Dutta, founder of Third Eyesight, with insights into the growth of modern retail and consumption in India, brand building and M&A, the balance of power between brands and retailers/platforms, sustainability vs growth and many other aspects, and is well-suited for founders and […]

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Beyond the noise – how D2C brands are reinventing retail [VIDEO]

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:56:00 +0000

What does it actually take to build a fashion brand in India? This panel (“Beyond the Noise- How D2c Fashion Brands Are Reinventing Retail”) at the 25th Edition of India Fashion Forum focussed on some real answers, in a refreshing, down-to-earth conversation moderated by Devangshu Dutta (Founder, Third Eyesight), with the founders of DeMoza (Agnes […]

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Experts Say 2026 Will Reward Discipline, Not Scale, in India’s D2C Sector

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:12:00 +0000

Saumyangi Yadav, Entrepreneur India Jan 6, 2026 After years of rapid growth and a sharp reset, India’s direct-to-consumer (D2C) sector is expected to settle into a more balanced phase. The period of easy funding, aggressive customer acquisition and scale-at-all-costs expansion is clearly over, experts suggest. Now, what lies ahead in 2026 is a shift towards […]

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Why Most Indian D2C Brands Fail to Cross INR 100 Crore Mark

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:53:00 +0000

By Saumyangi Yadav, Entrepreneur India Dec 15, 2025 India’s D2C ecosystem has grown rapidly over the past five years, but scale remains elusive. While thousands of brands have launched and many have crossed early revenue milestones, only a small fraction manage to break past INR 100 crore in annual revenue. According to a new report […]

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The buy button India never got, keeping social platforms stuck in window-shopping mode

admin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:51:00 +0000

Shabori Das, ET Bureau Dec 10, 2025 India’s social media platforms are powerful marketing tools but not yet retail destinations. Billions scroll and swipe daily, but few buy directly within apps. Unlike China, India faces regulatory hurdles and a lack of integrated payment systems. A billion Indians scroll, swipe and double tap every day, but […]

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Lenskart’s Year of Big Wins

admin — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:37:00 +0000

Gargi Sarkar, Inc42 7 December 2025 The past year has been nothing short of monumental for LensKart — from reporting another operationally profitable quarter in Q2 FY26 to making the public markets leap in November, and crossing a market capitalisation of INR 70,000 Cr despite a muted stock market debut. A clear shift this year […]

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