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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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Swiggy Looks to Secure Workplace Meals with DeskEats & Corporate Rewards Launch

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:27:00 +0000

Aakriti Bansal, Medianama August 5, 2025 MediaNama’s Take: Swiggy is shifting from individual convenience to workplace capture. With DeskEats and Corporate Rewards, the company is embedding itself directly into the workday. This move is not just about food delivery. It is about becoming part of employees’ daily routines. More repetition leads to more orders, stronger […]

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Shiprocket Unveils Shunya AI: What The E-Commerce AI Shift Means for MSMEs

admin — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 07:34:00 +0000

Prabhanu Kumar Das, Medianama 16 July 2025 E-commerce logistics platform Shiprocket announced the launch of Shunya.ai, a sovereign AI model developed in India to support the country’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), on July 11. The company claims that it is India’s first multimodal AI stack, built in partnership with US-based Ultrasafe Inc. This […]

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Margins remain a pain point for organised FMCG supply-chain companies

admin — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:03:00 +0000

Sharleen D’Souza & Shivani Shinde, Business Standard June 8, 2023 Why are companies finding it difficult to sustain the supply-chain business? Experts point out that gross margins in supplying fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) are very low. While it does look attractive because it is the largest part of the consumption market, the last-mile supply chain […]

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Reliance Retail to pick up Metro’s India biz for ₹2,850 crore

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:03:00 +0000

With the acquisition of Metro's Indian business, Reliance will get 31 large format stores in 21 cities as well as the realty portfolio that includes six store-occupied properties, 3,500 staff and Metro's 3 million B2B customers, of which 1 million are frequent buyers.

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Metro AG global CEO Steffen Greubel hints at exiting India

admin — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:38:00 +0000

Metro AG global chief executive officer Steffen Greubel said the company is at a “very advanced” level of discussions on its India business, suggesting for the first time that it could be looking at an exit from the country soon. “We are very advanced in the process regarding India and are at a certain maturity […]

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What Is Behind Reliance Retail’s Expansion Spree

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:33:00 +0000

Reliance recently partnered with GAP to bring the luxury brand to India. Reliance has also brought home some 35 international brands. Let's explore the growth strategy of Reliance Retail.

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War for instant grocery delivery set to intensify with entry of Reliance’s JioMart

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:06:00 +0000

Reliance has plans to take instant grocery sales to over 200 cities and towns where JioMart is currently operational by end of next quarter and double the reach in next few months to make it India's largest instant grocer.

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Macro Consumer Trends: Implications for the Events Industry – (2014 March, Devangshu Dutta)

admin — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 01:53:23 +0000

In this Keynote address at UFI's Asia Open Seminar in Bangalore, Devangshu Dutta shares his views about the key consumer trends in India, and the implications for the events and exhibitions industry.

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The Brave New (Old) World

Devangshu Dutta — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 05:30:16 +0000

Over the past few years, the Internet has been revolutionising the way we interact with each other, as individuals, as companies or corporate entities, providing a mass of information keeps growing with no end in sight. Surely, as many pundits forecast, the Internet should bring an end to intermediation of any sort. Well, yes. And no.

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