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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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Bath & Body Works has a new formula for growth, bets on India

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:38:20 +0000

Vaeshnavi Kasthuril, Mint Bengaluru, 6 February 2026 Global fragrance maker Bath & Body Works Inc. is betting on a reset to revive growth after years of heavy discounting and weak product innovation dulled its brand momentum across markets. The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer is pivoting to a “consumer-first” formula strategy centered around upgraded formulations, more disciplined […]

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Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance battles mom-and-pop stores for India’s shoppers

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:04:00 +0000

Chris Kay, Krishn Kaushik and Andrea Rodrigues in Mumbai Nov 18 2025 Just before dawn, Kashif Sameer joins dozens of couriers zipping across Mumbai to deliver items stocked in a basement of a shopping mall run by Reliance Industries. “I make between 20 and 30 deliveries in a day,” said the 25-year-old, who had just […]

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India’s retail media growth: Will new players find room against Amazon and Flipkart?

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:14:00 +0000

Pooja Yadav, Exchange4Media 10 October 2025 Over the years, India’s e-commerce market has been dominated by the duopoly of Amazon and Flipkart. These platforms have not only captured consumer attention but also shaped how brands spend their marketing budgets. In parallel to this, the concept of retail media networks (RMNs), marketplaces selling ad placements to […]

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Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein ramps up speed, scale to win India market

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:59:00 +0000

Shabori Das & Sagar Malviya, Economic Times Bengaluru/Mumbai, 24 September 2025 Chinese fast-fashion platform Shein plans to triple the number of launches in India and shrink its design-to-launch timeline by a third to deepen its push into an increasingly competitive market, a top official said. The company, which re-entered India through a partnership with Reliance […]

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Global beauty firms look to carve up Indian market as ‘last bastion’ of growth

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:48:00 +0000

Praveen Paramasivam, Reuters August 21, 2025 Summary India’s luxury beauty market is expected to quintuple to $4 billion by 2035 from $800 million in 2023, driven by its young, affluent, social-media savvy shoppers with rising disposable incomes, consulting firm Kearney and luxury beauty distributor LUXASIA said in a report. Luxury beauty makes up just 4% […]

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India’s richest man can’t crack e-commerce, even with Shein

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000

By Kunal Purohit and Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World Mumbai, India, 23 May 2025 Online retail continues to elude India’s richest man. The Shein India app, launched by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail in partnership with the Chinese fast-fashion giant, has struggled to gain traction in a market where Amazon and Walmart have been fighting neck-to-neck […]

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Rise of pet parents sparks scramble for fundraising

admin — Mon, 05 May 2025 14:08:00 +0000

Mint, 5 May 2026 Priyamvada C., Sneha Shah Urban India’s pet parents are driving a wave of investor interest in the pet care space. A clutch of startups such as Heads Up For Tails, Supertails, and Vetic are now in fundraising talks amid rising demand for premium products and services While Supertails looks to raise […]

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