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India’s D2C journey: After a rapid scale-up, why it’s now all about discipline

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:31:00 +0000

Samar Srivastava, Forbes India Feb 27, 2026 India’s young consumers are discovering the next big beauty serum, protein bar or sneaker brand not in a mall, but on Instagram reels, YouTube shorts and quick-commerce apps that promise 10-minute delivery. What began as a trickle of digital-first labels a decade ago has now become a full-blown […]

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Reliance Consumer to enter iced tea market with Brew House relaunch

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:57:29 +0000

Vashnavi Kasthuril, MINT Mumbai, 30 January 2026 Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL) plans to enter the bottled iced tea market this coming summer with the relaunch of “Brew House”, three people close to the development told Mint. The people added that the brand—for which the company received approval on 23 July 2025, according to the […]

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Why Reliance is Buying Old Brands

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:33:00 +0000

Writankar Mukherjee & Shabori Das, Economic Times / Brand Equity 7 January 2026 There’s a renewed sparkle in the adage ‘Old is Gold’ at India’s biggest conglomerate Reliance. Banking on Indians’ nostalgia, it is hawking and reviving labels that once defined everyday life, Campa and BPL among them, to set its consumer venture’s cash registers […]

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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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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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Reliance Retail targets quick commerce market, challenging Blinkit, Swiggy’s Instamart

admin — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:31:00 +0000

Writankar Mukherjee, Economic Times 7 October 2024 Reliance Retail has initiated efforts to enter the thriving quick commerce market in a move that is set to escalate competition for Zomato-owned Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket, among others. The country’s largest retailer has started offering quick commerce services in select areas in Navi Mumbai and Bengaluru […]

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India’s Kirana Stores May Suffer The Fate Of Once-Ubiquitous Telephone Booths

admin — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:49:00 +0000

Data suggests that the share of modern retail, including online commerce, which is currently below 10%, is set to cross 30% over the next 3-5 years.

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Top global apparel brands and retailers doubled sales in India over the past two years

admin — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 04:41:00 +0000

Swedish fashion retailer H&M and rival Zara reported a 40% increase in its topline while Japanese brand Uniqlo saw a 60% jump in sales. American denim maker Levi Strauss and British brand Marks & Spencer posted a 54% increase, latest filings with the Registrar of Companies showed. Dubai-based department store Lifestyle International, too, saw a 46% jump in revenues on a large base.

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Decathlon FY23 sales shoot up 37% in India

admin — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 05:21:00 +0000

Decathlon's India unit experienced a 37% increase in sales to Rs 3,955 crore in FY23, driven by high demand for fitness wear and sports equipment. The company, which offers products for 85 different sporting disciplines, is larger than Adidas, Nike, and Asics combined in India.

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