Amazon-backed More Retail plans expansion of supermarkets in India
In 2019—Samara Capital along with Amazon.com Inc., agreed to buy Aditya Birla group’s food and grocery retail chain. The acquisition...
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Quick Commerce captures nearly half of Kirana sales; market to hit $40 billion by 2030
As consumer preferences shift towards the convenience of last-minute grocery deliveries, quick commerce companies are outpacing traditional retailers, with 46%...
FMCG firms embrace quick commerce amid shift in urban consumer preferences
New Delhi: Home delivery within 10 minutes, of practically anything, is permanently altering the retail landscape in the country, and...
CCI weighs probe against quick commerce firms after complaints by traders’ body
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is considering if there are grounds to open an investigation into the grievances expressed...
Mint Primer: Why are e-tailers on notice for legal metrology?
Many quick- and e-commerce firms have reportedly received notices from the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) for allegedly violating mandatory...
Distributor body AICPDF writes to the CCI, urges probe into Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto
The All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation has written to the antitrust regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), requesting...
Quick delivery, quick returns: How Instamart, Zepto and Blinkit plan to take on e-commerce giants
Quick commerce platforms Swiggy Instamart and Zepto are looking to tweak their policies to enable easy returns and replacements for...
Quickie commerce: Sex toys ride the impulse wave
In a country where, in 2024, even sanitary pads are hidden in an envelope at the point of a sale...
How the quick commerce brigade sparked a fall in Radhakishan Damani’s blue chip stock
On 14 October, Avenue Supermarts’ shares plummeted 9% on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), suffering their biggest single-day drop since...
Q-comm rapid growth weighs on DMart, stock falls over 8%
MUMBAI: The stock price of Avenue Supermarts, which owns DMart, fell 8.4% on Monday on the back of subdued performance...
