Put both eggs in one basket: Why merging Amazon and Tata's quick commerce business is a now or never ideaA combination could help both survive hypercompetition among more than half a dozen rivals, improve relevance, reach and range. The synergi...
08 Jul, 2026, 08.12 AM IST
The operations network behind Amazon's play to become India's everyday storeAmazon is reshaping India's quick-commerce sector through significant investments in foundational infrastructure rather than merely focusin...
19 Jun, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
Quick commerce becomes FMCG's biggest online sales channel in IndiaLatest data from companies including ITC Ltd, AWL Agri Business, Tata Consumer Products and Parle Products showed quick commerce accounted ...
27 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Swiggy flags quick commerce battle as Amazon, Flipkart join 10-minute raceInstamart, Swiggy’s quick commerce arm, saw gross order value (GOV) grow 21% year-on-year to Rs 5,655 crore, while operating losses widened...
31 Jul, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
Driving Change: Ecomm firms amp up for sustainable futureIndia's ecommerce giants like Flipkart, Amazon, BigBasket, Swiggy, and Eternal are rapidly adopting electric vehicles for last-mile deliver...
29 Jun, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
Tata's billion-dollar bet: BigBasket and 1mg set for $1.3 billion cash surgeTata group is preparing to raise $1.3 billion for its digital assets BigBasket and 1mg to compete more effectively in quick commerce. The f...
07 Apr, 2025, 11.35 AM IST
How Zepto is poaching workers from Instamart, Blinkit, other rival firms to win the quick commerce warZepto, India's quick-comm unicorn co-founded by 21-year-old Kaivalya Vohra, is aggressively expanding its market share by offering massive ...
19 Nov, 2024, 03.31 PM IST
BigBasket B2C unit posts 6% growth in FY24 revenue, cuts losses by 17%Innovative Retail Concepts runs the business-to-cusotmer (B2C) unit of BigBasket. It posted net loss of Rs 1,267 crore for FY24 and an oper...
05 Sep, 2024, 03.02 PM IST
Exclusive: BigBasket set to fully pivot to quick commerce amid rising competitionOnce the largest online grocery player in the country, Tata-owned BigBasket fell behind the young quick commerce upstarts as the new model ...
27 Aug, 2024, 08.16 AM IST
E-commerce, FMCG demand for EVs in superfast laneDemand for electric vehicles (EVs) has doubled among ecommerce companies and consumer goods makers as they seek to reduce costs and meet ca...
28 Aug, 2023, 06.49 AM IST
Flipkart in talks to lead $100-million funding round in NinjacartThe Ninjacart funding will be one of the largest investment rounds by the e-commerce major in a startup as it races to expand its footprint...
13 Dec, 2021, 05.03 AM IST
Euler Motors bags order for 2,500 units from e-commerce players"The companies will deploy Euler Motors' EV (electric vehicles) across Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai to transform and strengt...
23 Aug, 2021, 04.44 PM IST
Milkbasket buys PSR supply chainIn March, Milkbasket acquired a Noida-based startup Veggie India to strengthen its foothold in the Delhi-NCR region.
10 Jul, 2019, 09.01 AM IST
$1bn startups, flush with funds, hire bigAmong roles, sales, marketing and operations are seeing the highest growth of around 50%.
22 Jun, 2019, 11.31 AM IST
E-tailers, startups plan to go big on hiring delivery staffSwiggy, Grofers, MilkBasket and Shadowfax are doubling delivery teams this financial year, and biggies such as Amazon and BigBasket have eq...
16 Apr, 2019, 09.24 AM IST
Sri Sri's FMCG brand Tattva to open 1000 stores, eyes Rs 500 crore revenues by DecemberThe company will have three type of stores -- Sri Sri Tattva Mart, Sri Sri Tattva Wellness Place, and Sri Sri Tattva Home and Health, he sa...
17 Jan, 2018, 07.13 PM IST
We were never in discussions for merger with BigBasket: Grofers"It was not (merger) talks, there was just one meeting about how the business is going and it just got blown out of proportion because of d...
19 Nov, 2017, 03.48 PM IST