Co-branded cards squeeze; Slice’s valuation resetHappy Wednesday! Global economic challenges are casting dark clouds over the Indian consumer lending business. This and more in today’s ETt...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
Amazon's Now pivot; Anthropic's revenue surgeAmazon is shuttering its Fresh service in major cities to focus on its quick commerce platform. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
07 Apr, 2026, 07.58 PM IST
Kirana stores see dip in business as consumers shift to quick commerce: ReportConsumers are increasingly turning to quick commerce for everyday needs, leading to a reduced reliance on traditional kirana stores, a Gran...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
Udaan buys ShopKirana; Paytm Money’s new CEOB2B platform Udaan has acquired retail tech startup ShopKirana. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
18 Jul, 2025, 07.46 PM IST
Reinventing Retail: How local kirana stores are adapting to India’s quick commerce boomOnce limited by technology, these stores are now gradually getting a digital lift for quick deliveries through companies like Kiko.live and...
26 Jun, 2025, 11.28 AM IST
Mom-and-Pop Store Day: Why kiranas will survive the corporate blitzIn India, mom-and-pop stores are typically neighbourhood grocery stores. Apart from being social connectors for the local community, they a...
29 Mar, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
SoftBank-led funding more than triples ElasticRun’s valuation to $1.5 billionStarted in 2016 by former Amazon executives Sandeep Deshmukh, Shitiz Bansal and Saurabh Nigam, ElasticRun enables small kiranas across the ...
07 Feb, 2022, 10.27 PM IST
Flipkart Wholesale adds grocery to cartAs a start, the grocery category will be available to retailers in Gurugram who can order products from the Flipkart Wholesale app
03 Feb, 2021, 10.57 PM IST
Reliance plans to rope in kirana stores as franchise partners for JioMartThe kiranas will source goods from Reliance or elsewhere, said two senior industry executives aware of the plans. In the case of products o...
12 Jan, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
Over 1 lakh local shops, kiranas to participate in Amazon India's festive salesMore than 20,000 offline retailers, kiranas and local shops from ''Local Shops on Amazon'' programme will participate in ''Great Indian Fes...
05 Oct, 2020, 11.33 AM IST
Technology is capable of changing India's retail landscape, especially in a post-pandemic worldTectonic changes are taking place in the field of retail with the pandemic bringing about a decisive shift towards online buying, and techn...
03 Aug, 2020, 08.41 AM IST
Reliance to expand JioMart to fashion, phones, electronics; bets on hyperlocal modelTwo senior industry executives said while Reliance Retail stores are currently fulfilling orders in JioMart, it will eventually have a hybr...
15 Jul, 2020, 07.19 PM IST
The kirana is a technology shop tooYour neighbourhood store is changing with canny store owners realising the benefits of going digital.
17 Jan, 2020, 08.52 PM IST
Amazon expands network to 12,500 local stores, retail outletsAmazon's delivery network, which started as a pilot programme called 'I Have Space' in May 2015 with 2,500 stores, has now been ramped up t...
14 Sep, 2016, 08.53 AM IST
Amazon strengthens eastern region logistics capabilityE-commerce major Amazon India has set up a warehouse facility near here for faster delivery and disposal of orders for the Eastern region.
01 Oct, 2015, 11.01 PM IST
Why retailers like Amazon, Reliance Retail are wooing kirana storesAmazon wants kirana stores to serve as delivery points for products bought on its site. It has also listed a few kiranas as sellers on its ...
09 Sep, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
Amazon to take kirana stores onlineStarting first in Bengaluru on a pilot run, Amazon intends to scale this up nationally, a senior executive from the Seattle-headquartered c...
26 Mar, 2015, 11.13 AM IST