Blinkit brings surge pricing to groceryIn response to customer queries on social media on the newly introduced surge fee, Blinkit tweeted, "Surge charges are levied during peak d...
MF, passenger vehicles will see a demand uptick in the coming days: Ankur Bisen, KSA TechnopakI am bullish about two-wheeler sales going up. I am bullish about value price cars, let us say sub-8 lakh cars demand picking up, says Bise...
Small towns are the new big market for e-classified portals like Quikr, OLXAccording to Pranay Chulet, founder and CEO of Quikr, smaller town as part of Quikr’s business is growing faster than the big towns.
Online furniture firms like FabFurnish, Urban Ladder building their business, shelf by shelfPlayers such as FabFurnish and Urban Ladder in the online furniture space recreate their offerings in 3D settings to help users find the ri...
Startups: Home delivery of products, services grow with increasing usage of appsHome delivery of products, services and increasing usage of mobile phones and messaging apps such as WhatsApp is prompting several startups...
Snapdeal sets target to sell fashion product worth $2 billion in 2015-16"We have tied up with Fashion Design Council of India to launch our Designer Studio that will bring premium designer wear to consumers."
Flipkart to rope in authors at Jaipur Literature Festival to write on booksThe online retailer plans to start a section where authors will write about their work, inspiration and books that had an impact on them al...
As PEs, others evince interest in restaurant industry, companies try to boost investor confidenceAccording to industry estimates, the burgeoning Indian restaurant industry has seen around $500 million private equity investment in around...
As India’s digital commerce companies go head-to-head, all eyes are on Snapdeal nowIn the fund-raising stakes, Snapdeal, which, till date, has garnered over $330 million across rounds, is now a distant third, lagging behin...
Yum! Restaurants reports third straight drop in quarterly samestore salesSame-store sales of Yum! Restaurants India had declined 4% year-on-year in the quarter ended December 2013, and by 1% in the following quar...
Diwali effect: Brands let customers create own productsThe retailer and Swarovski together will help customers sit down with designers at stores and create their own crystal-embellished sarees.
E-tailing to log in robust growth, become $56 bn mkt by 2023Apart from urban and semi-urban centres, demand will also come from emerging towns where primary source of livelihood has moved from agricu...
Modern retail to help sector clip at 6 per cent CAGR till 2023: ReportBuoyed by growth in modern retail and alternate channels like e-retail and home-shopping, the retail sector is projected to grow at 6%.
Toothpaste companies rush to brush up on whiteWith its 'Visible White' variant, where Colgate-Palmolive claims to offer whiter teeth in just a week, the company joins HUL's Pepsodent an...
Papa John's franchisee Om Pizzas and Eats in talks to mop up $25 millionExisting investor TVS Capital, which owns about 80% of the company, will continue to remain invested. It is spearheading the capital raise,...
- Domestic food chains opting out of franchise model
Traditional brands are moving away from a franchise-based model of operation — which was earlier considered as the ideal approach for expan...
Companies bet on duty-free shops to encash festive seasonMakers of liquor, tobacco and cosmetics are making an aggressive beeline for duty-free shops, to cash in on the festive season.