Grocery delivery startup Apna Mart culls 10% of staff, moves base to GurugramApna Mart, an online grocery service, has reduced its workforce by 10%. This move is a result of integrating artificial intelligence into o...
06 May, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
Rural commerce startup Rozana bags $30 million; valuation nears $200 millionRural commerce startup Rozana, which has built an omnichannel retail network spanning 21,000 villages in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, has rai...
06 Mar, 2026, 09.20 AM IST
Ahoi Ashtami time 2025: Ahoi Aathe vrat katha and vidhi, shubh muhurat, when to break fast, star rise and moonrise timeAhoi Ashtami tara time 2025: Hindu women will observe Ahoi Ashtami vrat on October 13, 2025, fasting and praying for their children's well-...
13 Oct, 2025, 09.16 AM IST
Value retailer SuperK raises Rs 100 crore co-led by Binny Bansal, Mithun Sacheti; cricketer Shubman Gill joins as investorSuperK, an Andhra Pradesh-based budget retail chain, has secured Rs 100 crore in a Series B funding round. The investment, co-led by Binny ...
24 Jul, 2025, 06.12 PM IST
PCI’s MDR plea; India’s AI startups, acceleratedHappy Tuesday! The Payments Council of India has urged the PMO to reinstate the merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI and RuPay debit card pa...
25 Mar, 2025, 07.24 AM IST
Grocery delivery startup Apna Mart raises $25 million in equity-debt mix from Fundamentum, Accel, othersApna Mart, a grocery delivery startup operating in tier-II and tier-III cities, raised $25 million in a mix of equity and debt funding from...
25 Mar, 2025, 07.18 AM IST
Mom & pop stores vs new kids: India's ubiquitous kirana stores have a new rivalTech-enabled players running self-service outlets like Frendy, SuperK, and Kirana King are challenging traditional kirana stores post-Covid...
20 Jun, 2024, 12.28 PM IST
Scaled startups could drive venture capital investment activity in 2024: reportDuring 2023, growth and late-stage startups chose to defer fundraising, and investors took their foot off the gas pedal owing to rising int...
14 Mar, 2024, 12.11 PM IST
Logistics startup Ripplr raises $40 million in funding led by Fireside VenturesStarted in 2019, Ripplr offers a plug-and-play service for brands to distribute their products to kirana stores. It has operations across 1...
10 May, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
Staycations, workations, homestays emerge new watchwords for tourism sectorAccording to OYO's fourth year-end annual index - OYO Travelopedia 2021, 65 per cent of respondents in India have travelled in the past six...
01 Jan, 2022, 03.51 PM IST
- ‘Paryatan Parv’ to be organised from 16th to 27th September, 2018
The Parv is being organised with the objective of drawing focus on the benefits of tourism, showcasing the cultural diversity of the countr...
03 Aug, 2018, 09.12 PM IST
10 secrets behind the stunning success of D-Mart's Radhakishan DamaniDamani is a quiet man who keeps a low profile, but his winning traits are too evident to be missed. Here are his secrets that led him to ro...
22 Mar, 2017, 10.40 AM IST
D-Mart listing makes Radhakishan Damani richer than Anil Ambani, Rahul BajajDamani raced past Anil Agarwal, Anil Ambani and Rahul Bajaj to become the 17th richest Indian largely based on the first-day performance of...
22 Mar, 2017, 08.33 AM IST
- Companies eye the purchasing power of rural youth
Businesses are geared up to hit the countryroad for growth; this time they’ll piggyback on the purchasing power of rural youth.
25 Jul, 2010, 12.08 AM IST
- Future belongs to guerrilla advertising
Kishore Biyani’s Future Group has just unveiled a mint-fresh aggressive campaign that has grabbed eyeballs galore, but at the same time mad...
26 Apr, 2007, 01.53 AM IST
- Wal-Mart's Duke gets a feel of Indian retail formats
Even as its role in the joint venture with Indian telecom giant Bharti remains still unclear, a team of executives from US retail giant Wal...
23 Feb, 2007, 01.08 AM IST
- Now, Wal-Mart faces FAM wall
The front has planned protests on February 21 in Delhi and Bangalore to oppose the arrival of Michael Duke, vice chairman, Wal-Mart in Indi...
20 Feb, 2007, 09.00 PM IST