Companies make over 25 kg packs to avoid 5% GSTThe CBIC on Sunday clarified that pre-packaged food items weighing more than 25 kg in a single packet would be exempted from GST. The 5% le...
20 Jul, 2022, 12.43 AM IST
Apnaklub raises $3.5 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India’s SurgeApnaklub connects India’s retailers, such as kirana and general stores in semi-urban and rural areas, to a wide range of consumer goods and...
02 Aug, 2021, 10.51 AM IST
Grocery retail aggregator Kirana King raises Rs 7 crore in a pre-series- A Round from RVCFKirana King started its retail aggregation operations in 2017 and has a grocery retail network of more than 200 stores in Jaipur, Rajasthan...
09 Nov, 2020, 09.41 PM IST
View: Namaste, kirana.com? Covid can open new doors for neighbourhood shopsCovid-19 has already led to a material drop in footfalls, and once the pandemic ends, consumer habits would have moved a greater share of w...
28 Aug, 2020, 12.08 AM IST
Why small shopkeepers are not willing to digitise their kirana stores despite attempts by FMCG cosThe multi-pronged attempts by these FMCG companies to sign up these shop owners have often hit a wall. The claims that tech-enabled solutio...
23 Aug, 2020, 10.54 AM IST
Over 7 lakh small stores may have shut shop due to lockdownIndia has about 10-12 million small retail outlets selling grocery and other FMCG products.
30 May, 2020, 08.41 AM IST
Kiranas in crisis, disruption tough to reverse, fears FMCGIndustry executives said small outlets are also feeling the pinch because distributors are dealing in cash and not offering 7-21 days of cr...
30 May, 2020, 07.34 AM IST
Metro Cash & Carry to open 5 new stores in India this year, enhance partnership with kirana storesThe whole idea is how to make a kirana store smarter in terms of usage of technology, by running business more efficiently, targeting more ...
23 Feb, 2020, 11.42 AM 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
Jumbotail raises Rs 90 crore in Series B fundingThe company said that it would use the funds to invest in artificial intelligence driven operational excellence in supply chain.
12 Jun, 2019, 04.15 PM IST
Bharat Financial looks to reduce cost with kirana store projectWe will strive for a cost to income ratio of around 30% with the implementation of the Kirana Points project, Managing Director MR Rao said.
14 Jun, 2017, 09.54 AM IST
BigBasket looks to scale B2B business with SnapBizz partnershipBigBasket cofounder Abhinay Choudhari said, while B2B constitutes 17-18% of the company's total business, it is expected to grow to 25% in ...
27 Apr, 2017, 08.58 AM IST
Ventures aiming to wire up millions of small retailers face a hard climb to profitsBurdened with a disorganised back end and resultant stock-outs, these kirana store owners are fighting where larger businesses are growing.
05 Sep, 2016, 02.26 PM IST
Here's how local Kirana stores are reinventing themselves to trump e-grocersDigital balances, computers with inventory management software, and CCTV's for monitoring purposes are a few ways in which kiranas have cha...
09 Jul, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
A sensible FDI retail policy is good for kirana stores, farmers, and consumersAs these large-format stores and ecommerce sites raise global capital and use their buying power to negotiate deals with FMCG suppliers.
16 Oct, 2014, 06.35 AM IST
Retailers like Future Group, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Reliance adopting kirana-store model to push salesDomestic supermarket chains are changing tack to beat the mom-and-pop stores at their own game.
20 May, 2013, 10.03 AM IST
- Kirana store owners may emerge as new bankers for rural India
The local grocery storekeeper has good information about the financial well being of the houses he serves and has emerged as the most viabl...
09 Apr, 2010, 04.01 AM IST