ET could not ascertain the size of funding LocalBanya is looking to raise. Karan Mehrotra, cofounder and chief executive of LocalBanya, dec...

Digital balances, computers with inventory management software, and CCTV's for monitoring purposes are a few ways in which kiranas have cha...

A growing number of internet and mobile-first ventures are now opting for digital payments.

The company had launched a highly visible advertising campaign in Delhi, which also helped it build a database of potential customers.

Players like LocalBanya, BigBasket & Mera Grocer are advertising heavily while e-comm giants Snapdeal, Amazon & Paytm too plan to focus on ...

BigBasket will also establish cobranded pickup points as well as sell its own brand of gourmet staples at its partner stores, aiming for si...

The service offers convenience to customers and increases business for local stores. It is also cheaper for entrepreneurs to set up.

After BigBasket entered Pune in Dec, LocalBanya has now also forayed into Pune last month. This set the stage for startups to enter multipl...

Online grocers like Meragrocer.com, BigBasket.com and LocalBanya.com are showcasing food recipes and blogs on their websites and selling al...

Indians are increasingly buying daily consumption products such as food and personal care items, with online retailers offering heavy disco...

Amazon India and Snapdeal’s addition of food and gourmet categories is aimed at converting existing customers to add groceries to their bas...

Typically, startups are associated with flat organizational structures. They are also associated with young, highly qualified teams.

For many , it is an opportunity to play , even if indirectly , in the technology sector that they so far eschewed or hardly understood.

The Indian retail market is expected to hit $725 billion (about Rs 43 lakh crore) by 2017, of which online grocery is expected to contribut...

Many entrepreneurs believe investing in top talent can also help increase enterprise value when they are looking to sell a company.

The 10 startups were collectively looking to hire 170-plus graduates from the Class of 2014 at leading business schools.

Proceeds from the round of funding will be used by LocalBanya to increase its presence in the other metro cities.