Lenskart block deal; Meesho's kirana pushLenskart has drawn fresh interest from major institutional investors. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
12 Jun, 2026, 08.03 PM IST
Why Amazon has struggled to crack IndiaAmazon's India strategy is changing: under new leadership, the company is focusing on profitability over rapid growth. This shift comes as ...
04 Jun, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
'Chai stall' to 'Papa ki kirane ki dukan': What Indian techies say they’ll do if fired tomorrowA 23-year-old software professional's question about backup plans after potential job loss sparked a candid online discussion among Indian ...
12 May, 2026, 06.38 PM IST
ETtech In-depth: Amazon’s quick commerce blitz rattles Blinkit’s playbookAmazon's aggressive 10-minute delivery push is intensifying competition in India's quick commerce market, putting pressure on leader Blinki...
12 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
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
Drugs at your door: Signs of a disruption taking shape in IndiaIndia Pharmacy Retail Quick Commerce: India's medicine delivery is seeing a change. Quick-commerce apps are making it easier to buy medicin...
01 May, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
88% ‘hard-to-recycle’ plastic: PolyCycl’s bet on turning waste into valueIndia's plastic waste problem is being tackled by PolyCycl's innovative chemical recycling. The technology transforms difficult-to-recycle ...
01 May, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
Platforms, brands accelerate agentic commerce push as fintechs plug payment gapsIndian ecommerce giants like Flipkart and Bigbasket are building AI storefronts to enable agentic commerce, allowing AI to shop autonomousl...
27 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Bengaluru cost of living exposed by JPMorgan Chase techie. Watch viral videoA viral Instagram video by a 23-year-old JPMorgan Chase engineer in Bengaluru has sparked discussions about the rising cost of living. Her ...
20 Apr, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
Swiggy’s Instamart now has over two million transacting usersInstamart specialises in grocery deliveries in 15-30 minutes. The pilot service was launched in August last year in Gurugram and Bengaluru....
30 Nov, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
Grofers hires 5000 employees to cater to increasing demandThey will mostly be engaged in 15 new warehouses and help increasing its delivery staff strength.
07 Aug, 2019, 07.27 PM IST
Global investors heading to India are beginning to make a stopover at BangladeshBangladesh’s ecomm market is "nascent but growing" — similar to what India was about 7 years ago. It’s a good time for ecommerce players to...
17 Nov, 2017, 06.25 AM IST
Our original assumptions were a tad off the mark: Grofers' Albinder DhindsaWhile convenience may explain why more and more people are turning to grocery delivery apps today, it is but just a fraction of the real re...
13 Oct, 2016, 10.00 AM IST
LocalBanya appoints two investment banks to run fund-raising mandateET could not ascertain the size of funding LocalBanya is looking to raise. Karan Mehrotra, cofounder and chief executive of LocalBanya, dec...
10 Jul, 2015, 07.26 PM IST
Online grocery startup VeggyKart plans to raise Rs 26 croreIn India’s fast growing ecommerce segment, online grocers have of late attracted lot of investor attention and funding.
04 Jul, 2015, 03.01 PM IST
Here's why groceries are the biggest untapped e-commerce opportunityAt $600 billion a year, food and beverage (F & B) is the largest retail category in the US but only 1 pc of F & B sales currently occur onl...
10 Jun, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
24x7Fresh attracts venture capital firms as online grocery segment gets hot24x7Fresh, a yet-to-be-launched Delhi-based grocery and food retail startup, has evoked funding interest from venture capital firms includi...
10 Feb, 2015, 02.37 PM IST