Can Budget 2025 safeguard kirana stores from the quick commerce boom?Union Budget 2025: The rise of quick commerce platforms like Zepto and Blinkit in India is reshaping the retail landscape, especially impac...
23 Jan, 2025, 02.07 PM IST
FRAI asks govt to provide tech support for kirana stores to face quick commerce challengeThe Federation of Retailer Association of India has urged the government to offer advanced technology platforms to Kirana stores. This supp...
24 Dec, 2024, 06.05 PM IST
Market share of Kirana stores gradually shifting to Quick Commerce: ReportKirana stores in India are losing market share to quick commerce platforms, with their share expected to drop to 88.9% by 2028. The conveni...
20 Nov, 2024, 09.11 AM IST
Redseer study highlights digital transformation of India's B2B kirana marketKirana stores, especially in remote and rural regions, are increasingly turning to eB2B platforms for better procurement management, access...
18 Sep, 2024, 02.59 PM IST
Death of the kirana store: Will quick commerce quicken it?Quick commerce platforms like Blinkit and Instamart have begun to overshadow India's traditional kirana stores, known for their community-d...
21 Aug, 2024, 04.33 PM IST
Kiko Live crosses one lakh kirana orders on ONDC networkSince its onboarding on the open network in December last year, sellers on Kiko have witnessed significant business growth with nearly 2,50...
22 Mar, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
Mom-and-Pop Store Day: Why kiranas will survive the corporate blitzIn India, mom-and-pop stores are typically neighbourhood grocery stores. Apart from being social connectors for the local community, they a...
29 Mar, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Flourish Venture sees opportunities in embedded finance fintech platforms for kirana stores“(In embedded retail) Flourish Ventures has invested around $3million in Apnaklub and QueueBuster“ , said Harsh Gupta, Investor director (I...
23 Sep, 2022, 09.44 PM IST
FMCG grows to its fastest pace in 18 months: Kirana stores grows by 15% since pandemic led lockdownEach distributor salesman is now covering more outlets even as the time he spends in the market dropped 31.8% year on year. Despite this, k...
26 Mar, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
Kirana revival a key pivot in distribution chain of FMCG, say industry executivesApart from investment in eCommerce due to surge in online shopping amid the pandemic, FMCG companies are extending support and chasing the ...
11 Dec, 2020, 11.16 AM IST
Kirana revival one of the key pivots in distribution chain of FMCG firms: Industry executivesTop industry executives said that apart from investment in ecommerce due to surge in online shopping amid the pandemic, FMCG companies are ...
10 Dec, 2020, 06.49 PM IST
Return of the kirana store: Number of neighbourhood shops back to pre-Covid levelsBizom, a sales automation firm that transacts with 7.5 million retail stores, said operational kirana stores fell to a fourth in April afte...
12 Nov, 2020, 08.15 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
Kirana stores to help Mukesh Ambani challenge Amazon's cloutAs much as 90 per cent of India's $700 billion retail market is unorganised, made up mostly of kirana stores.
12 Aug, 2019, 02.15 PM IST
Metro Cash & Carry delays ecommerce plan for kiranasCurrently, a sales force of 800 people has been deployed with tablets to meet kirana owners in real-time to negotiate deals.
11 Apr, 2019, 05.30 PM IST
Why retailers like Amazon, Reliance Retail are wooing kirana storesAmazon wants kirana stores to serve as delivery points for products bought on its site. It has also listed a few kiranas as sellers on its ...
09 Sep, 2015, 01.29 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