Reliance Retail, 7-Eleven end a five-year India franchise deal as convenience stores struggleReliance Retail and 7-Eleven are ending their five-year franchise partnership in India, with most of their nearly 60 stores set to shut aft...
05 Oct, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
SBI Mutual Fund’s stake in Swiggy crosses 5% as asset manager picks up shares worth Rs 300 croreSBI Mutual Fund bought the shares at around Rs 253-254 apiece on September 29, taking its holding in Swiggy from 4.7% to 5.1%.
01 Oct, 2026, 05.33 PM IST
Telangana suspends licences of Swiggy Instamart, Flipkart, Zepto dark stores over food safety violationsTelangana's food safety authorities inspected 16 dark stores across the city and found serious hygiene violations. Four establishments had ...
01 Oct, 2026, 09.45 AM IST
Amazon Now expands to 120 cities, doubles quick commerce footprintAmazon Now was present in 60 cities in mid-September with 750 dark stores, of which 100 were run by third-party operators. With this expans...
01 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2026: Palmonas leans on offline retail expansion as branded jewellery market gets crowdedPalmonas is betting on offline retail and repeat customers to compete in India’s increasingly crowded jewellery market. The four-year-old s...
01 Oct, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Buoyant Q2 demand for consumer goods lifts festive sales outlookConsumer demand in India saw significant growth during the July-September quarter, particularly in appliances and FMCGs. Sales of air condi...
01 Oct, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
‘My mother never hugged me’: Sylvester Stallone on growing up in a dysfunctional home. Rocky star recalls how his abusive father kicked him in the stomachSylvester Stallone recently opened up about his troubled childhood marked by an abusive father and emotionally distant mother. He recounted...
30 Sep, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Ecommerce firms scale logistics, hiring ahead of festive salesFlipkart’s logistics arm Ekart has added 14 million cubic feet of warehousing space nationwide, increasing its storage capacity by 50%, the...
30 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Goldman Sachs sees Eternal achieving $1 billion EBITDA by FY29; raises target priceGoldman Sachs maintained a Buy rating on Eternal, formerly Zomato, raising its target price by 11% to Rs 385. The brokerage foresees Eterna...
29 Sep, 2026, 08.30 AM IST
Prosus in talks to invest Rs 150 crore in Swiggy Instamart challenger BazaarNowBazaarNow, founded by former Zepto executives Priyanshu Jain, Arjun Harish and Tarithmay Mandal, sells groceries and daily essentials, focu...
28 Sep, 2026, 10.08 PM IST
Triple shock rattles India’s FMCG basket as 68% of categories lose volumeIndia's FMCG market is experiencing significant challenges as higher costs and rural income pressures affect consumption patterns, NielsenI...
27 Sep, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
Meesho shares can fall 28%, warns Nomura after initiating coverage with Reduce call. Here is whyShares of Meesho dropped up to 5% to Rs 221 after Nomura initiated coverage with a Reduce rating and a Rs 167 target price, citing a 28% do...
25 Sep, 2026, 09.49 AM IST
- The 30-Minute Medicine Problem
How India's largest ePharmacy is building an in-house quick-commerce engine across cities and why moving medicines in under an hour is far ...
24 Sep, 2026, 09.37 PM IST
Amazon to bet $3 billion on India's fast-delivery boom, sources sayAmazon has announced plans to invest $3 billion in its quick commerce business in India by 2030. This investment aims to expand its network...
24 Sep, 2026, 02.43 PM IST
Swiggy's Instamart extends Yulu, Yuma ties to ramp up EV deliveriesInstamart is expanding its battery-swapping stations network to encourage electric vehicle use in last-mile delivery. The improvements are ...
23 Sep, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
Beauty and personal care quick commerce startup Firi raises $3 million led by 360 One AssetThe company plans to use the funds to expand into makeup, fragrances and other beauty categories and add more dark stores as it plans to de...
16 Sep, 2026, 11.27 AM IST
Amazon crosses $1 billion in annualised quick commerce sales: India chief Samir KumarAmazon India's quick commerce unit Now has achieved $1 billion in annualised sales. The company is rapidly expanding its operations to over...
15 Sep, 2026, 06.22 PM IST