Delhi Chakka Jam for three days: Check what could be affected in Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and other NCR regionsDelhi Chakka Jam Today News: A three-day Chakka jam in Delhi-NCR has been called by transport unions starting May 21. During these three da...
20 May, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
$250 bn e-commerce boom redraws India's retail buying & triggers a safeguard demandIndia's e-commerce sector is poised for massive growth, projected at $250 billion. Gen Z shoppers are driving this expansion, favoring new ...
27 Apr, 2026, 01.54 PM IST
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
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
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
B2B e-commerce: The nascent, unexplored segment of online marketplace carries huge profitability potentialWith lower cost structures and nearly an 8x larger market opportunity, the B2B online grocery is a market at a nascent stage of disruption ...
23 Jan, 2021, 10.00 AM 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
Jumbotail bags $11 million in funding led by Heron RockThe startup said it will utilise the fresh capital to expand its marketplace into new geographies across India and also scale its J24 store...
26 Oct, 2020, 01.10 PM IST
Coca-Cola, Common Services Centers sign MoU for rural outreachA statement issued by the company said the exercise will promote availability of products at doorsteps in rural India through local entrepr...
08 Jul, 2020, 03.15 PM IST
Why India needs to go vocal for local storesKiranas are not only the backbone of the supply chain management but also an essential part of our economy.
19 May, 2020, 06.32 AM IST
CAIT backs Indian e-tailers conforming to local laws, benefitting KiranasThe traders' body, which had in the past bitterly opposed foreign e-tailers such as Amazon, accusing them of killing small businesses with ...
29 Apr, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
View: Integrate local kirana stores in the supply chain of e-commerceThe 12 million strong Kirana stores of India offer ubiquitous and fast delivery of goods across the country.
26 Apr, 2020, 01.47 PM 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
Flipkart onboards 27,000 kirana shops to strengthen last mile deliveryThe company said it will help reach out to millions of new consumers during the upcoming festive event.
09 Sep, 2019, 04.22 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
Amazon to take kirana stores onlineStarting first in Bengaluru on a pilot run, Amazon intends to scale this up nationally, a senior executive from the Seattle-headquartered c...
26 Mar, 2015, 11.13 AM IST