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Mom & pop stores vs new kids: India's ubiquitous kirana stores have a new rivalTech-enabled players running self-service outlets like Frendy, SuperK, and Kirana King are challenging traditional kirana stores post-Covid...
FMCG companies chart fast-moving sales growth path for kiranas to beat retail slowdownGeneral trade remains the mainstay of FMCG sales in India, despite the surge in ecommerce in the past three years since the outbreak of Cov...
CEAT aims to make deeper inroads into small towns, eyes 1 lakh outlets in 2-3 years:COO Arnab BanerjeeThe company, which has successfully partnered with kirana store operators, small automobile spare parts sellers and puncture repair shops, ...
Reliance retail to partner electronics storesReliance Retail has begun trying out a hyperlocal initiative for electronic products whereby any order for smartphones, TVs, refrigerators ...
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...
Over 7 lakh small stores may have shut shop due to lockdownIndia has about 10-12 million small retail outlets selling grocery and other FMCG products.
Kiranas in crisis, disruption tough to reverse, fears FMCGIndustry executives said small outlets are also feeling the pinch because distributors are dealing in cash and not offering 7-21 days of cr...
Consumer goods companies adopt 1 lakh Suraksha StoresLarge consumer goods companies including Procter & Gamble, ITC, Dabur, Hindustan Unilever, Britannia, Nestle, Mondelez and Tata Consumer, h...
FMCG giants and government come together to set up Suraksha StoresIndia’s biggest consumer goods companies, including Procter & Gamble, ITC, Dabur, Hindustan Unilever, Britannia, Nestle, Mondelez and Tata ...
Large retailers wooing kirana stores with PoS machines 2.0Reliance Retail has been testing a PoS project with 1,200 mom-and-pop outlets for the past couple of month.
Reliance Retail has major plans in store for kiranasThe firm has started trials in B'luru for apparel through Ajio Business, and plans to enrol more than 50,000 vendors.
Myntra to use the power of kiranasThe Bengaluru-based firm will display some of its products in kirana outlets, like FMCG firms do by hiring dedicated shelves at such stores.
Nielsen survey to help consumer goods companies target kirana storesLakhs of small stores across the country account for more than 90% sales of manufacturers such as Hindustan Unilever and Procter & Gamble.
FDI in retail will not only hurt kiranas, infrastructure ; farmers too won’t gainWal-Mart and others are not going to build new rural infrastructure through a 50% commitment towards back-end investment.
- Retail revolution yet to make in-roads in the country
The retail revolution that has ushered in modern retailing is yet to make significant in-roads into almost 15 million kirana outlets (small...
- Metro Cash & Carry plans training centres for kiranas
German retailer Metro Cash & Carry is finalising plans to launch training academies for mom-and-pop stores in India.
- Mom & pop happy letting a rich tenant take over
If you can’t beat them, join them. That seems to the mantra of the original peshwas of retail - the mom-and-pop stores.