Quick commerce becomes FMCG's biggest online sales channel in IndiaLatest data from companies including ITC Ltd, AWL Agri Business, Tata Consumer Products and Parle Products showed quick commerce accounted ...
27 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Why India’s beauty shoppers scroll more but still buy offlineIndia's beauty and personal care market is experiencing a digital surge, with online influence tripling since 2021. While 53% of shoppers a...
06 May, 2026, 03.17 PM IST
PhonePe crosses 50 million merchants, expands digital payments and financial services footprint across IndiaPhonePe has achieved a major milestone with 50 million registered merchants. This growth signifies a significant step in bringing financial...
28 Apr, 2026, 01.42 PM IST
Co-branded cards squeeze; Slice’s valuation resetHappy Wednesday! Global economic challenges are casting dark clouds over the Indian consumer lending business. This and more in today’s ETt...
08 Apr, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
Kirana stores agree on a potential plan to survive the quick commerce takeoverKirana stores are feeling the heat from quick commerce, with 80% reporting lost business. To combat this, they're turning to digitalization...
18 Dec, 2024, 01.41 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
Quick commerce may corner more than $1 billion of kirana sales: report“After Covid, a lot of customers have experimented with online grocery and there is a buyer base who is ready to pay for convenience. So, o...
15 Nov, 2024, 10.44 AM IST
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...
28 Nov, 2023, 09.14 AM IST
Direct to retail app based ordering by kiranas surged post covidMost companies including Hindustan Unilever, ITC and Marico launched their internal ordering app and have since onboarded millions of mom-a...
23 Sep, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
Flipkart strengthens its kirana delivery ahead of Big Billion DaysThe Kirana delivery programme accounts for nearly one-third of Flipkart's deliveries made in a month. In the past year, its Kirana partners...
08 Sep, 2021, 07.08 PM IST
Reliance plans to rope in kirana stores as franchise partners for JioMartThe kiranas will source goods from Reliance or elsewhere, said two senior industry executives aware of the plans. In the case of products o...
12 Jan, 2021, 09.59 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
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
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.
30 May, 2019, 04.52 PM IST
Metro opens first Kirana Success Centre offering digital solution to small merchantsThe centre was inaugurated by Metro Chief Operating Officer Philippe Palazzi, Asia Pacific Head Christoph Winterer and India business head ...
27 Aug, 2018, 01.47 PM IST
Metro ties up with large FMCG firms to sell their brandsThese alliances include sale of SC Johnson’s All Out spray, Coca-Cola pop cans and Aquirius Glycocharge in most states, Mondelez’s Halls an...
18 Jun, 2018, 07.33 AM IST
IOC begins 5 kg LPG cylinders sale in kirana storesIndian Oil Corporation has begun sale of market-priced 5-kg Free Trade LPG (FTL) cylinders through kirana stores and supermarkets.
03 Apr, 2014, 08.26 PM IST