HUL takes direct-to-Kiranas distribution routeHindustan Unilever is streamlining its distribution process by directly supplying products to kirana stores in Mumbai, with the aim to redu...
31 Dec, 2024, 07.45 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
Kirana partners logged 30% rise in average monthly delivery incomes in 2020: FlipkartThe Kirana stores form part of an extended delivery mechanism for Flipkart to help deliver packages at customers' doorstep, especially in t...
21 May, 2021, 10.39 PM IST
Kiranas fail to ride 2nd wave as e-grocers step up playKirana stores that saw a resurgence during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and led the recovery of the fast-moving consumer goods i...
07 Apr, 2021, 08.53 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
Metro AG restrategises with smaller stores, to focus on kiranasThe move comes even as Metro Cash & Carry is seeking to cut operating expenses in India and shifting focus to the kirana segment from the h...
16 Oct, 2020, 10.36 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
Reliance JioMart ramps up ops with credit, incentivesJioMart is ramping up operations, intensifying the grocery wars through WhatsApp.
04 May, 2020, 05.28 PM IST
Tech startups test new models for a foothold in grocery retailOver half a dozen companies are taking over kirana stores to control branding, merchandising and invoicing. What helps is that mom-and-pop ...
10 Feb, 2020, 08.25 AM IST
- Snapbizz looks to expand in South, enters Andhra, Telangana
The company plans to tap nearly 15,000 to 20,000 kirana stores in the next 12 months in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Surat, Gujarat and...
23 May, 2017, 11.37 PM IST
Japan's fund places first bet on ShopKirana"The grocery market in India is mostly supported by small businesses like Kirana stores..... we are very happy to join ShopKirana's journey...
23 Dec, 2016, 10.11 AM IST
Mobile wallets like Paytm and Mobikwik are tying up with kirana stores in rural IndiaWith rewards-linked loyalty programmes, they are incentivising cash users in these areas to convert their money into wallet money at the ki...
02 Sep, 2015, 10.08 AM 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
Retailers like Future Group, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Reliance adopting kirana-store model to push salesDomestic supermarket chains are changing tack to beat the mom-and-pop stores at their own game.
20 May, 2013, 10.03 AM IST
- Reliance Retail to launch an in-house ready-to-eat food brand
Reliance Retail plans to launch an in-house ready-to-eat food brand in the next 2-3 months and has partnered a foreign firm for the technic...
08 Jun, 2012, 04.04 PM IST
- The big myth & reality of retail groceries
Many products at supermarkets continue to be sold at MRP. Yet, a proper research on offers could actually help cut your grocery bills by 4-...
24 Sep, 2007, 03.42 PM IST
- The myth & reality of retail groceries
In Mumbai (like in other cities), players such as Big Bazaar, Subhiksha, Spencer and Spinach are seen frequently advertising their low pric...
21 Sep, 2007, 02.27 AM IST