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
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
Reliance retail to partner electronics storesReliance Retail has begun trying out a hyperlocal initiative for electronic products whereby any order for smartphones, TVs, refrigerators ...
18 Aug, 2021, 08.10 AM IST
Kirana grocery retail stores see record adoption of tech, led by Udaan, SnapBizzIndia has an estimated 12 million-plus neighbourhood stores and despite double-digit growth in online grocery, offline still contributes mo...
26 Jun, 2021, 11.57 PM IST
FMCG companies giving more importance to kiranas over EcommerceGrocery orders could not be placed from several PIN codes on Amazon Fresh on Tuesday and remained unavailable till Thursday.
21 Apr, 2021, 08.19 AM IST
FMCG grows to its fastest pace in 18 months: Kirana stores grows by 15% since pandemic led lockdownEach distributor salesman is now covering more outlets even as the time he spends in the market dropped 31.8% year on year. Despite this, k...
26 Mar, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
Over 50,000 offline retailers, neighbourhood stores now part of Local Shops: Amazon IndiaMore than 50,000 offline retailers and neighbourhood stores from 450 cities - from metros to tier II and tier III cities like Sangli, Osman...
07 Mar, 2021, 03.55 PM 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
Flipkart starts hyperlocal service 'Flipkart Quick', to expand to 6 cities by year-endFlipkart said its hyperlocal service, dubbed Flipkart Quick, will also sell mobile phones and stationery items, taking it a step further th...
28 Jul, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
Growth curve for grocery stores to come from partnerships; customer loyalty diminishing: EYThe report, ‘Sentiments of India – pulse of the country’, said neighbourhood grocery stores are increasingly moving towards adoption of tec...
06 Jul, 2020, 12.56 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
Amazon may add kirana stores to its cart to boost retail playAmazon has tied up with ShopX to digitally connect kiranas with large retailers and FMCG companies.
24 Aug, 2019, 10.48 PM IST
Kiranas deliver the goods for ecommerce giants like Amazon, MyntraE-commerce companies have significantly scaled up their use of this channel for last-mile delivery, allowing them to reduce their delivery ...
11 Jun, 2018, 07.44 AM IST
Mom-and-pop stores now take to special offers, loyalty point alerts to counter big rivalsAs per a PricewaterhouseCoopers study, there are about 12 million mom-and-pop stores. These kirana stores constitute more than 90% of FMCG ...
24 Jan, 2018, 06.17 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
- Retail FDI may now come in three phases
The commerce and industry ministry has reopened discussions on allowing FDI in consumer electronics and sports goods retail.
31 Dec, 2007, 01.07 AM IST
- Get set for NextGen local stores
Malls still have to go a long way, as Indian consumers still drop by at their neighbourhood kirana store.
10 Jun, 2007, 12.10 AM IST