Why Amazon has struggled to crack IndiaAmazon's India strategy is changing: under new leadership, the company is focusing on profitability over rapid growth. This shift comes as ...
04 Jun, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
Parle Melody: The ₹1 soft power twist Modi served to Meloni and the worldPrime Minister Modi's gift of a Parle Melody toffee to Italy's Giorgia Meloni symbolised India's evolving soft power. Beyond traditional ex...
21 May, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
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
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
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
Kiranas become a lifeline for urban consumers in times of lockdownThe countrywide lockdown has helped neighbourhood grocery stores to make a comeback in metro cities.
02 Apr, 2020, 06.28 AM IST
Reliance Industries' new hyperlocal store format to aid new commerce initiativeRIL's previously announced new commerce initiative entails on-boarding kirana stores and digitising them via merchant POS machines. The con...
06 Feb, 2020, 04.51 PM IST
Reliance setting up small stores for last-mile deliveryReliance is planning small outlets called Reliance Smart Points in various cities to ease delivery.
21 Jan, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Payback eyes pact with PoS firms to enter kirana storesThe American Express-owned company is seeking partnerships across sectors including grocery, fuel, electronics, furnishing and travel.
13 Sep, 2018, 08.11 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
Kishore Biyani lines up loyalty-driven convenience stores to beat Amazon, Flipkart in discountsFuture Group is set to open 10,000 convenience stores where member-shoppers will get much more discounts than those offered by all other re...
04 Apr, 2017, 05.40 PM IST
Indian grocery giant Patel Brothers inaugurate its 50th store in USPatel Brothers, a US-based grocery retail chain that aims to reconnect people with the flavors of India, has opened its 50th store in the c...
02 Jun, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
Online grocer BigBasket plans to work with offline partners to secure its delivery dominanceBigBasket will also establish cobranded pickup points as well as sell its own brand of gourmet staples at its partner stores, aiming for si...
06 Apr, 2015, 05.38 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
- Bharti Retail enters NCR market
Bharti Retail, an arm of Bharti Enterprises, on Thursday said it has entered the National Capital Region with the launch of its first neigh...
28 May, 2009, 06.10 PM IST
- Wal-Mart, Bharti may adopt neighbourhood store format
Away from the political backlash against its entry into India, the world's largest retailer has been keeping domestic rivals guessing about...
11 Feb, 2007, 09.40 AM IST