‘Productivity growth in consumer services is powering India’s rise’Dani Rodrik highlights the relationship between ending poverty, boosting the global middle class, and addressing climate change. He emphasi...
01 Oct, 2026, 11.31 PM IST
Zomato employees once took a 20% salary cut when times were tough. That later became a 30X fortune, recalls ex-stafferDuring Covid, Zomato employees accepted salary cuts after the company’s food delivery business nearly shut down and it had only 45 days of ...
30 Sep, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
Lessons from Chinese AI Firms on Owning Customers’ HabitsAs U.S. AI firms compete in an escalating race for superior models, bigger benchmarks, and more advanced features, Chinese companies are pu...
30 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Gen Z vs Indian parents: Should today's youth struggle just because their parents had to? Man questions 'romanticizing poverty' attitudeA viral X post has sparked a conversation about whether Gen Z should be expected to face the same struggles as previous generations. The po...
28 Jun, 2026, 08.13 PM IST
Why Aswath Damodaran is ready to revisit Zomato, add other young companies to his listAswath Damodaran, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, acknowledges both impressive and questionable aspects of Zomato's expansio...
03 Oct, 2024, 01.08 PM IST
Kiranas are here to stay despite growing quick commerce adoption: BigBasket’s Hari MenonBigBasket CEO Hari Menon stated that kirana stores will remain relevant despite the rise of quick commerce. Speaking at the ET Soonicorns S...
21 Sep, 2024, 02.19 PM IST
Why Mukesh Ambani can't ignore a new consumer habitReliance Industries (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani is expanding the company's retail empire to include quick commerce services through JioMar...
29 May, 2024, 01.41 PM IST
PhonePe’s Pincode exits non-food categories in ecommerce business rejigPhonePe is restructuring its ONDC strategy by exiting several non-food categories. The Walmart-owned company unveiled its ecommerce venture...
28 Apr, 2024, 05.31 PM IST
Instacart’s public market debut: top stories on the grocery delivery company’s IPOAlthough Instacart's market value at public listing was only a fraction of its 2021-valuation of $39 billion, it came at a time when there ...
24 Sep, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
ONDC logs slow ecommerce uptake, snags may hit expansionElectronics, fashion items, smartphones and others are considered broadly the key drivers of online sales across marketplaces. While ONDC, ...
10 May, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Bike taxi ban delivers a blow to Delhi ecommerceExecs at online platforms say delivery staff being wrongfully penalised, biz facing disruption
02 Mar, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Finance professor Aswath Damodaran's fresh take on Zomato: “I would buy it as part of a diversified portfolio”If the price falls below the median value of Rs 34.12 for a few more weeks like the last two weeks, Damodaran said, “ I would buy Zomato as...
28 Jul, 2022, 02.56 PM IST
ONDC should be made available in regional languages: Piyush GoyalONDC CEO Thampy Koshy says over 150 entities have signed up on the network to integrate their apps.
25 Jun, 2022, 03.17 PM IST
Ola scales down food business, looks to integrate it with 10-minute grocery deliveryOla’s cloud-kitchen business under Ola Foods has nixed its expansion plans as it looks to sell most of its kitchen equipment at up to 30-50...
19 May, 2022, 05.02 PM IST
Grofers founder responds to criticism of 10-minute grocery deliveryGrofers cofounder Albinder Dhindsa has defended his company’s decision to offer online grocery delivery within 10 minutes, with a point-by-...
29 Aug, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Grofers founder responds to criticism of 10-minute express grocery deliveryThe incident kicked off on Thursday in response to a user’s tweet praising Grofers for delivering their order in 13 minutes, Dhindsa wrote,...
29 Aug, 2021, 01.36 PM IST
Focus on growth, building long-term business: Zomato's cofounder Deepinder GoyalGoyal says Zomato spent almost one-third the money compared to competition to get here and has been very efficient..
03 Aug, 2021, 09.41 PM IST