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India’s Spending Boom Is Getting Bigger. India Inc’s Giants Want In

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:55:00 +0000

Vikash Tripathi, Outlook Business 1 September 2026 Eight decades ago, the ‘nationalist businessman’ GD Birla helped prepare the ‘Bombay Plan’, which asked the state to pro-vide for the bare minimum needs of its people. His plan asked for 2,800 calories of well-balanced food per day, 30 yards of clothing per year and 100sq ft of […]

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Second time lucky?

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:25:00 +0000

Kartikay Kashyap, Financial Express / Brandwagon 30 July 2026 Wendy’s first foray into India’s quick service restaurant (QSR) market in 2015 remained a non-starter. Sierra Nevada Restaurants, the then master franchisee, could not scale its retail presence beyond four conventional restaurants concentrated largely in Delhi-NCR. This limited physical availability, brand awareness and ordering frequency. Ten […]

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Ecommerce isn’t adding much to Retail Inc’s cart

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:24:00 +0000

Aanya Thakur & Writankar Mukherjee, Economic Times 12 June 2026, Mumbai/Kolkata India’s leading retail chains have seen the share of e-commerce in total sales either remain flat or edge up by a sluggish 1-2 percentage points over the past four-five years despite a sustained push towards omnichannel retailing. An ET analysis of eight major retailers-market […]

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Retail chains like Reliance Retail, DMart go on store expansion spree as demand recovers

admin — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:19:00 +0000

Writankar Mukherjee, Economic Times Kolkata, 9 May 2026 India’s top retail chains including Reliance Retail, DMart, Trent, Titan Company, Jubilant FoodWorks, and V-Mart Retail opened the highest number of stores in three years in FY26, seeking to capitalise on a demand recovery and a clean-up of unviable outlets added during the post-Covid revenge-spending period. Entry […]

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Ikea India: Rewriting the Playbook

admin — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:58:00 +0000

Kartikay Kashyap, BrandWagon, Financial Express 18 February 2026 IKEA HAS BEEN around in India for about eight years, with another three years before that spent studying the market. It has developed a range that it deems “locally relevant-like the roti maker, the tava (pan), the belan (rolling pin), and the pressure cooker -which now constitute […]

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Consumption! Brands, e-Commerce, Mom&Pop stores in India – a conversation with Devangshu Dutta [VIDEO]

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:13:00 +0000

This episode of theUpStreamlife is a freewheeling conversation between Vishal Krishna and Devangshu Dutta, founder of Third Eyesight, with insights into the growth of modern retail and consumption in India, brand building and M&A, the balance of power between brands and retailers/platforms, sustainability vs growth and many other aspects, and is well-suited for founders and […]

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Instamart’s Offline Experiment

admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 09:46:50 +0000

Yash Bhatia, Impact Magazine 29 December 2025 App, Tap, Pay and Zoom it’s delivered – that is Quick commerce for you. And in India, the narrative has so far been defined by speed, scale, high SKU counts, and the dominance of dark stores. Last week, however, Instamart nudged that model by opening an experiential store […]

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Offline Surge and M&A Push Define Next Stage of India’s D2C Growth

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:47:00 +0000

Saumyangi Yadav,Entrepreneur Nov 13, 2025 India’s consumer landscape is undergoing a decisive shift in 2025. While D2C brands that once thrived on digital-only distribution are now aggressively building an offline footprint, legacy FMCG majors are simultaneously acquiring digital-first brands to strengthen their portfolios and tap into new consumer behaviours. As analysts suggest, these trends signal […]

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SuperK has a playbook for solving India’s small-town retail problem

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:48:00 +0000

Hiral Goyal, The Morning Context 18 August 2025 A trend that has been playing out through big and small changes over the last two decades is that in urban India the kirana store is easily replaceable. When it comes to buying groceries, urban Indians have a number of options. They can visit a fancy supermarket […]

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Fast fashion players such as M&S, Zara, H&M see fall in sales growth on spending woes

admin — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:56:00 +0000

Sagar Malviya, Economic Times Mumbai, 14 December 2024 Fast fashion was on a slow lane in the last fiscal year. Sales growth slowed for top retailers and fast fashion brands, show the latest regulatory filings of Marks & Spencer, Zara, H&M, Levi’s, Lifestyle, Uniqlo, Benetton and Celio. The bottom line too had taken a hit, […]

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