We log funding rounds, launches and leadership moves across 1,699 brand profiles, each checked against its source and dated. Explore the trackers →
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Delhivery has signed with Tata Motors, Euler Motors and Montra Electric to put 1,500-2,000 electric four-wheelers into intra-city delivery over 12-18 months, with a plan for close to 5,000 eCVs in three years.
Led by Upsurge India
Led by DSG Consumer Partners, Saama Capital
Led by V3 Ventures, N.A.N. Partners
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Led by Sauce
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Led by AJ VC
Led by 3one4 Capital
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Led by Fireside Ventures
Led by Blume Ventures
Returns are a line item every Indian retailer pays for, whether or not it appears on the P&L. Here is how to measure the retail returns rate, what drives it, and which levers actually pay.
Telangana's food safety authority suspended eight food licences in Hyderabad after a 24-team raid found roach and rodent infestations, expired stock and corroded equipment. The cleanup burden now sits with operators.
A plain-English breakdown of the revenue and cost stack behind 10-minute delivery in India, and why order density decides whether a dark store makes or loses money per order.
A plain guide to how Indian pharmacy chains earn — front-of-store vs prescription mix, trade and distributor margins, private label, basket economics and the rules that cap where they can profit.
A plain guide to the unit economics of Indian coaching centres: how fees are set, why batch size and faculty cost decide margins, and how selection results become pricing power.
Basket size is the average value of one paid transaction. Here is how Indian retailers calculate it, benchmark it by channel, and grow it without quietly killing order frequency or margin.
Plum is taking its digital-first skincare brand from about 50,000 retail touchpoints to over 1 lakh general-trade outlets in 12 months. The channel mix it is building explains why.
Brainbees Solutions grew revenue 14.1% to ₹2,396 crore and cut its net loss 75% to ₹12.6 crore in Q2 FY27. The gap between those two numbers is the story.
Miraggio and SNITCH are blending stores, their own websites and third-party logistics to cut delivery times without building costly hyperlocal networks.
Lenskart wants to sell 100 million eyewear units a year in India, three times its current volume. Making blue-light lenses standard is part of how it plans to get there.
Plum plans to expand from about 50,000 retail touchpoints to over 1 lakh general-trade outlets in 12 months.
Lenskart added 143 net new stores in India in Q2 FY27, reaching 2,868 stores across 665 cities.
Lenskart made blue-light filtering lenses standard on eligible glasses in India at no extra charge.
Signify expanded its EcoLink portfolio in India into smart water heaters and OFR room heaters.
Amazon began rolling out Alexa for Shopping on its app and website in India.
Lavish Soni launched IATE Fashion, which plans a premium menswear brand by early 2027.
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A system where business-to-business invoices are reported to the GST portal, which validates them and issues a unique reference number. The supplier generates the invoice in the prescribed format, uploads it, and shares the signed invoice with the buyer. Retailers buying from suppliers should check that invoices are properly reported, because input tax credit depends on it and mismatches create reconciliation work later.
July 2026 brought 13 leadership changes across 11 Indian retail companies, with 9 appointments, 3 promotions and 1 exit, including a CEO change at Instamart.
July 2026 saw 35 launches from 35 companies in India, including 8 store openings, 7 new brands and 6 market entries, with first international stores for Palmonas and HealthKart.
Twelve leadership changes across 12 retail and consumer companies in August 2026, with 10 appointments and 2 internal promotions.
August 2026 recorded 44 retail launches from 44 companies, split across 10 market entries, 10 new categories, 8 new brands, 8 product launches and 8 store openings.
Twenty-one Indian retail companies disclosed funding in July 2026, including six seed rounds, three IPOs and two Fireside Ventures-led deals.
SoftBank's latest Meesho block deal, its second in two months, leaves it with a 5.19% stake. What the exit says about foreign appetite for Indian ecommerce.
September 2026: 32 retail funding rounds across 32 companies, with Seed at 7 rounds, Series A and IPO at 5 each, and Sharrp Ventures and 3one4 Capital leading 2 rounds apiece.
JD.com has closed its $2.5bn purchase of Ceconomy, the owner of MediaMarkt and Saturn. The deal gives a Chinese ecommerce giant 1,000-plus European stores and a playbook Indian electronics retailers should watch closely.
Paytm Payments Services has RBI in-principle approval to issue prepaid instruments again. Final authorisation depends on a system and cyber audit within six months.
Amazon has begun rolling out Alexa for Shopping in India, an AI assistant that compares products, tracks a year of prices and builds baskets from past orders. For sellers, the shelf is now a conversation.
Telangana's food safety drive shut nine KFC and Domino's outlets after inspections found cockroaches, rat droppings and unauthorised oil filtering. The suspensions put franchise-level hygiene and inspection readiness in focus.
PB Fintech warns the IRDAI insurance commission overhaul could erase a third of revenue. Turtlemint's tighter cost base shows why the squeeze differs by distributor.
The consumer regulator called advance tips a "pre-service toll" and ordered Ola to stop all prompts that ask riders to pay above the fare before a trip ends.
Retail inflation hit 6.09% in October, crossing the RBI's 6% tolerance band for the first time. Food prices did the damage, and traders are already pricing a December rate hike.
