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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries said on Thursday its retail arm led a $240 million funding round in Bengaluru-based Dunzo which offers lightning fast delivery of groceries and medicines and even offers to pick up and drop off documents and other items.

Amazon-Future Deal Suspended, Rs. 200 Crore Fine Slapped by Competition Commission of India

CCI that had approved the investment in 2019 said Amazon "suppressed the actual scope" of the deal and had made "false and incorrect statements".

India Is No.1 Food Supplier To Arab Nations After 15 Years

Despite remaining competitive "from the farm gate in," Brazil lost ground to India and other exporters such as Turkey, the United States, France and Argentina amid a disruption of traditional shipping routes.

5 Marketing Strategies To Scale Retail Brands

Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal

As the e-commerce sector soars in the country, an increasing number of businesses resort to the online medium to keep pace with the ever-evolving times. D2C, in this circumstance, has emerged as a go-to strategy for large brands that sell through retailers and wholesalers.

Festive Season: Challenges Galore

Ashish Sinha

The festive season is supposed to perk up the economy, businesses, and the consumer class. But rising prices of essential items threaten to play spoilsport this time?

M&E’s Fervent Festival Feelings

Soumya Sehgal

It’s the season we’ve all been waiting for! With businesses and buyers turning up the volume, decking up in style and pumping up for the much-awaited mega-carnival, festive time is expected to exude increased moments of consumption & sales for most M&E players.

Retail Tomato Prices Skyrocket Up To Rs 93/Kg In Metros Due To Unseasonal Rains

The retail price of tomatoes was ruling at more than Rs 50 per kg in over 50 cities out of 175-odd cities tracked by the consumer affairs ministry.

The Tyranny Of Scale

Ajai Kumar Dayal

Human to human interface has been the touchstone of relationships through the centuries and the challenge is how to grow without losing it.

Retail Operations Future: Using Data Analytics For Supply Chain, Logistics Implementation

Pooja Malik

Most companies are looking to invest in analytics to be able to forecast delivery volumes, expected delays, supply status, etc. as the demand of orders increases, and due to this there is an urgent need to streamline logistics ops and they use analytics to deliver a seamless customer experience.

Retail Video Analytics, Wow Factor In Enhancing Customer Experience

Mr. Ashish Kumar

Opinion Columns

Video analytics can put the retail stores on par with the online marketplaces, increasing their competitive advantage as well as continuing to attract footfalls and building a loyal customer base.

The New Ecommerce Rules & Brick & Mortar Retail

Ajai Kumar Dayal

Opinion Columns

There is no doubt we should have a level playing field for all ecommerce operators, but it would take years for any new sites to come to anything near the global players in size, diversity and efficiency in every area. And what is to say that eventually the larger local operators will not start creating monopolies and taking control of the supply chain themselves? Is this not happening in the case of large brick and mortar retailer chains even now?

Gritty Leadership Can Make an Elephant Dance

Neeraj Kapoor

Opinion Columns

Large Business conglomerates will not only have to be agile, consumer-centric, innovative, and digital-first but also purpose-driven and responsibly competitive to survive in a 'Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous' world

Retailers Enjoyed Higher Price Margins During The First Wave: RBI

Raghav Aggarwal

Banking & Finance Banking

The stringency of the lockdowns and the price margins were found to be inversely proportional during both waves

Retail Investors' Ownership In NSE-Listed Cos Hits All Time High In Jun Qtr