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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The neighbourhood stores were to be a pillar of Reliance Retail’s industry-disrupting omnichannel strategy. But things may not have worked out exactly as planned.
Seven or eight years ago, D took over his family’s grocery store in Solapur, Maharashtra. Today, his little store in a tier-2 city is a microcosm of the ambitions, successes and failures of India’s largest retailer in conquering the neighbourhood mom-and-pop shop.
Sometime in 2020, D became a Reliance JioMart kirana partner. Reliance Retail had come with a unique package deal:
The loan aggregator keeps sending updates on WhatsApp even to users who haven’t applied for a loan. The company is exploiting a grey area in India’s telecom regulatory framework and WhatsApp’s policies.
Colgate ties up with 100Days.co to scale Palmolive online. But the long overlooked brand may need more than a digital push.
As the smart fan maker gears up for an IPO, prospective investors could do with some clarity on what the company’s next phase of growth will look like.
