Swiggy’s Instamart has to choose either growth or profitability; it can’t have both

CEO Sriharsha Majety and the market seem to think scaling is Instamart's salvation. Scale, however, may not be the panacea everyone thinks it is.

8 December, 202413 min
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Swiggy’s Instamart has to choose either growth or profitability; it can’t have both

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