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10 ARTICLES
Retailers hustle to battle quick commerce and consumption slump
From DMart to Shoppers Stop, Spencer’s to Reliance Retail almost every big retailer is looking to offer faster home deliveries to jump-start their flagging footfall. But can they unseat the startups?
04 Mar 2025
A competitive analysis of Blinkit after Zomato’s poor showing
With the food delivery business at a near standstill, Zomato needs its quick commerce arm to best the competition—no easy task when the top three players are neck and neck and more look to join the race.
27 Jan 2025
Can India’s kirana stores survive the quick-commerce disruption?
India’s neighbourhood shops withstood organized retail and e-commerce, but quick commerce’s speed and shifting consumer behaviour might finally break their resilience.
10 Nov 2024
Why quick commerce is working only in India
From tea leaves to iPhones, the country’s quick-commerce platforms are reshaping urban retail while proving sceptics wrong about their viability.
29 Oct 2024
Indian quick commerce’s uphill battle against fraudsters
Well-funded internet startups have become a soft target for fraudsters. They are being taken for a ride in the most innovative of ways in a constant cat-and-mouse game.
09 Jul 2024
How Zepto is taking the fight to Blinkit and Swiggy Instamart
The youngest of all quick-commerce startups is going all out to lure customers with its standout yet cash-guzzling offerings. But is the strategy sustainable?
22 May 2024
How Blinkit outdid Swiggy Instamart, Zepto
Grofers failed at everything. Now called Blinkit, it seems to have found a new lease of life under the ownership of Zomato. How did this happen?
12 May 2024
Blinkit is endangering the gig economy
Under pressure to show profitability, the grocery delivery company is pushing gig workers to a point of no return.
19 Apr 2023
The Blinkhit vs Blinkit trial that Zomato isn’t talking about
For eight months, the grocery delivery company has been locked in a trademark battle with a small software services firm.
15 Mar 2023
Blinkit, Dunzo, Swiggy and Zepto are squeezing delivery partners
Attempts to cut costs and chart a course to profitability put companies on a collision course with gig workers.
15 Oct 2022