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India’s neighbourhood shops withstood organized retail and e-commerce, but quick commerce’s speed and shifting consumer behaviour might finally break their resilience.

India’s neighbourhood shops withstood organized retail and e-commerce, but quick commerce’s speed and shifting consumer behaviour might finally break their resilience.

After building and then losing India’s biggest retail empire, Kishore Biyani and family are now scripting a discreet retail comeback with departmental store Broadway. Can they get the economics right this time around?
Its acquisition of Kirana Club signals an attempt to find a new growth engine, but grocery retail has been a challenge for even well-funded players.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.
After building and then losing India’s biggest retail empire, Kishore Biyani and family are now scripting a discreet retail comeback with departmental store Broadway. Can they get the economics right this time around?
Its acquisition of Kirana Club signals an attempt to find a new growth engine, but grocery retail has been a challenge for even well-funded players.
The quick-commerce startup weighs a valuation cut or finding alternative funding to stay afloat as investor appetite for loss-making businesses weakens.