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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Brands are racing to build rapid delivery on their own channels—despite unclear economics and no proven success stories. Will they succeed?
For much of the past three years, India’s direct-to-consumer brands have been happy passengers on the quick commerce boom—riding impulse purchases, rapid fulfilment and the distribution muscle of platforms. But success has come with a blind spot. Many founders who scaled on these apps now realize they know little about who their customers are, how they behave or how to bring them back.
The obvious next step then is to take control. Build the ability to deliver within two, three or four hours directly from one’s own website. Cut out the marketplace middlemen—whether e-commerce or quick commerce—retain the margins they …
India’s grocery and food delivery platforms are increasingly displaying misleading images of food using artificial intelligence, defeating the very purpose of buying online.
Four years after listing, the logistics company is still searching for sustainable growth as rising costs, weak pricing power and limited new engines weigh on margins.
The FMCG major returns to acquisitions as growth stalls, but its uneven track record and structural challenges raise questions over whether the strategy can deliver
