Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in India, updated continuously by our newsroom.
Indian retailer Raymond is set to operate 1500 stores across the territory within two years. The firm currently runs 1000 branded stores and 500 outlets under other brand names across 600 cities in India. It will seek to expand its home brand in lower-tier…
This partnership will focus on three thrust areas. First, building a universal secured Cloud capable of hosting multiple tenants and third-party applications. Second, building a fully automated platform that enables self-provisioning of various workloads.…
Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce platform Flipkart is launching a food retail business. The new initiative will see the firm release its own private label, Flipkart Farmermart, as well as a grocery supply chain and potentially physical stores. A spokesman for…
Hublot India is launching a flagship boutique at the Palladium Mall in Mumbai, its first standalone store in the market. The Swiss watchmaker’s 45sqm boutique is designed to represent Hublot’s “the art of fusion” concept, with pop art paintings forming a…
India’s retail inflation rose close to the central bank’s medium-term target of 4% in September for the first time in 14 months, but analysts still predict a sharp economic slowdown will prompt a sixth consecutive interest rate cut in December. Annual retail…
Myntra, a Flipkart-owned Indian fashion platform has roped in local tailors to pick up packages from warehouses and deliver to customers to mend the sales gap caused by the return of ill-fitting clothes. The move is set to minimize business losses by cutting…
Cable.co.uk analyzed 6,313 mobile data plans from 230 different countries from October to November 2018. For India’s market, 57 mobile data plans were analyzed and found that the lowest rate per 1GB in the country was 1.41 Rupees ($0.02) while the highest was…
Mercedes-Benz India delivered a record 200+ cars to customers on the occasion of Dussehra and Navratri this festive season. The German automaker’s deliveries for the festive season surpassed those of last year with a concentrated customer base from Mumbai and…
BMW India has announced introducing a new mobile application that will allow customers to give real-time approvals for service and repairs. Called the BMW Smart Video, the new BMW exclusive app allows the technicians at the dealership to make a video of the…
Skoda Auto India has redesigned and rebranded its entire dealership and service network across 53 cities in India. All 63 dealerships and 61 service stations have been designed according to the new corporate identity and design (CICD) theme. The rebranding is…
Hong Kong-based digital accessories firm Tiitan Holdings plans to invest US$5 million to set up its first 50 branded outlets in India by March next year. The company announced its foray into India in collaboration with distribution firm Mak Mobility – which…
Benelli India is all set to launch a new motorcycle in India towards the end of October 2019. We believe that it could be the Imperiale 400. At the launch of the Leoncino 500, the company had confirmed that it will be launching three new products by the end…
Indian pharmacy retail chain MedPlus is preparing to launch in Mumbai. The firm, which already has around 1700 locations predominantly in South India, plans to open 100 stores annually in the new territory. A hundred of its current locations are run as…
Max Fashion has launched a new outlet in India, marking its 300-store milestone. Max Fashion VP retail operations Sumit Ghildiyal said that the launch of the 300th Max Fashion store was just the beginning, as they were focused on achieving more milestones.…
Uniqlo India will launch its first store on October 4 in New Delhi. The store marks the brand’s first foray into the Indian market, located in Ambience Mall Vasant Kunj. It has been promoted via a series of cube-like installations throughout the city that…
Tata Motors group global wholesale has gone down by 32 percent at 72,464 units in August 2019 including the Jaguar Land Rover Business. In the same month, global wholesale of Tata Motors commercial vehicle (CV) division was down by 45 percent at 25,366 units…
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