Retail Sector

The gender gap is widest in FMCG feet-on-street sales, where demanding travel, tough targets, low pay and poor facilities keep women below 5 per cent

Shrugging off past disruptions, the Indian retail industry is gearing up for 2026 with a solid foundation and is expected to see better margins, driven by a shift in demand from major metros to Tier II and III cities, all while maintaining its position as the world's third-largest retail market. The Indian retail industry, valued at approximately USD 1.1 trillion, is marked by rapid digital integration, expansion into smaller towns, and significant mall development, driven by strong domestic demand, tech-led disruption, and rising consumer expectations for quality and value. With policy interventions such as GST reforms and income tax relief, coupled with a good monsoon and higher Minimum Support Prices (MSP), the industry anticipates a silver lining in consumer demand. Moreover, the rise of the value retail boom and premiumisation, is expected to usher in a year of accelerated growth. However, the industry faces challenges such as growing rentals, fierce competition across digital

Retailers at IndiaEdge 2025 urged a unified national retail policy, single-window digital clearances and fewer overlapping licences to ease compliance and support sectoral growth

Brokerages have identified V-Mart Retail as a preferred pick on the back of superior same-store momentum, strengthened unit economics, and accelerating store expansion.

BFSI, retail and manufacturing to drive the US-based IT firm Salesforce's growth in India over the next three years, a top executive of the company said. "The three-year agenda remains more or less the same. We still see a lot of growth coming out of the BFSI sector and retail sector. We see plenty of growth in manufacturing, travel, tourism, hotels and healthcare. So many of these sectors are showing pretty steady and good growth," Salesforce South Asia CEO Arundhati Bhattacharya told PTI. "Even smaller sectors, like real estate and education are showing pretty good growth. So in India, I would say that the growth remains pretty consistent in the areas that we have been in, and we continue to see momentum over there. With the newer kinds of technologies that are coming in, there is a lot of openness as to how it should be developed, or how it should be absorbed," she said. The global customer relationship management (CRM) technology solutions giant Salesforce expects its revenues t

Morgan Stanley believes the recent demerger has created two distinct businesses catering to different investor risk appetites.

The simplified two-tier GST structure is expected to boost festive season sales by 15-20% as e-commerce platforms prepare for a surge in demand

Raksha Bandhan cheer rolls into the holiday break, with fashion and consumer durables eyeing a near double-digit sales lift

IPO-bound e-b2b platform udaan on Friday announced the acquisition of retail-tech startup ShopKirana in an all-stock deal, marking a strategic consolidation in the domestic eB2B space. The acquisition will complement the platform's leadership across core categories, including staples, FMCG and hotel, restaurant, and catering (HoReCa), udaan said. Founded in 2015, ShopKirana enables kirana stores through digital procurement, transparent pricing, and efficient last-mile delivery. With a strong footprint in tier-2 and tier-3 cities such as Indore, Bhopal, Lucknow, Agra, Surat, and Meerut, ShopKirana complements udaan's national market presence, further strengthening the unified entity as the platform of choice for kiranas and brands across Bharat, it said. The acquisition also reinforces udaan's strategy of driving profitable growth through deeper market penetration, operational efficiency, and broader geographic reach, the company stated. By integrating ShopKirana's deep retailer ..

Bankers said besides subdued activity in the first quarter, the slowdown could be attributed to a high base effect and muted growth across segments, including retail

Of the 270 companies analysed, largecaps saw a 6 per cent Y-o-Y earnings rise, midcaps gained 2 per cent, while smallcaps slumped 16 per cent.

Kohl's chief executive Ashley Buchanan is dismissed for violating 'code of conduct' involving multimillion-dollar deal with consultancy connected to former colleague Chandra Holt

The country's most valuable company is scheduled to announce its Q4FY25 results on April 25, the company said in a filing to exchanges on Friday

Mumbai-based More, known for its neighborhood supermarkets and fresh grocery offerings, operates one of the country's largest retail chains, with 775 stores as of its latest count

Lower stocks limit offline discounts

Industry demands measures to boost consumption via direct tax benefits, higher outlay on PM KISAN, MGNREGA along with increase in daily wage rates under MGNREGA

Dabur is expanding its premium portfolio and Total Addressable Market (TAM). The company estimates its existing portfolio, contributes less than 5 per cent of TAM

The moves follow a mixed holiday season so far, with muted spending in stores on key shopping days such as Black Friday

Operator of 'Seven Eleven stores'- numbering over 80,000 worldwide, has been under pressure from investors to divest from its large portfolio of peripheral businesses

That's marginally higher than the company's 475 billion yen forecast, which it lifted in July citing a strong performance in the second half