Udisha Srivastav

Consumers drive quick commerce, food delivery sales on New Year's Eve

Quick commerce and food delivery platforms saw an uptick in New Year's Eve demand, with grapes searches surging on Instamart and purchases spiking on Zepto

Food delivery, qcom firms raise incentives amid gig workers' strike

Delivery and quick commerce platforms raised per-order payouts and rolled out fresh incentives for December 31, even as gig worker unions called a nationwide strike over pay and conditions

Delhi NCR tops Zomato orders in 2025, outpaces Mumbai and Bengaluru

Zomato's year-end data for 2025 shows Delhi NCR as its busiest market, logging over 40 million more orders than Mumbai and Bengaluru, driven by campuses, festivals and transit hubs

FMCG distributors' body urges Sebi to halt loss-making quick commerce IPOs

FMCG distributors' body AICPDF has asked Sebi to pause or tighten IPO approvals for loss-making quick commerce firms such as Zepto, citing cash-burn pricing and ongoing CCI proceedings.

Delivery firms brace for gig workers' logout strike on December 31

Delivery and quick commerce platforms are tightening operations and safety measures ahead of December 31 as gig worker unions plan a nationwide log-out strike over pay, conditions and social security

Vipin Kapooria quits as Blinkit CFO over a year after joining firm

Vipin Kapooria has resigned as chief financial officer of Blinkit, a little over a year after joining the quick commerce platform, as competition in the segment intensifies

Milk, veggies among top-ordered items across metro cities: Zepto report

Milk topped orders across cities in 2025, as Zepto data shows Indians increasingly turning to quick commerce for daily staples, snacks and beverages

Startup ecosystem matures, shutdowns plunge to 5-year low in 2025

Shailesh Haribhakti, a management expert, said that many startups that were founded during the pandemic boom were built on rapid scaling and the assumption of endless capital

Quick commerce Zepto to confidentially file draft papers for IPO on Friday

Quick commerce unicorn Zepto plans to file draft IPO papers via the confidential route, aiming to become India's first pure-play qcom platform to list on the bourses

Quick commerce unicorn Zepto may file its draft IPO papers in 7-8 days

The size of the IPO is likely to be about $500 million, according to a Bloomberg report

EV startup Evera Cabs to deploy 4,000 BluSmart cars on its platform

Earlier this year, commercial driver management platform Signodrive Technologies leased the fleet of 4,000 vehicles from Gensol Engineering under an insolvency resolution process

Flipkart gets NCLT approval to shift domicile from Singapore to India

Flipkart's proposed public offering would be the second by a Walmart-owned entity after PhonePe, which relocated its domicile to India in October 2022

Swiggy raises ₹10,000 crore via QIP, cash balance touches ₹17,000 crore

Out of more than 80 investors who showed interest, allocations were made to 61 investors, of which over 15 are new shareholders, according to the company

Quick commerce platform BigBasket targets 50-60% revenue growth in FY26

While BigBasket's overall sales are growing at 5 per cent M-o-M, its customer count is growing at nearly 6-7 per cent

Govt has infused over ₹3,100 crore in women-led startups in 6 years

Piyush Goyal also mentioned that while the country is home to over 2 lakh government-recognised startups, nearly 48 per cent of these startups have at least one woman director or partner

Flipkart Minutes to double dark stores to 1,000 by March-April 2026

Flipkart Minutes plans to double its dark stores to 1,000 and expand to 60+ cities by early 2025, intensifying the quick-commerce race amid surging demand and rising competition

$70 bn and rising: Amazon's $35 billion bet lifts India's AI tide

Amazon's mega 5-yr plan tops announcements made by Microsoft, Google

India often a crucible, an idea generator: Amazon's Russ Grandinetti

Amazon sees India not just as a fast-growing market but a launchpad for global innovation, as it ramps up investment, accelerates quick commerce, and deepens its AI-led expansion

PE/VC investments highest in a decade, says Equirus Capital report

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Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa warns of qcom shakeout amid capital crunch

Zomato in 2024 had raised ₹8,500 cr via QIP