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Food-grocery marketplace Jumbotail completes $25 million fundraise

Tech startups including Jumbotail are poised to transform the kirana store ecosystem at an unprecedented pace and scale over the next few years

Udaan raises $280 mn from existing, new investors, valuation crosses $3 bn

The additional financing exercise takes the overall funding raised by Udaan to date to $ 1.15 billion

Myntra set for biggest fashion festive sale; to cater to 40 mn visitors

The Walmart-owned firm is geared to handle 900,000 concurrent users and 20,000 orders per minute at peak and expects to cater to over 4 million unique customers

E-commerce battle: Metro Cash & Carry offers kiranas a stepping stone

In a first, firm to take stores to tier-2, tier-3 towns as battle with Amazon, Reliance Retail intensifies

Local kiranas hop on to digital bandwagon to manage their daily business

Start-ups such as Max Wholesale, Jumbotail and ShopKirana are helping them place orders, maintain inventory, optimise delivery routes and make payments, all digitally

Amazon's 'I Have Space' aids local stores expand business amid pandemic

In this process, Amazon India's 'I Have Space' (IHS) programme has played a major role with over 28,000 neighbourhood and kirana stores in nearly 350 towns and cities in the country

Amazon, Flipkart woo 'kiranas' for upcoming festive season sales

These kiranas and local stores will play a crucial role to sell and safely deliver shipments to millions of customers during these sales

'Dukaan tech' start-ups help kirana stores and small traders go online

They are deploying easy-to-use platforms for SMBs, helping them go online in as little as 30 seconds

Flipkart Wholesale's first-ever festive season sale for fashion retailers

Flipkart Wholesale's 'Big Festival Month' would offer a wide range of products in categories

Flipkart onboards 13,000 kiranas in eastern region ahead of festive season

The company also said this is part of a programme to onboard 50,000 kiranas across the country to provide a faster e-commerce experience to its consumers.

Flipkart Wholesale expands to help revamp kiranas ahead of festive season

The e-commerce firm's digital B2B marketplace expands its network to 12 new cities with enabling digital commerce access to thousands of Kiranas and SMBs.

Flipkart says Big Billion Days will create 70,000 direct jobs in festivals

Flipkart is undertaking training programmes for its direct hires in various aspects of the supply chain

Flipkart partners with over 50,000 kiranas ahead of Big Billion Day sales

It has done this in preparation for the festive season and its flagship sale event Big Billion Days

Metro Cash & Carry to roll out 6 small-format stores focussing on kiranas

The wholesale chain currently 27 stores catering to kiranas, Horeca and hospitality sectors; the new stores will be half the size of earlier Metro stores, covering an area of 20,000-25,000 sq ft

Flipkart Wholesale launches digital platform for Kiranas in fashion segment

Plans to expand to 20 other cities and tap other areas such as groceries and general merchandise

Meet the data scientist who is helping Flipkart take e-commerce to Bharat

The e-commerce major's chief data scientist Mayur Datar and is team are building robust data mining engines to help the firm target the next 200 million users

Flipkart acquires Walmart India's wholesale biz to help transform kiranas

Flipkart says it would leverage the strong wholesale capabilities of the company and enable growth for kiranas and MSMEs

Mastercard to invest Rs 250 cr over five years to reboot Indian SMEs

Plans roll out initiatives to improve digital payments awareness among small businesses; will provide low-cost acceptance online and offline solutions that are simple, safe and secure

How hyper-local consumption is driving change in brand-retail landscape

With the clamour for convenience and support for local brands on the rise, consumers, kirana stores, and brands are redrawing the terms of engagement

How Covid-19 made kirana stores adopt tech, innovation and online platforms

According to the survey, 20 per cent of the kirana store owners across metros and non-metros have started leveraging online platforms to get a steady supply of goods and assistance in deliveries