Retail Market

Retail sector pushes for 'one nation, one retail' policy, simpler norms

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

Apple distributors warn Indian retailers against diverting stocks to Russia

Experts estimate that 3-5 per cent of total iPhone exports come from unofficial channels, and nearly half of these go to Russia, where Apple stopped operations after the Ukraine war

Sebi proposes incentives to boost retail participation in debt securities

This "emphazises the need to increase retail participation in the debt market through public issues," Sebi said

India's online retail reliance easing; electronics still lead: Report

India's online shopping habits are becoming less reliant on festive periods, although mobiles and electronics continue to dominate the September-October sales spike, according to a study by consulting firm Redseer. The country's online retail sector is gradually moving towards a more balanced, year-round demand curve. However, categories like mobiles and electronics remain highly reliant on the annual festive surge, making them the riskiest to manage operationally, the report said. "India's online retail landscape is evolving towards a more balanced demand curve, but Mobiles and Electronics still dictate the rhythm of the festive season. "Mobiles have the most dramatic swing, with a Seasonality Index Difference of 1.7. Electronics follows closely with a difference of 1.3. Both peak sharply in September-October, with Mobiles reaching a monthly index close to 2.3 and Electronics nearing 2.0. This heavy reliance on the festive season confirms their demand is highly concentrated," Redse

India's retail REIT market may hit Rs 80,000 crore by 2030: Anarock

Indian retail Reit market expected to be worth Rs 60,000-80,000 crore by 2030

Top 3 reasons why Emkay is upbeat on Vishal Mega Mart; initiates with 'Buy'

Vishal Mega Mart's growth is less capital-intensive, with a sizable portion coming from SSG, Emkay analysts noted.

Auto Inc's big data move: Vahan likely to take the wheel by January

OEMs already favour retail market share based data to forecast production and dispatches

Where money flows: 54% of India's retail space goes to apparel, F&B in 2025

Of net retail absorption of over 2 Mn sq. ft. across top 7 cities in H1 2025, apparel brands leased nearly 33% and F&B leased 21%; entertainment zones leased 16%, home & lifestyle brands 11%

Walmart to cut hundreds of store-support, training roles in latest revamp

The company cut corporate jobs earlier this year and asked other workers to relocate to its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, or to Sunnyvale, California

Value fashion retail finds its fit while premium struggles to measure up

Embroiders a strong edge with affordability, scale, and a shift to organised retail

Why demolition drive at Delhi's Sarojini Nagar market has sparked outcry

Sarojini Nagar market vendors have complained that the NDMC's encroachment drive also targeted legal structures and came without formal notice

Moody's flags rising retail credit exposure as risk to US economy grows

Since the pandemic, the share of US and global credit markets has gradually shifted from banks in the public markets to private credit firms

Retail, travel clients more exposed to US tariffs turmoil, says TCS CEO

The banking and financial services sector - which makes up nearly a third of revenue for India's biggest software exporter - remains unaffected, said the CEO

Retail investors grow wary amid tariff seesaw but analysts remain upbeat

Analysts believe tariffs are part of the story but not the whole of it

Nearly 20 premium malls to open in top 8 cities by 2026 on demand: C&W

Nearly 20 premium shopping malls, comprising 123 lakh square feet of retail spaces, will become operational by 2026-end across eight major cities in the country to tap rising demand of retailers looking to expand business, according to Cushman & Wakefield. On Tuesday, real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield released its report 'Premiumisation of India's Retail Sector - Upscaling, Upgrading and Evolving', at MAPIC India Summit here. The consultant noted that as many as 19 Grade A shopping malls covering 12.3 million (123 lakh) square feet of new retail space will become operational in 2025 and 2026 calendar years. These eight cities are-- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad. Out of the 12.3 million square feet of new Grade A mall supply projected across 2025 and 2026, 8.6 million (86 lakh) square feet will be superior Grade (Grade A-plus), underscoring the sector's shift from scale to quality. The superior-grade malls typically ...

Delhi's CP sees 14% rise in retail rent, Khan Market 7% in Jan-Mar: C&W

Delhi's Connaught Place saw a 14 per cent annual increase in rentals for retail spaces during the January-March period, while upscale high street location Khan Market witnessed a 7 per cent rise on strong demand from retailers, according to Cushman & Wakefield. Monthly rentals at Connaught Place (Inner Circle) -- a prominent high-street retail location in the national capital -- stood at Rs 1,150-1,250 per square foot during the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 14 per cent year-on-year, the data from real estate consultant Cushman & Wakefield showed. Khan Market, one of the costliest high-street locations globally, commanded a monthly rental of Rs 1,600-1,650 per sq ft in January-March, an increase of 7 per cent year-on-year. Cushman & Wakefield said the asking rent (Rs/sq ft/month) is based on carpet area of ground floor vanilla stores. The rent at Delhi's Greater Kailash-I M-Block Market rose 12 per cent to Rs 475-500 per sq ft during January-March this year. Kamla .

Retail market expected to reach over Rs 190 trn by 2034, says report

The Indian retail market is expected to reach over Rs 190 lakh crore by 2034 and retailers capable of embracing the country's diverse demographics and contrasting consumer behaviours stand to gain the most, according to a report. With distinct consumer groups, each with their own unique needs even within a city, retailers will need to recognise the different opportunities and pick sharply where they want to play to be successful in 'Bharat' and 'India', said the report prepared jointly by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the Retailers Association of India (RAI). The retail market in India reached a size of Rs 82 lakh crore in 2024, up from Rs 35 lakh crore in 2014, growing at over 8.9 per cent in the last decade, driven by the India's economic growth and an increasingly discerning and diverse consumer base, said the report titled 'Winning in Bharat & India: The Retail Kaleidoscope'. India's consumption growth trajectory has been secular, barring during the COVID-19 pandemic ..

India's e-commerce to reach $550 bn by 2035 driven by Tier II-III demand

Demand for mall space has also increased, signalling growth in both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retail industries: Report

Analysts cut targets for Trent amid slowing growth, weak consumer sentiment

While Trent reported strong profit and revenue growth, several brokerages have slashed their target prices, citing slowing growth momentum and weak consumer sentiment

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