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What a mainstream retail boost can do for speciality mithaiwalas across India
Reliance Retail is democratising traditional sweets by helping regional halwais develop single-serve packs that may find their way to kirana stores in the future
India's kirana stores, the original ecommerce play
By definition, ecommerce is when a customer trusts a seller without visiting the store, orders remotely and has the package delivered home. Kirana stores have been operating this way for generations, but can they modernise enough to compete with the ecommerce giants?
Covid-19: When residents took over a Sahakari Bhandar store
Volunteers from a residential building filled in the gaps in staff at the local supermarket, and left lasting lessons for the consumer relationship dynamic
The customer is not 'your wife'
The best advice I've received was from an unknown wholesaler—don't choose products based on your taste, but a range that suits everybody
SupermarketIndia: Hidden in plain FMCG sight
To depend on conventional trade for clues to modern trade is like looking for a coin under the lamppost; the coin will never be found
Modern retail has ensured that it is the woman who finally wields the power
What is the one place where a man’s presence is considered superfluous, what is the one place where a woman is the center of the universe, what is the one place that encourages choice, the one thing that most women in India don’t have? There are no prizes for guessing the right answer
How DMart became a solid, homegrown regional supermarket chain in India
Running with what matters the most and staying the course has been a winning strategy for the supermarket chain
MRP - Micro retailer's poison pill!
With our insistence on price rigidity, we are slowly forcing the friendly neighbourhood grocer into oblivion
Decoding the groundswell behind Patanjali
Today’s confident Indian consumer embraces modern, trendy things that draw from desi references
Hard idlis and flat dhoklas... why breakfast is a nightmare for some
Food companies have a great opportunity at hand as women are willing to embrace modern solutions to make cooking a pleasant experience