Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan received a suggestion to extend the restriction from Indore District Crisis Management Committee on Saturday. Chauhan gave his approval to the committee's suggestion and extended the lockdown in the city

A large number of kirana stores, especially in the cities, have taken to omni-channel in a big way in the last one year. Many of them have also signed up with retail tech companies to create their own app

Apart from a sales force of around 300 people, which physically visits the stationery shops, the company has hired 130 tele-callers who take orders over the phone

Most of India's grocery retail happens at kiranas - small- and mid-sized mom-and-pop outlets which account for 75-78% of the consumer goods market

When organised retail came to a halt during the lockdown and supply chain and distribution mechanisms ceased to function, it was the kirana stores that came to the rescue of the consumers

With lockdowns heavily restricting physical store sales and consumers flocking to online mode of shopping, 2020 saw a dramatic shift in consumption behaviour and adoption of the digital medium

India has close to 60 million small business owners who run kirana stores, salons, apparel shops, bakeries, chemists, dry cleaning units. Financial needs of insurance and loans are largely underserved in this big segment

From electronic products, furniture and cars to apparel, fashion accessories and food, smaller towns are outpacing metros and big cities in consumption revival. Will this sustain?

E-commerce companies see a large chunk of their business coming in during the festive sales and they make significant investments ahead of time to ramp up their capacity to be able to handle the spike in orders

Stock price of Reliance Industries has gained 72% in one year and 0.93% in the last one week. Market capitalisation of the firm stood at Rs 13,35,744 crore today

RIL is looking to leverage the users' digital footprint and earn incremental revenues from digital ads, digital lending and even engagements like play along with IPL, KBC, etc

The e-commerce platform was launched as a website but now buyers can download the app from their Android and iOS devices to buy groceries.

Coronavirus lockdown: Some kirana shops have also started stocking the 1.68 kg packs that have 24 Maggi noodle cakes as they have run out of smaller packs. Demand for Maggi has surged 20-25 per cent over the pre-lockdown period

Arkam Ventures looks to back 15 to 18 companies from its first fund across Series-A and B stages with an initial investment in the range of Rs 15-30 crore

As Paytm Mall COO, along with this daily responsibilities, Abhishek Rajan will specifically on focus expanding the hyperlocal merchant base, ensuring that more kirana stores join Paytm

Reliance Industries has been raking in large deals when corporations are struggling to survive - all with a bigger plan in mind, which can even propel Mukesh Ambani into the trillionaire club

Recently, Netmeds tied up with RIL-owned Reliance Retail for supplying essentials like groceries to its customers

Persons covered under medical insurance are contract labourers, delivery teams, carrying and forwarding agents, loaders and unloaders and logistic teams including drivers

There has been a massive uptick in the sales in grocery essentials from Tier-II and Tier-III towns as over 200 such cities are ordering the most on Paytm Mall

When biggies such as Amazon or BigBasket were unable to deliver due to manpower shortage, it is the local store owner who went from one distributor to the other, picked up inventory and ensured that his store was well-stocked