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Hyperlocal grocery delivery app Grofers, has shut delivery operation in nine cities, where it started a pilot in September last year, as sales in these locations failed to garner traction. The cities where it has decide to stop services include...

Utpal Kumar Ganguli, Chairman, Surji Agro Foods Pvt Ltd and Vice Chairman of Allied Blenders, makers of Officer’s Choice whisky, speaks to Indiaretailing about trends and challenges in the spices category and his plans to enhance Surji Agro's flagship...

Bangalore-based online grocer, Town Essentials, has reportedly raised USD1 million (Rs. 6.7 crore) in a fresh round of angel funding from a group of HNIs. Investors in the round included Infosys’ first non-founder employee Sharad Hegde as the lead investor,...

Future Consumer Enterprise Ltd (FCEL) has said that a board meeting will be held later this week to consider re-alignment of the business dealing in distribution of food and FMCG products through a franchisee arrangement. "A meeting of the Board...

India's smaller towns and cities are expected to contribute more in shaping future demand for the fast moving consumer goods sector, while e-commerce companies will contribute increasingly larger share of sales for these companies, said a joint report by...

Online grocery firm 24x7Fresh.in is ramping up its operations as it plans to enter newer cities by January 2016. "24x7Fresh.in launching its services in Bengaluru. We also plan to launch operations in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune in January 2016," the...

As many traditional marketers still continue to believe, getting seen is the first step in the journey to getting successful. Therefore, in comes packaging and the impact of first impressions. Unconventional, innovative packaging does not just make a product...

On-demand hyperlocal grocery delivery service PepperTap has received an additional USD4 million from InnoVen Capital as part of a series B funding round which is now closed after raising a total of USD40 million. In September this year, the company...

After serving three years as CEO of Tata Starbucks, Avani Davda has reportedly decided to quit the company to pursue opportunities outside the organisation. Davda will be succeeded by Sumi Ghosh who has been appointed by the Tata Starbucks board...

The Supreme Court of India has stayed the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) from proceeding in a suit filed by the Central government against Nestlé India. The court reportedly said that the NCDRC would not proceed with the hearing...