COVID-19
Food
Majority of consumers want to buy goods from kiranas going forward: Survey
Majority of the consumers in India want to buy from locally sourced items going forward that reflects the trust built by kiranas during the lockdown, according to a survey.
Consumers in the country are also not rushing to stock grocery...
Fashion
Virtual trial rooms, AI fitting tools are the future of fashion retail
As lockdown restrictions are eased and the retail fraternity is getting ready to reopen stores and welcome back shoppers, the focus has shifted towards trial rooms. Trial rooms are a huge advantage that the brick-and-mortar stores have over e-commerce,...
Retail
Hygiene, social distancing norms in focus as restaurants, retailers gear up to reopen
Restaurant operators and retailers are now looking forward to resuming business activities after the government on Saturday allowed them to re-open from June 8.
According to a PTI report: Several Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) operators have redesigned and reorganised layouts...
Retail
Retail Operations: Safety and hygiene measures post lockdown
The shockwaves that COVID-19 created for businesses around the world isn’t going to go away anytime soon. The impact of the pandemic will be felt even after it has been eradicated. In the meantime, the myriad of changes in...
Retail
Brands ask shopping centres to reduce rent till business gets back to normal
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Brands and retailers have asked the malls to close the commercial agreements with reduced rents linked to the trading density of the malls.
A formula has been proposed in order to simplify the process and speed up the discussions, called...
Fashion
V-Mart Retail Q4 results: Net loss at Rs 8.43 crore, net sales at Rs 332.66 crore
Value fashion and lifestyle products retailer V-Mart Retail Ltd on Friday reported narrowing of its standalone net loss to Rs 8.43 crore in the quarter ended March 2020.
The company had posted a net loss of Rs 90.42 crore in...
Food
Waive fixed electricity charges for food processing industry during lockdown, says Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has written to all state chief ministers urging them to provide relief in electricity charges to the industry which is facing liquidity crunch due to lockdown. The minister said that the industry...
Food
Surviving COVID-19: Now, transform kirana stores into supermarkets in just 24 hours
With modern retail and e-commerce accounting for only 10 and 2 percent respectively, kirana stores still dominate the food and grocery market in India. The 12 million neighbourhood kirana stores in India have now emerged as the new heroes,...
Beauty & Wellness
Lockdown: Modi Enterprises expects drop in profits of Colorbar; operations of 24Seven disrupted
Diversified Modi Enterprises is expecting a “massive drop in profits” of its cosmetic brand Colorbar due to the coronavirus lockdown, while direct selling business Modicare and retail chain store 24Seven have also been affected, a top company official said.
According...
Fashion
No More Distancing From Fashion: Celio* re-opens its doors
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the whole world to a standstill affecting almost every industry - from the unprecedented pressure on health services, to the shuttering of non-essential businesses to supermarkets needing to consider their re-stocking tactics and opening hours....
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Flipkart expects to create 1 lakh new jobs ahead of festival season
Most of the jobs created by e-commerce companies during the festival season sale are seasonalNew Delhi: E-commerce major Flipkart...
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