Arvind Mediratta

Amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country, FMCG companies say they are applying learnings from the last year when nationwide and several localised lockdowns impacted their manufacturing and supply chain, to mitigate impact of any future disruption. Emami Ltd Director Harsha V Agarwal said based...

METRO Cash & Carry, India’s leading wholesaler and food specialist, will be covering the COVID- 19 vaccination cost for its entire workforce in India. Supporting Government of India’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, the company has decided to cover the COVID-19...

Industry chamber FICCI has written to the Union Health Ministry seeking inclusion of retail industry staffers in the list of 'frontline workers' for the COVID-19 vaccination drive. "The kirana community along with retail employees should be recognised as 'frontline workers' as they...

With an epic battle of billionaires for supremacy in one of the world's most prolific markets and a pandemic-propelled surge in online shopping in the background, India's nearly trillion-dollar retail market is hoping to touch 85 per cent of...

Growth of e-commerce in the grocery segment is "irreversible" but kirana stores and modern trade channels would also remain relevant, Hindustan Unilever CMD Sanjiv Mehta said on Wednesday. According to a PTI report: Mehta also said rural sales are growing...

The Retailers Association of India (RAI) has said that ad hoc lockdowns by state governments are impacting the businesses of already-stressed retailers, along with hurting the economic revival of the country. In a statement, the body of the organised retail...

Many large brick-and-mortar retail chains that switched to online during the lockdown have reported spike in sales from digital channels, and expect the momentum to continue as consumers prefer to order digitally despite restrictions are being eased. According to a...

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,...

Leading retailers have witnessed an increase in number of footfalls along with a ‘significant’ jump in average purchase value in the third phase of the lockdown. According to industry players such as Metro Cash & Carry, Lots Wholesale Solutions,...

The second phase of the coronavirus lockdown saw a considerable shift in buying patterns of consumers from basic necessities to high-value items like snacks, processed food, packaged meat and frozen desserts, retailers said. According to a PTI report: Retailers such...