Hrishabh Kashyap

Despite the exponential growth of e-commerce and digital retail stores, India’s retail sector is still mostly unorganized, particularly in non-metropolitan areas. During the government-imposed lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic, organized retailers of non-essential goods registered steep losses. However, technology...

Rapid globalization and urbanization have been the most prominent growth drivers of retail for decades now. In 2019, world trade to GDP ratio crossed 60 percent, and the global urban population crossed 4 billion with the retail industry in...

The Indian retail market is expected grow and reach US$ 1.4 trillion by 2023 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7 percent between 2020-2023. Following the acquisition of Flipkart by Walmart in 2018, the fast-growing and lucrative...

Ever since COVID-19 broke out in India, IMAGES Retail has been bringing out analysis, reports, webinars discussing impact, challenges, recommendations and opinions from the retail industry experts and stalwarts to fight the crisis. In a recent survey conducted by the...

The recent lockdown sprees have compelled the brands to look at alternative ways to provide consumers the products they need. Therefore, many brands are offering direct-to-consumer (DTC) home delivery services for the first time amid the COVID-19 lockdown. Brands...

As China and other markets across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a visible difference in how consumer spending has changed over the course of the first half (H1) of 2020 due...

The athleisure market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is no longer just a western world phenomenon. It symbolizes the millennial cultural shift as more casual workplaces have diminished the strict formal dress codes at work and beyond. The athleisure...

During this lockdown and post-lockdown period, the future for businesses looks uncertain as COVID-19 has no solution yet to counter its infection. The only thing continuing is social distancing norms and general precautions against the pandemic that is making...

After entering into a massive US$ 5.7 bn deal with Facebook, Reliance Industries has begun piloting its new commerce venture JioMart on WhatsApp. JioMart has the advantage of its own Jio telecom user base and the massive reach of...

Paytm announced its entry into social commerce in Feb 2020 with its MyStore functionality, after carrying out beta version of the app for a while. MyStore is Paytm’s second vertical into digital commerce after its Paytm Mall, an ecommerce...