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Homegrown tea cafe chain Chaayos is looking to scale up its presence in Mumbai and Delhi, and plans to open about 20-30 outlets in the next few months. They are looking to open outlets in Pune, Gujarat, Goa, Chandigarh, Jaipur, and highways around NCR this year. Initially, they outsourced deliveries to third-party but now they’ll be handling it on

Grocery delivery startup BigBasket is looking to scale up its B2B business. It has partnered with retail tech company SnapBizz as it looks to push its private labels into more kirana stores in the country. The two have created a supply chain platform that will enable kirana stores to automatically generate orders using predictive analytics

Ikea is banking on newer growth markets like India to offset the impact of slowing growth in several global markets & seeks to trim costs to ride out competition from low-cost manufacturers.  Instead of one big launch in the year, Ikea will have four new launches & is taking big steps in multi-channel retail. Ikea will

With a vision to lead the toy industry in India,Mattel Toys, the world’s largest toy-maker, has charted a more robust and aggressive retail strategy. In order to strengthen its retail presence and deepen market penetration, effectively targeting millennial parents, Mattel has formed strategic alliances with leading e-commerce platforms – Amazon and Flipkart, to exclusive stores

Herbal health & personal care firm Himalaya has launched exclusive mom & baby company stores today in Bengaluru to take on market leader Johnson & Johnson. The stores will have all the Himalaya baby & mom care products with breastfeeding & diaper changing rooms along with two doctors to assist the parents. Stores will also have a

The brand’s kids favoured and loved in the 80s and 90s have, today, been lowered to Buzzfeed videos & listicles on #ThingsOnly90sKidsRemember & #Only80sKidsWillRemember. Phantom Cigarettes, Piknik, Poppins, Natraj & Camel compass boxes and the Peppy tomato discs are some of these. Gums with its freebie tattoos that only worked after an application of water or

Vistara Airlines has announced a tie-up with Starbucks for serving Starbucks coffee to its passengers. The services will be available for customers in business class and premium economy class. With this, Vistara becomes the first airline in South Asia and South East Asia that will serve Starbucks coffee in flight to customers with an extraordinary

Future Group is planning to start ‘loyalty-driven’ convenience stores, a new concept in the industry. Consumers will be able to get more discounts compared to other chains like D’Mart & online platforms like Amazon & Flipkart, who have recently entered groceries. The concept is a combination of a Kirana store, connected commerce & large supermarket

World’s biggest retailer Walmart is ready to dobusiness in India by opening physical outlets & selling products online, if the government allows overseas supermarkets that directly sold Made-in-India products to consumers. Walmart currently operates through cash and carry stores in India, which are wholesale outlets selling products to retailers, hotels and canteens and not to the