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Metro Cash & Carry may offer control to investor to fund expansion

Intends to raise $300-400 million as German parent unwilling to infuse fresh funds

udaan, JioMart may disrupt $100 bn B2B e-commerce mkt in decade: Jefferies

udaan has already garnered over 50 per cent market share while Reliance is at around a quarter share, says the report by top investment bank Jefferies.

JioMart Express pilot to start this week as quick deliveries demand rises

The pilot is expected to begin with select numbers in Navi Mumbai and will eventually be rolled out in phases to include the rest of Mumbai and another one or two cities in the next one to two months.

B2B logistics tech platform Oorjaa raises Rs 9 cr in pre-Series A round

The funds will be used to focus on the product and tech development, expanding into new geographies and on working capital requirements

JioMart-WhatsApp partnership to allow retailers, customers to shop via chat

Slated for launch in 2022, JioMart's conversational e-commerce push on WhatsApp will serve up catalogues from merchants and allow users to order essentials both on demand and as subscriptions

Jio, WhatsApp signal a deeper embrace in online retail and digital payments

Slated for launch in 2022, JioMart's conversational e-commerce push on WhatsApp will serve up catalogues from merchants and allow users to order essentials both on demand and as subscriptions

Why is JioMart's B2B model bad news for wholesale distributors?

JioMart's B2B business model has created a dilemma for India's FMCG companies who risk alienating the 4.5-lakh distributor community. Find out the stumbling blocks in JioMart's path to dominance

TMS Ep62: Paytm, JioMart, Q&A with Marc Faber, long & short positions

What is Paytm Payments Bank's 'scheduled' status? Can Mukesh Ambani pull off a Jio in B2B retail? What's Marc Faber's take on financial markets? What are long and short positions? All answers here

B2B e-commerce startup Udaan gives Reliance's JioMart a run for its money

Nearly 45% of the total 301 retailers in a survey said they selected Udaan as distribution partner versus 33% for JioMart

In protest against Reliance, salesmen warn kiranas of supply disruptions

Company's deeply discounted offerings were prompting more stores to order their digitally from JioMart Partner app, posing an existential threat to more than 450,000 company salesmen.

Top headlines: Parag Agrawal becomes Twitter CEO, JioMart takes on Amazon

From Parag Agrawal's appointment as Twitter CEO to JioMart's new move, Business Standard brings you the top news on Tuesday

Reliance's JioMart turns to WhatsApp to break Amazon grip on grocery buyers

The move comes 19 months after Meta Platforms Inc., previously known as Facebook Inc., invested nearly $6 billion into Reliance's Jio Platforms unit

As shops turn to JioMart for stocks, India's salespersons find going tough

Thousands of salespeople representing consumer giants face an existential threat to their business.

Reliance, Tata superapps gear up for battle royale in e-commerce space

While Tata has an upper hand like in-house products and brands, RIL has the backing of global biggies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft, says head of a rating firm

SoftBank Group may invest $700 mn in Flipkart after exiting firm in 2018

Techy conglomerate investing in Flipkart at a time when Reliance Industries and Tata are betting big on e-commerce as well.

Flipkart is positioned to win India's e-commerce future: Walmart's McKenna

Flipkart saw more than 250 mn customers over a 5-day period during its flagship 'Big Billion Day' sale event, and PhonePe reached milestone of 1 billion monthly payment transactions, McKenna said

Kirana comes full circle

Two recent steps, both by the original posterboy of e-commerce, Flipkart, make it clear that we've come full circle on grocery

Online grocery to grow 8 times in 5 years in India, JioMart big gainer

As the e-commerce battle intensifies in India, with Reliance Retail's JioMart being the latest major entrant with a potential to disrupt the space, the next big thing is delivery of groceries online

Online retail majors focus on sprawling small retailer base to boost reach

Small retailers are chary about integrating digitally with larger players on grounds that it will give them access to their customer bases

Sales to normalise by Jan-end, getting orders from Jio Mart: Kishore Biyani

Future Group expects normal sales to return for its retail vertical by the end of January, almost a year after the business was severely hit by pandemic-related disruptions, Kishore Biyani said