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What format bets are Indian retailers making right now?
Three moves dominate. Reliance is doubling down on small-format grocery with 2,500+ Smart Bazaar stores planned by FY27 — the unit economics argument is that ₹3,000/sqft revenue density beats hypermarkets at ₹1,800. DMart is testing a premium format in Powai with 2× the SKU count. And Avenue Supermarts quietly filed for warehouse-club (Costco-style) membership retail in its latest RoC filing. Meanwhile Tata-owned BigBasket is pivoting brick-and-mortar with 200 "BB Now" dark stores converted to walk-in micro-markets.
The first time someone on the desk pinged a competitor's format pilot before it hit the trade press, we stopped opening Mint at 7am. Strategy director · top-five Indian retailer
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- India’s pulse imports rise 58% in Q1 FY27 as El Niño risks sharpen supply concerns
- TVS Motor to redeem 6% preference shares at ₹10 each; record date set for 21 August 2026
- Eden Realty plans ₹300 crore Hooghly riverfront hotel and villa resort
- SAS resumes India service with five weekly Mumbai-Copenhagen flights from October 1
- Tenet Diagnostics raises $30m from Tata Capital Healthcare Fund III and Blue Earth Capital
- MeitY clears 31 electronics-component projects worth ₹7,877 crore
- India’s H1 pulses imports edge down 1.46% to 31.80 lakh tonnes
- Paytm promoter entity may sell up to 4.98% stake in ₹1,535 block deal