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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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- Sprite and IRCTC launch branded Tejas Express on Lucknow–New Delhi route
- Ecom Express DRHP puts leadership team and shareholding structure in focus
- ITC's 15% two-day fall resurfaces a January cigarette excise move that raises pricing and volume risks
- Flipkart's plan for wider quick-commerce rollout across Indian cities resurfaces from November 2024
- Flipkart Minutes enters focus as India’s quick-commerce race intensifies
- Maharashtra FDA finds 2 of 3 Bombay High Court canteens operating without licences
- Resurfacing a May 2022 move: Delhivery IPO drew 4% subscription in first two hours; retail tranche at 23%
- Maharashtra FDA logs 3,000 inspections and ₹55 crore in seizures in three months