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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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- Resurfacing a Q1 move: Delhi-NCR retail leasing jumped 45% as fashion and F&B fueled demand
- Retail investor holding in Ola Electric rises to nearly 30% in Q3
- Tata-backed Nelco invests $20 million in Elveo parent for satellite connectivity push
- India’s pulse imports rise 58% in Q1 FY27 as El Niño risks sharpen supply concerns