Quick commerce now drives 60-75% of online FMCG sales for India's top packaged goods majors in FY26

Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart have overtaken traditional e-commerce for ITC, Tata Consumer, Britannia, Dabur, Parle and AWL—Dabur jumped to 75% in Q4 from 50% a quarter earlier. The shift fuels premiumization but squeezes margins, threatens kiranas and faces a tier-2/3 scalability test.

— Filed Sat, 30 May, 2026, 15:22 IST · Source ET Small Business · Updated

Quick commerce now drives 60-75% of online FMCG sales for ITC, Tata Consumer, Britannia, Dabur and Parle in FY26, enabling premiumization but raising concerns over thin margins, kirana cannibalization, labor conditions and tier-2/3 scalability.

Why this matters

Extends the prior signal of quick commerce overtaking e-commerce as FMCG's largest online channel, with Dabur's 75% share now mirrored across six majors at 60-75% in FY26.

Omni-channel signals steady at 154 over 90 days, with quick commerce emerging as the dominant online FMCG node.