Nykaa CEO Falguni Nayar Champions Empathetic Omnichannel Strategy
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Neo Retailer: The Technology Revolution in Reimagining Retail Space
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The Role of Supply Chain in Perfecting the Omnichannel Retail Strategy
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Shopping 2.0: Neo Retail's Omnichannel Marvels and Future-Focused Flair
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INGKA Group, the parent company of IKEA, has made a significant impact on the global retail landscape. With 482 stores worldwide and a remarkable…
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How Omnichannel Strategy will Drive Retail Market Growth in India
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5 Ways to Build a Successful Omnichannel Retail Strategy in FY 23
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How Does O2O Biz Model Helps Small Businesses Plan Growth Strategy and Provide a Seamless Customer Experience?
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Omnichannel: The Future of Indian Furniture Industry
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How Innovation Can Help D2C Brands Grow Further
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How Retail and E-commerce Industry is Evolving
During the pandemic years, the retail industry was highly inclined towards necessities and basics as the Coronavirus ensured that such utilities…
Retail Tech Trends to Watch Out For in 2022
2021 witnessed disruptions in retail, with businesses optimizing their inventory and supply chain to ensure their fulfillment was immediate. They…
How Technology is the Key in Optimizing Retail Operations and Overcoming Delivery Shortcomings
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How Omnichannel Brand The Body Shop Has Been Able To Increase Online Revenue By 30 pc
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What Retailers Should Learn from the Unprecedented Covid-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic changed how businesses used to operate in India and all over the world. Similarly, the retail industry also completely…
Phygital is the New Normal for Pharmacy Chains in India
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How has Going Omnichannel Helped Tupperware to Meet the Changing Needs of Consumers
Tupperware is a US-based brand, headquartered in Orlando. It is present in India for the past 25 years. Tupperware was earlier considered as a…
Going Digital Omnichannel With Headless Technology
For all of us keeping track of how e-commerce is rapidly growing since 2020, the even faster rise of D2C brands is mind-blowing. Every day brings in…
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The pandemic forced all the businesses to rethink their operations, especially in light of the ‘new normal,’ in which consumers are adopting…
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Kairali Ayurvedic, initially known as Malabar Chemicals, was incepted in 1909. The first factory of the brand was set up in 1948 and it was rebranded…
Local Stores have a Bright Future in the Online-First Future of Retail
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More than 95 percent of the fresh meat and seafood industry in India is unorganized and usually conjures up an image of an unhygienic local market…
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How Retail and Social Media Will Go Hand-in-Hand for Growth in 2021
With the aggressive growth of markets in developed and developing economies, the retail markets encounter several changes in terms of investments and…
How Content is Redefining the Future of the E-commerce Industry
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How Headless Commerce Improves Customer Experience
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E-commerce Trends to Watch Out for in 2021
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How an Omnichannel Retail Experience Will Transform the Furniture Industry in Post-Pandemic World?
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How has Social Media Influenced Branding Image in the Retail Sector?
Even before 2020, social media had the power to influence the purchase decisions of more than half of the millennials. Post the pandemic, it was…
Life In A Pandemic: How Bright Is The Future of Retail
The pandemic is challenging the status quo with reduced footfalls, disrupted supply chains, and a distant recovery. Retailers with a physical-only…
The Future of Omnichannel Retailing in India
Today, India’s hyper-connected consumers are rapidly entering into an era where they expect brand owners to provide consistent and unparalleled…
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Future of Commerce 2021
It’s no secret that 2020 has pulled commerce forward by 10 years. Regardless of what 2021 brings, the result is a new normal—especially when it comes…
5 Retail Trends To Look Forward To In 2021
The year 2020 has been quite challenging, it has pushed every sector to re-imagine and re-innovate ways of the business. The unprecedented change has…
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As the COVID-19 pandemic upended lives and livelihoods almost overnight, companies across several verticals faced its wrath with plummeting business…
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The pandemic isn’t the only factor influencing e-commerce these days. While it’s true that the COVID-19 outbreak has led to a massive increase in…
What New Experiences are Consumers Looking from Retailers in 2021
Since the pandemic started, everyone believes we live in an unpredictable world. Digital innovation is advancing at a high rate while a pandemic…
Omnichannel Retail in post-COVID era
The current COVID times proved it to be a challenge for all business sectors but considering the meat and seafood sector this phase turned out to be…
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The annual consumer spending is slated to reach $6 tn from the existing $1.5 trillion, and by 2030, India will be a young consumer economy with 77…
How was 2018 for Indian retail! Will D2C change FMCG ?
In many ways the year 2018 was a watershed for retail in India. The year also marked a coming of age of the internalization of the GST and…
Retail in 2018 – Learning the art of tenuous co-existence
In the year 2018, retail industry has begun its journey towards mature behaviour and tenuous co-existence. This, in my experience, is the most…
How AI is strengthening omnichannel analytics in Indian Retail Sector?
For retailers to deliver a truly omnichannel experience, they must integrate data across channels and evaluate the same. This is easier said than…
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An annual retail report from Deloitte has indicated this year retail holiday sales are expected to increase at least by 5 to 5.6% as compared to last…
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From digital to brick and mortar to phygital, last year saw many big brands integrate online with offline in their bid to be omni-present. With…
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The retail sector and the payments industry are witnessing huge transformations due to changing consumer habits driven by new technologies and the…
How Performance marketing is helping retailers meet their needs?
India’s E- commerce and retail industry has witnessed a massive breakthrough in the last five years. It has evolved from a product-oriented…
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In the current era of concentric shopper expectations joining hands with technological advancements, the Indian retail industry is in the eye of a…
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Small businesses: A great fit for the new 'Nimble Marketplace'
Consumer behavior and the way people shop are changing. Over the last several years, e-commerce has risen and there’s no longer a clear-cut…
Omnichannel retailing sets the right example
It’s been a few years since we started to hear this new buzzword in the domain of retailing. Mostly, it’s been understood as being available for the…
Omnichannel retailing is the way to go in India
  It is a renowned fact that the economic scenario in India has significantly transformed over the past 2 decades largely due to the retail sector…