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Merchants take no credit risk with these plans, but the fees they incur can be higher than on credit-card purchases—often between 3% and 5% of the purchase price, according to people familiar with the matter (Photo: Reuters)

Amazon is doing it. So is Walmart. Why retail loves ‘buy now, pay later’

4 min read . Updated: 17 Sep 2021

Artificial Christmas trees (Photo: iStock)

Supply-chain strains hit prices, inventories of artificial Christmas trees

5 min read . Updated: 16 Sep 2021

Flipkart has also deployed close to 1000 new delivery hubs, managed and owned by it. (REUTERS)

Flipkart boosts capacity ahead of Big Billion Days

1 min read . Updated: 16 Sep 2021

Quick service restaurants and food and grocery chains led the recovery in August.

Retail sales touch 88% of pre-pandemic levels: RAI

1 min read . Updated: 14 Sep 2021

D-Mart has presence across 11 states and 1 Union Territory. (Mint)

D-Mart opens new store in Faridabad, second one in Delhi-NCR

1 min read . Updated: 14 Sep 2021

Zomato recently invested $100 million in e-grocery unicorn Grofers and its wholesale unit Hands on Trades Pvt. Ltd., which also recently pivoted to the under 10-minute delivery model. (REUTERS)

Zomato pulls its grocery delivery biz off the menu

2 min read . Updated: 13 Sep 2021

Feedback from its member companies, including small and medium enterprises, points to improved consumer confidence in several key sectors of the economy

Consumer confidence perks up in Q2: Assocham

2 min read . Updated: 11 Sep 2021

The hair oil business suffered in the aftermath of the pandemic induced lockdowns last year when consumers bought more essential goods and went easy on discretionary personal care products. (Mint)

Hair oil brands step up to meet demand

1 min read . Updated: 10 Sep 2021

Kabir Suri has been associated with NRAI since 2017 and was appointed vice president in 2019.

Azure Hospitality’s Kabir Suri appointed NRAI president

2 min read . Updated: 10 Sep 2021

The fruit-and-nut bar will be marketed on the nutrition plank.

Mondelez forays into snack bar category as consumer seek healthy, functional options

2 min read . Updated: 08 Sep 2021

Flipkart currently works with a number of national, international, and regional fashion brands and sellers in different ways. Photo: Mint

Flipkart partners with London-based fashion brand Urbanic

2 min read . Updated: 08 Sep 2021

The online retail market is set to expand threefold in the next 4-5 years, driven by under-penetrated categories like grocery.mint

India to have 500 mn online shoppers by 2030, says report

2 min read . Updated: 08 Sep 2021

YouGov’s Diwali Spending Index reveals a spending propensity of 90.71 among urban Indians this festive season.

Consumers set to loosen their purse strings as vax drive, urge to spend boost sentiments

2 min read . Updated: 07 Sep 2021

The Gen Z shoppers’ signature style includes athleisure, t-shirts, oversized trousers, sweatshirts, box crop tops and sneakers.

Fashion brands woo Gen Z as post-millennials redefine style quotient

4 min read . Updated: 07 Sep 2021

Of the total online retail market of $50-60 billion, 60% comprises products and the rest comes from services.

India to have 500 million online shoppers by 2030, says study

2 min read . Updated: 07 Sep 2021

Diageo India, that sells Tanqueray and Gordon’s gin in the country is also exploring the possibility of bringing flavoured variants of the two brands to India. (Reuters)

Popularity of premium gins draws global brands to India

4 min read . Updated: 02 Sep 2021

Pernod Ricard will toast the return of bar drinks

1 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2021

Walmart will add 20,000 workers to supply-chain operations this year

2 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2021

Packaged consumer goods makers continued to hike prices of soaps, edible oils, detergents, shampoos, toothpastes and some packaged foods in the month of August. (MINT_PRINT)

Prices of some detergents, soaps, edible oils, shampoos, toothpastes up in Aug

2 min read . Updated: 28 Aug 2021

Companies are drawing confidence from the ebbing of covid 2.0, a pickup in vaccinations and higher footfalls in stores and malls. (Photo: Mint)

Consumer goods sector eyes spike in festival sales

3 min read . Updated: 27 Aug 2021

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