Consumers are not stepping away from innovation. Instead, they are demanding it, writes Edyta Kurek, Senior Vice President, Oriflame India and Indonesia As we look ahead to 2026, it is clear that the beauty industry is entering a more considered and consequential phase. After years of rapid experimentation, trend cycles, and maximal routines, the […]
Indian retail enters 2026 redefining growth through omnichannel integration, experiential engagement, sustainability, agility and deeper customer connection, writes Vishal Chaturvedi, Chief Revenue Officer, The Body Shop South Asia
By Shriram PM Monga, Co-Founder and Principal Consultant at SRED Real Estate Advisory India’s retail sector is entering one of its most significant growth phases. Organised retail supply is expanding rapidly, digital commerce is maturing amid an upsurge in the number of consumers, who increasingly value experiential and aspirational spending. Yet, under this sweeping […]
As India enters 2026, the forces redesigning retail are anchored in openness, speed, trust, and precision at scale, writes Sharmila Senthilraja, Vice President and Industry Platform Leader for Consumer Products & Retail – India, Capgemini
Ecommerce leaders must adopt AI observability to avoid outages, delight customers, and secure festive-season sales, writes Rob Newell, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Asia-Pacific and Japan at New Relic The festive season is make-or-break for ecommerce businesses in India. The 2024 season alone saw ecommerce platforms clock in around USD 14 billion […]
From utility to a defining, almost calming space in a homeowner’s psyche; the bathroom, once a purely functional space, has undergone a dramatic transformation, writes Shiozawa Kazuyuki, Managing Director, TOTO India, a Japanese Luxury Sanitaryware Brand India’s economy is of global importance. With a large and young population and an open and democratic political […]
Tanuj Gupta, Director – Sales & Marketing, Thermocool Home Appliances, explains how GST 2.0’s simplified tax slabs could make home appliances more affordable and boost demand across urban and rural India With the introduction of GST 2.0 on 22 September 2025, India is entering a new era in indirect taxation. The new structure streamlines […]
With millions of listings uploaded daily, manually tagging, classifying, and updating product information has become an operational bottleneck, writes Sameer Kanodia, Managing Director and CEO, Lumina Datamatics Limited, & Vice Chairman & CEO, TNQ Tech Every day, over 270 million Indians shop online, making the country the second-largest e-retail market globally with a GMV […]
Once considered a niche within traditional retail, D2C brands are now at the forefront, writes Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Flipkart Group India is at the cusp of a consumer commerce revolution that is paving the way for Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) brands to emerge as agile, consumer-centric contenders in the retail landscape. As the […]
GST rationalisation is set to reshape India’s textile sector, with UP’s garment hubs emerging as key beneficiaries of lower tax rates on apparel and handicrafts, writes Yawer Ali Shah Will GST rationalisation power Uttar Pradesh’s ambition to become India’s garment hub? With Noida, Varanasi, and Gorakhpur emerging as major textile clusters, the decision to […]
