Anees Hussain

Amazon Pay sees over two-thirds of transactions happening outside Amazon, with 75% users from Tier 2 and 3 cities. The company aims to expand credit and financial services, especially in small towns, focusing on trust and education.

IPO-bound consumer electronics brand boAt expands into Sri Lanka and Bhutan, focusing on international growth with personal audio, smartwatches, and charging solutions amid shrinking domestic market.

Rising costs and shorter tenancies fuel demand for home rentals

Eternal, parent of Zomato and Blinkit, is developing Dark.ai, a privacy-focused AI assistant with end-to-end encryption, aimed at users seeking secure AI interactions, planned for global launch by 2026.

Eternal reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 125 crore for Q2, nearly doubling year-on-year, with strong revenue growth and Blinkit and Zomato showing improved margins and expanding store presence.

Smaller cities emerge as the next growth frontier, but profitability remains unproven

Flipkart faces leadership exits, stalled IPO, losses, and tax liabilities as former employees dispute stock options and Walmart pushes for profitability before listing. The e-commerce giant struggles amid internal and external pressures.

The festive shopping season reveals disparities for e-commerce and quick-commerce workers as hiring slows, earnings remain flat, and delivery payouts see minimal changes despite demand shifts.

Swiggy's Instamart will start owning inventory from December quarter, aiming to improve margins and control supply chains, following Blinkit's inventory-led shift, though profitability challenges remain.

Nasscom urges Ministry of Finance to defer revised GST rules on e-commerce deliveries from November 1 to January 1, 2027, citing significant implementation challenges for platforms and logistics firms.