Apparel Retailers to Stitch 21-23 pc Revenue Growth this Fiscal
A combination of strong same-store sales, new store launches, and higher contribution from online channels will sew 21-23 percent revenue growth for…
How E-tailers Can Work Towards Building a Better Circular Economy Involving Plastics
Despite the increased awareness of sustainability among people in general, much of the plastic is still falling out of the “recycling chain”. The e-…
Indian Digital-first Brands have $250 Billion Opportunity by 2030
Online shoppers in India are seeking new experiences in the age of social and video commerce and this has given digital-first brands a massive $250…
More Than 50 pc Consumers Globally are More Likely to Purchase Products with Sustainability Claims
Sustainability considerations now influence the majority of the world’s grocery shoppers, particularly when buying packaged foods such as potato…
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FMCG Market Expands 10 pc in January
India's fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market has expanded 10 percent in January year-on-year from 2021. Experts believe that this indicates that…
Fashion Emerges as a Top BNPL Category in India in 2021, Sees 2.3X Increase in Transactions?
The fashion and lifestyle category has turned out to be one of the top two segments for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands that enabled BNPL as a…
Samsung Leads Global Smartphone Shipments in 2021, Market Grows for First Time Since 2017
Samsung has topped the global smartphone shipments chart in 2021 as the market grew for the first time since 2017. Total global smartphone shipments…
India Smartphone Market Logs 169 mn Units Shipment in 2021, Highest Till Date
India's smartphone market has registered its highest-ever shipments at 169 million units in 2021 to register 11 percent year-on-year growth from…
Why is Clarity on Input Tax Credit and Implementation of National Retail Policy Needed to Strengthen Consumer-Retail Ecosystem?
The consumer and retail sector showed tremendous signs of recovery in the previous year. However, with the sudden spurt in COVID-19 cases recently,…
How Indian Textile Exports can Hit $65 bn if Industry Majors Take the Right Steps
India’s trade performance has improved a lot in recent times. In fact, it can hit $65 billion if the industry majors take the right steps and there…
Soaps, Candies, Snacks, Beauty Products, Sanitary Pads, and Electrical Products are Most Sold Products in Rural India
Given a lot of retail markets in Tier-I cities have reached close to a saturation point, businesses have started to explore and expand into rural…
How Third-wave will Push Revenue Recovery for Multiplexes by Five Months
The third wave is expected to push the recovery in multiplexes by up to five months as governments resort to the temporary closure of movie halls to…
How More Women-led DTC Businesses Came into Spotlight in Recent Times
Over 40 percent of the total online businesses at present are run by women entrepreneurs. Also, more women-led DTC businesses have come to light in…
Gen Z and Millennials Increasingly Willing to Buy Directly from Brands, Bypassing Traditional Retail Channels?
Gen Z and Millennial shoppers are now more likely to order products directly from brands, and 72 percent of all shoppers expect to have significant…
Consumer Durables Prices to go Up 5-10 pc as Makers Feel Heat of Rising Input Costs
Prices of air conditioners and refrigerators have shot up in the new year as consumer durables makers pass on the impact of rising raw material costs…
Why Global Social Commerce Industry is Expected to Grow 3x as Compared to Traditional E-commerce
The $492 billion global social commerce industry is expected to grow three times as fast as traditional e-commerce to $1.2 trillion by 2025.  The…
Why People Are Switching from Renting to Owning Assets as an Investment and Lifestyle choice
Three out of every four Indians now prefer asset owning over renting to secure their future in the post-pandemic world. Also, one in four Indians…
72 pc of Consumers Spent More on Fashion in 2021 Than The Previous Year
72 percent of consumers have spent more on fashion in 2021 than the previous year, indicating a resurgence in consumer spending and demand in the…
Retail Sales In November Up 9 pc Over Pre-pandemic Levels
The retail sales in November 2021 showed 9 percent growth over the pre-pandemic levels (November 2019) and 16 percent (YoY) growth (compared to…
Indians More Inclined to Send Gifts to Help Others and Give Back to Causes This Year-End Holiday Season
Despite the uniquely unpredictable situations in the last 2 years, the year-end holiday gifting ritual has remained a constant amongst Indian…
How E-commerce and D2C Transactions Surged Upto 82 pc Between 2020 and 2021 in Tier-II Cities
Given the strong internet penetration across Bharat, Tier I and Tier II are seeing a major demand for e-commerce. The Tier I cities have dominated…
How E-tailers Can Succeed In The Intensified Competition For Tier II, III Consumer Base
As some areas of the globe become over-farmed, over-populated, or otherwise reach their maximum potential, opportunities in Tier II, III cities, and…
FMCG Consumption Slips In July-Sep but Industry Logs Price-led Growth Of 13 pc
India's FMCG industry has seen a decline in volume in the September quarter this year, though it registered a value-led growth of 12.6 percent.…
Indian Diary Segment to Grow by 9-11 pc in FY22
Indian milk production is gauged to increase by 5-6 percent in the financial year 2021-22, aided by normal monsoon and early onset of the flush…
Demand for Logistics Space Remains Resilient
The demand for logistics space in India remained resilient in the July-September quarter. Online retailers and related third-party logistics (3PL)…
India's Online Furniture & Home Market To Reach $40 bn by 2026
Driven by pent-up and deferred demand, India's online furniture and the home market are geared up to reach $40 billion in the next five years, a new…
Demand For Gold At All-time High, Stands At 3X Of Silver
A significant 20 percent QoQ (Quarter on quarter) jump in demand has been observed for precious metals with demand for gold remaining high, almost at…
Why Buyers Are Still Wary Of Physical Shopping
Two in three Indian shoppers have not started buying this season yet. Moreover, 53 percent of millennial shoppers from non-metros have displayed a…
Smartphone Shipment Dips 2 pc to 52 Million Units In September Quarter
India's smartphone shipments declined 2 percent YoY to reach over 52 million units in the September quarter 2021. India's overall mobile handset…
Demand For Furniture, Beauty Parlours And Restaurants Soar This Festive Season
A surge in demand for furniture, beauty parlours and restaurants is observed for this year’s Diwali period. The Tier-I cities are witnessing the most…
FMCG Sector: 36 pc Increase In Sales In The Second Quarter
The FMCG sector in India has reported 36 percent increased sales in Q2’21 as compared to Q2’20. The packaged foods category has seen a significant…
E-commerce Exports In Singapore Have Massive Potential for Growth in Next Five Years
The B2B e-commerce exports in Singapore are expected to reach $3.5 billion in 2026 from  $1.4 billion in 2021, provided the micro, small and medium…
India's Festive Spirit Bounces Back in the New Normal
The top three most searched services this year’s festive season are beauty, parlour services, catering services and cleaning services. For the last…
E-commerce Firms Clock $2.7 bn Sales in First 4 Days of Festive Sale
Indian e-commerce platforms have clocked $2.7 billion in the first four days of the festive week sale that started on October 3. The Redseer report…
India's Organized Retail Stock to Cross 82 mn sq. ft by 2023
India’s organized retail stock has reached 64.3 mn sq. ft as of H1 2021 and is expected to cross 82 mn sq. ft by 2023.  According to the ‘India…
E-commerce Sales for 2021 Expected to Clock $67-84 bn
The e-commerce space has witnessed rapid growth in the last 18 months. The total e-commerce sales for the year 2021 are estimated to clock anywhere…
Online Retail Market in India to Reach US$ 350 by 2030
The online retail market in India is slated to reach US$ 350 billion by 2030 from the current US$ 45-50 billion. And in terms of post-Covid revenue…
Fashion Retailers to Close the Year with 25 pc Revenue Growth
Fashion retail, one of the worst COVID-19 hit sectors, is beginning to breathe again on the back of rising vaccination and normalization of economic…
E-commerce Companies to Log 23 pc Rise in Gross GMV During Festive Sales?
E-commerce platforms are expected to potentially clock over US$ 9 billion gross GMV (Gross Merchandise Value) during the festive season this year as…
Revenue of Gold Jewelry Retailers Poised to Grow 12-14 pc
After two consecutive years of decline, the revenue of gold jewelry retailers is poised to grow 12-14 percent on-year this fiscal, driven by stable…
80 pc of Brands to Maintain or Increase Their Marketing Budgets This Festive Season?
With the onset of the festive season, brands are looking to stand out and capture the mindshare of the new-age digital consumers, amidst a positive…
3 Reasons Why SEA's E-Commerce is Set to Explode
The latest report from Facebook & Bain Company has proven that the ‘new normal’ resulted in new purchasing habits which boosted digital…
Consumer Sentiments Improve?Ahead of the Festive Season
With the beginning of the festive season in India, consumer sentiment in the country is also improving. 42 percent of families will shop more or the…
Online Retail Market to Grow 3-fold in Next 4-5 years
The accelerated adoption of online channels by consumers has brought about a shift in purchase behavior. Today, 62 percent of urban users are…
Global Smartphone Sales Grew 10.2 pc in Q2 2021
Global smartphone sales to end users totaled 328.8 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 10.8 percent year over year. According to a…
Consumer Values and Buying Motivations Shifting Away from Price and Quality
A majority of consumers - across demographics and geographies - are reimagining their values and basing purchasing decisions on factors beyond price…
Indian E-tail Market to Touch $140 bn by FY26
India’s e-retail market is expected to grow by 25-30 percent annually over the next five years to touch $120-$140 billion by FY26, surpassing modern…
Indian FMCG Industry Registers 36.9 pc Growth in April-June 2021
Indian FMCG industry recorded a 36.9 percent value-based growth in April-June 2021, the quarter hit by the second wave of the pandemic, over the…
Indian Offline Smartphone MBOs Dominate Smartphone Buying Market?
Ensuing lockdown and tough competition from online sales during the pandemic had no damaging impact on the Indian offline smartphone MBOs.  Acting…
Smartphone Market in India to Bounce Back in Q3
After facing an 11 percent decline in the second quarter (Q2), the Indian smartphone market is expected to stay resilient and bounce back in the…
FMCG Revenue Growth Seen Doubling to 10-12 pc?this Fiscal
Revenue growth of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector will double from 5-6 percent reported for last fiscal to 10-12 percent in 2021-22. …
Indian Consumers Showing Signs of Reduced Anxiety?
There has been a 6 percent decline in the overall anxiety levels to 39 percent, as the number of new COVID-19 cases across the country continues to…
The Tunes of Champions
Music has the unique power to influence our emotional states and mindset, and can equally be used to relax us or get us pumped up in the face of a…
80 pc of High-Street Retail Markets Saw Dip in Rent in 2020
Delhi's upscale Khan Market has witnessed a 14 percent decline in rental during the last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and is ranked 21st in the…
Mall Revenue to Grow By 45-55 pc this Fiscal?
The revenue of shopping malls is foreseen growing by 45-55 percent this fiscal after an expected 45 percent decline in fiscal 2021. Accordingly, the…
India's Online Smartphone Market Hits Record 45 pc in 2020
Led by Flipkart again, India’s online smartphone market reached it’s highest-ever share at 45 percent in 2020, registering a growth of seven per cent…
Recovery in Apparel Retail Sector Expected to Continue in FY22
Apparel retail sector's recovery is expected to continue in FY22, on back of improving consumer confidence, resumption of store expansion by…
3rd-Party Logistics Shipments Grew 70 pc in D2C and ecommerce in India in Q4 2020
As online shopping sees more adoption, the third-party logistics (3PL) shipments grew 70 percent in the month of October-December 2020, contributing…
Kirana Stores Transform Their Approach to Daily Selling
Kirana stores from across India have gone through to fulfill the changing requirements of their consumers while facing a pandemic. According to the…