Tag: quick commerce

Q-comm brewing: Tata Group brands gear up to strengthen BigBasket’s BB Now

Despite collaborating with a plethora of brands, BigBasket's 10-minute delivery service, BB Now, has trailed behind.

Notably, BigBasket partnered with Tata-owned jewellery brand Tanishq during Akshaya Tritiya this year. And, this month, the salt-to-software conglomerate’s coffee chain Tata Starbucks launched a pilot direct delivery via its mobile application

Swiggy shareholders approve increase in IPO size to Rs 5,000 crore: Report

In total, Swiggy’s delivery partners crisscrossed the nation with a collective travel distance of 1.96 billion kilometers in 2024—equivalent to over 533,000 trips between Kashmir and Kanyakumari.

Notably, only the size of the primary issue has been increased to Rs 5,000 crore. The offer for sale (OFS) component will remain unchanged at Rs 6,664 crore

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Tata Group’s StarQuik not in Q-commerce rat race’, says K Radhakrishnan, Co-founder

StarQuik was launched in Gurgaon, in 2014, as GrocerMax by K Radhakrishnan and Gaurav Juneja, it came under Tata’s aegis in 2017, when the latter was looking to enter the e-grocery space.

Star Bazaar, a retail chain owned by Trent Hypermarket Pvt Ltd is a part of the Tata Group. Trent recently announced plans to add 20-25 Star Bazaar stores in FY25, taking the overall footprint to around 90 stores by the end of the year.

‘Q-commerce is here to stay, retailers must upgrade themselves’, says CEO of Retailers Association of India

These companies have been given 15 days to respond.

On September 26, Madras High Court lawyer K Narasimhan alleged in his complaint to the DPIIT that e-commerce platform Flipkart is offering discounts at product level for select sellers and creating a non-competitive environment.

Tata-owned bigbasket forays into electronics, to deliver iPhone 16 in 10 minutes

Bigbasket's BB Now has been in operation for approximately two and a half years but it intensified its operation last year due to the surging demand for rapid deliveries

The company has plans to deploy 500-600 dark stores nationwide and link them with its warehouses to streamline delivery of both popular grocery items and non-grocery products