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Swiggy supercharges ad spend, scaling up 13.2% to Rs 605.3 crore in Q2 FY25

Swiggy Ltd increased its consolidated advertisement and promotion expenses by 65.3% in Q3 FY25

Swiggy has narrowed its losses to Rs 490.8 crore in the September quarter of fiscal year 2025 compared to Rs 590 crore in the corresponding quarter of last fiscal year

Amazon enters India’s q-comm race with ‘Tez’ delivery service

Amazon Fashion sees surge in GenZ shoppers

E-commerce giant prepares to launch ultra-fast grocery and essentials delivery by year-end, aiming to compete with Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy Instamart.

Quick commerce emerges as the key channel for sponsor product ads, reveals mFilterIt’s report

The festive sales period also highlighted the importance of maintaining high availability, especially on quick commerce platforms where immediacy is critical.

Festive season saw a trend towards premium pricing on quick commerce platforms, where chocolate products commanded higher average selling prices

Tanishq, BigBasket collaborate for 10-minute delivery of gold, silver coins

Among the stolen valuables were chains, necklaces, bangles, and diamond jewellery.

BigBasket said it will deliver Tanishq’s Lakshmi Ganesh (999.9 Purity) silver coin, 10 gram; Tanishq 22 carat gold coin, 1 gram; and Tanishq 22 carat gold coin With Lakshmi motif, 1 gram in just 10 minutes to customers during Dhanteras festival.

CCPA takes action against quick commerce companies for product disclosure violations

These companies have been given 15 days to respond.

CCPA Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare confirmed that the notices were sent to three to four companies, although specific names were not disclosed.

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

BigBasket CEO Hari Menon said they are targeting to list the company on the stock exchange in the next two years

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

Flipkart’s Big Billion Days: Top metro cities drive demand, tier 2 cities show promise

Flipkart has witnessed more than 20 percent growth for two consecutive years

Shopsy, Flipkart’s hyper-value platform, witnessed a 70 percent rise in customer visits and nearly a three-fold increase in transactions compared to the pre-festive season

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.