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New retail brands and store launches in India: June 2026
June 2026 recorded 25 retail launches from 25 companies, with nine store openings, five new categories, four product launches, four market entries and three new brands.
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Store formats, retail chains, malls and the business of selling in India and beyond.
12 stories since November 2026, each opening with a short answer and key takeaways. Most covered here: Honasa Consumer (4), Flipkart (3), Myntra (3), Fire-Boltt (2), HealthKart (2), Lenskart (2).
Data: New brands & launches · People moves · Hiring & layoffs · Innovation tracker
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Retail people moves in India: July 2026
July 2026 brought 13 leadership changes across 11 Indian retail companies, with 9 appointments, 3 promotions and 1 exit, including a CEO change at Instamart.
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New retail brands and store launches in India: July 2026
July 2026 saw 35 launches from 35 companies in India, including 8 store openings, 7 new brands and 6 market entries, with first international stores for Palmonas and HealthKart.
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Retail people moves in India: August 2026
Twelve leadership changes across 12 retail and consumer companies in August 2026, with 10 appointments and 2 internal promotions.
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New retail brands and store launches in India: August 2026
August 2026 recorded 44 retail launches from 44 companies, split across 10 market entries, 10 new categories, 8 new brands, 8 product launches and 8 store openings.
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Lenskart eyes 100 million annual eyewear units in India
Lenskart wants to sell 100 million eyewear units a year in India, three times its current volume. Making blue-light lenses standard is part of how it plans to get there.
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Retail people moves in India: September 2026
September 2026 saw 18 leadership changes across 13 companies: 13 appointments, 3 promotions and 2 exits, with Practo alone accounting for five moves on 17 Sep.
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New retail brands and store launches in India: September 2026
47 launches from 47 companies in September 2026, led by 11 store openings and 10 new categories, with jewellery, food and beverage, and quick delivery drawing the most activity.
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Swiggy tops November 2026 momentum list with score 17
Swiggy leads WiseRetail's November 2026 momentum score with 17 points, driven by 100 open roles, one launch, one leadership move and one innovation.
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Retail people moves in India: October 2026
Ten leadership changes across ten Indian retail and consumer companies in October 2026, split between seven appointments and three promotions.
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New retail brands and store launches in India: October 2026
October 2026 recorded 32 launches from 32 companies in India, led by 12 new-category moves, 7 market entries and 7 store openings across Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Indore.
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What is quick commerce? The 10-30 minute model explained
Quick commerce delivers grocery and daily essentials in 10 to 30 minutes from small neighbourhood warehouses called dark stores. Here is how the model actually makes money, and when it does not.
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- What is quick commerce? The 10-30 minute model explained
Quick commerce (q-commerce) is ultra-fast delivery of a limited catalogue, usually groceries and daily essentials, in 10 to 30 minutes. It works through dark stores: small, order-only warehouses plac…