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Quick Commerce Crossed 40,000 Crore in Annual GMV in Three Years. No Indian Channel Has Grown Faster
From niche experiment to a five-billion-dollar-plus channel in roughly three years. Quick commerce is now the fastest adoption story Indian e-commerce has produced, and it is still compounding.
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The 2026 Festive Machine Starts in August: Meesho Kicks Off, Myntra Follows in September
Festive selling season no longer starts in October. Meesho's Freedom Sale lands mid-August and Myntra's Big Fashion Festival opens September 22. The preparation window is now.
8 Jul 2026 · via ResearchAndMarkets via GlobeNewswireONDC Crosses 1.16 Lakh Sellers in 630 Cities, and the Open Network Thesis Gets Harder to Dismiss
The government-backed open commerce network has quietly onboarded more than 1.16 lakh retail sellers across 630-plus cities, with PhonePe and Paytm bringing the buyers.
8 Jul 2026 · via TracxnIndian Startups Raised 10 Billion Dollars in the First Half of 2026, Across Nearly a Thousand Rounds
Ten billion dollars across 989 equity rounds by early July. The funding winter narrative is over; what replaced it is choosier and more operational.
8 Jul 2026 · via Forbes IndiaGDP at 7.6 Percent, Inflation at 2.1, and 200 Billion UPI Transactions: the Macro Tailwind Is Real
The RBI's annual report reads like a commerce operator's wishlist: fast growth, cool inflation, and a payments rail that just crossed two hundred billion transactions in a year.
8 Jul 2026 · via StartupTalkyUnilever Ventures Leads a 48 Crore Round in Supply6, and the Cap Table Tells the Story
Nutrition brand Supply6 has raised 48 crore rupees led by Unilever Ventures, with actor-entrepreneur Kriti Sanon participating. The brand sells across D2C, Amazon and Blinkit.
8 Jul 2026 · via StartupTalkyA Shark Tank Deodorant Brand Just Sold a Majority Stake for Around 100 Crore. Eighteen Months In
Ananta Capital has acquired a majority stake in Phitku, a Mumbai D2C personal care brand founded in early 2025. The deal values the company at roughly 200 crore rupees.
8 Jul 2026 · via CNBCAmazon Commits Another 13 Billion Dollars to India, and the Target Is Infrastructure
Amazon is putting an additional 13 billion dollars into AI and cloud infrastructure in India, taking its committed total to 48 billion dollars by 2030. Infrastructure bets of this size precede platform shifts.
8 Jul 2026 · via CNBCBlinkit Is Profitable at the Operating Level. That Changes How Brands Should Read the Category
One quick-commerce platform has now shown two consecutive quarters of operating profitability. The subsidy era is ending, and the economics brands enjoy today will not survive it.
8 Jul 2026 · via Zee BusinessThe Dark Store Scoreboard: Blinkit Past 2,200, and Everyone Else Is Building
Quick commerce in India is now a network game, and the network sizes are public. Blinkit leads with more than 2,200 dark stores. The rest of the field is closer than it looks.
8 Jul 2026 · via CNBCAmazon and Flipkart Go All In on Ten-Minute Delivery, and the Ground War Begins
The two largest names in Indian e-commerce have stopped treating quick commerce as an experiment. Amazon wants the largest delivery-in-minutes network in the country. Flipkart is racing to double its dark stores.
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