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E-commerce · FMCG & Retail · 14 Sept 2026 · 4 min

Amazon Is Adding 20 Fulfilment Centres In India, Seven Of Them Outside The Metros

Seven of the twenty fulfilment centres and all six sort centres are in non-metro cities, with Raipur, Ranchi and Varanasi getting their first.
E-commerce · Policy · 2 Sept 2026 · 5 min

Maharashtra FDA Suspends Blinkit's Akola Licence After Re-Inspection Found Faults Unfixed

A 12 August inspection produced an improvement notice. Blink Commerce filed a compliance report. The re-inspection found the problems still there.
E-commerce · Markets & IPO · 31 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Shein Priced At A Quarter Of Peak While A Robotics Firm Beside It Was 3,842x Oversubscribed

The fast-fashion retailer raised $1.74 billion at the midpoint of its range, about 73 per cent below its 2022 valuation. Hong Kong's appetite has moved elsewhere.
E-commerce · Funding · 31 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Truemeds Is Buying DealShare For Roughly What Sits In Its Bank Account

The proposed share swap values the former unicorn a little above its cash pile of more than $90 million. The operating business is worth close to nothing.
E-commerce · SaaS & Tech · 31 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Zomato Shuts Its Hyderabad Support Centre And Cuts 250 Jobs As Vendors And AI Absorb The Work

Around 240 roles go with the closure of Customer Delight operations in Hyderabad. What stays in-house moves to Gurugram, to sit beside product and engineering.
Markets & IPO · E-commerce · 31 Aug 2026 · 4 min

SoftBank Cuts Lenskart Stake Again as India's Startup Exit Window Finally Opens

SoftBank's second Lenskart sale in two months landed 26% above its June price. Y Combinator and Qualcomm Ventures trimmed listed positions in the same fortnight.
Vingo Founders
Funding · E-commerce · 5 Aug 2026 · 4 min

Vingo Raises ₹10 Crore Seed Round Led by India Quotient for C2C Resale Marketplace

Vingo has raised ₹10 crore in seed funding led by India Quotient for a C2C marketplace in pre-owned goods, five months after being founded
Zepto Founders
Markets & IPO · E-commerce · 29 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Zepto Investors Discuss Revised $3 Billion Post-Money IPO Valuation, Down From $7 Billion Peak

Zepto and its investors are discussing a post-money IPO valuation of about $3 billion, less than half the mark set in October 2025. No decision on pricing or structure has been taken.
Fixxly Founders
Funding · E-commerce · 29 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Fixxly Raises $5.5 Million Seed Round From Accel, Fireside and Lightspeed Ahead of September Launch

Fixxly plans 30-minute delivery of building materials to contractors through a network of dark stores in Bengaluru. The company has not yet begun commercial operations.
BigBasket CEO Amit Nanda
Markets & IPO · E-commerce · 28 Jul 2026 · 5 min

BigBasket's Consumer Arm Reports ₹8,223 Crore FY26 Turnover as Losses Widen 66% to ₹3,073 Crore

Turnover at BigBasket's consumer arm rose 7.7% in FY26 while losses widened 66%. The two entities together lost ₹3,175 crore, close to two-thirds of parent Tata Digital's net loss for the year.
Flipkart food delivery
Lite Updates · E-commerce · 24 Jul 2026 · 5 min

Flipkart to Enter Food Delivery With Bengaluru Pilot and ONDC Integration, Krishnamurthy Confirms

Group chief executive Kalyan Krishnamurthy said food delivery will be another use case on the main platform, starting with a pilot. The commission structure, rider model and launch date were not disclosed.
Flipkart Warehouse Protest
Lite Updates · E-commerce · 15 Jun 2026 · 3 min

Flipkart Warehouse Workers Protest Salary Cuts at Farukhnagar Facility

The e-commerce giant faces operational disruption at a critical North Indian logistics hub as workers protest alleged 28% pay reductions and tightening attendance penalties.
FirstClub Founder
Funding · E-commerce · 4 Jun 2026 · 3 min

FirstClub Raises $55 Million in Series B Round Led by Peak XV Partners and Sofina to Expand Product Categories and Supply Chain

Led by former Flipkart and Cleartrip executive Ayyappan R, the Bengaluru-based startup is leveraging a $255 million valuation to scale its lab-tested grocery model and penetrate adjacent consumer segments.
ZUVEES Founders Vijaykumar Ghadge and Abhishek Daiya
Funding · E-commerce · 3 Jun 2026 · 2 min

Gifting Platform Zuvees Raises ₹15 Crore in Series A Round Led by IvyCap Ventures for Cross-Border Expansion

Backed by IvyCap Ventures, the tech-first platform is rapidly deploying fresh capital to scale its proprietary supply chain and AI personalization engines across the UAE and global corridors.
ONDC MD CEO Vibhor Jain
Funding · E-commerce · 3 Jun 2026 · 2 min

ONDC Raises ₹220 Crore from Zoho, Uber, and Paytm in Ongoing ₹430 Crore Private Share Sale

The ₹220 crore investment signals strong institutional backing as the government-backed network scales its infrastructure to expand digital retail access and break traditional platform dominance.
Fairdeal.market founders
Funding · E-commerce · 26 May 2026 · 3 min

Fairdeal.Market Raises $15M Series A Led by Bertelsmann India Investments

Backed by Bertelsmann India Investments, the Gurugram-based platform is aggressively expanding its 60-minute wholesale delivery network to capture 100,000 active retailers this fiscal year.
Udaan Office
Funding · E-commerce · 25 May 2026 · 3 min

Udaan in Talks to Raise $50-60 Million From Lightspeed and M&G Ahead of IPO

As the B2B e-commerce giant significantly halves its monthly burn rate, this $60 million top-up round could mark its final private capital injection before launching a major domestic public offering.