COVID-19

The packaging material industry is operating much below its installed capacity as it faces issues in supply lines and shortage of manpower due to the lockdown, according to industry officials. According to leading packaging industry players such as Uflex...

MamaEarth, a toxin-free personal care startup, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has decided that they won’t profit from this situation by selling sanitizers and instead will give them free to people in need through their 1,000+ goodness...

StoreSe.in, a new grocery delivery platform targeted at apartment communities has been launched in Bengaluru. Residents of apartments across the city can now order essentials and groceries from their trusted brands through StoreSe and get it delivered, within 24...

After initial hiccups, Zomato has started grocery delivery in over 80 Indian cities with supplying essentials and is set to launch takeaway service in Australia and Portugal to support restaurants, its CEO Deepinder Goyal said on Tuesday. He said that...

NoBrokerHood, integrated visitor and community management app by NoBroker, has launched grocery services on the app. Society residents can now order groceries and daily essentials on the app and have them delivered at doorstep. NoBrokerHood’s grocery foray comes at a...

Following the news that Clarks is seeking to close some stores permanently, Patrick O’Brien, UK Retail Research Director at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on this news: “Clarks is in a typical midmarket squeeze: like...

Following the news that the UK is raising the cash limit available via contactless payment from £30 to £45, Thomas Brereton, Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the situation: “This rise in...

Following H&M’s Q1 FY figures for 2019/20, Kate Ormrod, Lead Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: ‘‘Present in 74 markets, H&M’s global operation makes the challenge of dealing with COVID-19 all the more harder, ensuring...

Since the UK Government enforced stores to close for the foreseeable future, many non-food retailers hoped that customers would divert spend onto their online channels. However, last week, Next – the UK’s third largest clothing retailer – announced that it...

Following the decision by UK clothing retailer Next to shut its online operations down, Patrick O’Brien, UK Retail Research Director at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “Next’s decision is likely to reverberate across the retail...