Sometime in the mid-nineteenth century, following its civil war, America went through severe recession as gold, silver and currencies had been hoarded, creating shortages of currency in the market. Grocery retail chains started minting their own copper, brass and tin coins to give their customers as change in return.
Read more >>Food and grocery retail is the largest segment in the Indian retail sector with an annual spend of around two-thirds of the overall retail spend in our country. Though a large number of organised brands have come up in the recent years, 80% of the market share is still controlled by the neighborhood 'kiranas' (grocers).
Read more >>When the pandemic began in early 2020, the first casualty in the retail industry was supply chain. There was chaos, and consumers struggled to find ways to fulfill their daily needs. Gradually, overall disruption in end-to-end supply chain began to show its impact on businesses globally.
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Read more >>The first product to start retailing online, which introduced e-commerce to the world in the late 1990s, was books. Fashion and lifestyle categories soon began to dominate. However, the most critical category, the one with the largest spend globally — food & grocery or the 'convenience' category — has missed out.
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