Tech This Week | Encouraging small sellers to get online must be a policy priority

The pandemic is bad news for the Indian retailer. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) estimated when the lockdown was imposed. In addition, the body also estimated that at least 20% of Indian retailers were likely to wind up their business in the coming months. Because of restrictions in movement, it is hard for […]

Kirana stores left out as JioMart launches in 200 cities without them

Weeks after Mukesh Ambani signed a deal between JioMart and Facebook, the self-declared kirana store aggregator has launched its services in 200 cities, including small cities such as Bhatinda, Mysuru and Dehradun, but without the neighbourhood stores on board. While a pilot project was launched last month in the Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan neighbourhoods […]