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Turning away from heavy promotions in a bid for prestige hasn’t been enough to fend off its struggles
Even if the brutal economics of rapid grocery delivery have done in rivals like Dunzo
Run by 19-year-old tech entrepreneurs, Zepto competes with industry leaders Grofers—now BlinkIt—and Dunzo to fetch your daily grocery items in a record 8 minutes, 47 seconds. Its pace, which comes from tech-enabled dark stores, poses a new challenge within an industry that's always struggled to grow
After only expanding to eight cities in seven years, Dunzo wants to reach as many as 25 within the next 18 months. All while reaching profitability. Standing in its way, though, is a murderers' row of rivals, both old and new
Shadowfax, with its 170 enterprise clients and 100,000+ active delivery partners, reigns supreme at the top of the hyperlocal delivery chain. But as its clients diversify and develop their own logistics ecosystems, the six-year-old startup needs a trump card
The pandemic may have put a dent in Ferns N Petals’ flagship product—on-demand, same-day delivery of perishable gifts—but it’s already looking to new segments and newer destinations. E-commerce gifting, though, brings a peculiar set of challenges for a traditionally offline retailer
To solve retail fragmentation and broken order carts, Swiggy will run its own convenience stores in the cloud. That won’t be good news for its partner stores
Ola wants to go from 40 to 100 cloud kitchens this year, and from 100 to 600-700 within five years. The pandemic has put cloud kitchens on a level playing field with restaurants, but how far can Ola go dependent on Swiggy-Zomato's fleet, with Rebel Foods breathing down its back
With food delivery orders down 70-80%, Swiggy wants to be a mobile-screen conglomerate. Now offering concierge services and grocery delivery, it must convince customers to use it for more than just food
It's been a tough year for the hyperlocal delivery app. Its cash burn has gone up to $3 million a month, its losses have jumped 8-fold and it’s been pulling out of certain pincodes of late. Co-founder Kabeer Biswas isn't daunted—his two big goals are to scale and get profitable. Can he Dunzo them?
For his second act, erstwhile Flipkart co-founder and newly-minted billionaire, Binny Bansal didn’t choose investing or a new consumer startup. Instead, he set up xto10x, a school for growth-stage startups in India. This school, though, lays the foundation for a SaaS company
From grocery space laggard, Flipkart is aiming to not just draw level with its rivals, but overtake them. Along the way, it could finally realise Walmart’s vision for it
But not by competing with it, instead, by allowing local retailers to
The founder of runaway sleeper hit app, Dunzo, on surviving, raising, iterating, growing, raising, taxing, and then raising some more
In India’s e-commerce universe, Google’s search for relevance continues
Indian foodtech companies are looking to corner the market. But to do so, they need to scale their fleets. There are tens of thousands of jobs on offer, but delivery personnel aren’t coming cheap
Swiggy is aspiring to become an on-demand delivery player, moving beyond its core food delivery service. By looking to expand into grocery, alcohol, and medicine delivery, Swiggy is taking a bold step. However, the move is fraught with risk
Near magical service levels. Fanatical customers. Limitless possibilities. But does this scale beyond one city? That’s Dunzo’s challenge
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