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Market Outlook: Understanding India’s $800 Billion Retail Sector

In this Market Outlook report, we explore India’s retail sector. We analyze data on the sector size and present our growth estimates for 2021. We discuss key market drivers and e-commerce penetration in India’s retail market compared to other global markets. This report also covers a breakdown of India’s top 15 retail companies by revenue,—including Avenue Supermarts, Flipkart Internet, Reliance Retail and V-Mart Retail.

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Big Billion Days and Great Indian Festival 2020: Highlights So Far from India’s Key E-Commerce Festivals

Flipkart’s annual Big Billion Days (BBD) sales event and Amazon’s Great Indian Festival (GIF) kicked off on October 16 and October 17 respectively, with BBD running for six days through October 21 and GIF set to continue for a month without a specific end date. We discuss the festival highlights so far, including sales data released by the retailers, consumer reach, headline promotions and top offer categories.

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Retail-Tech Landscape: India

We continue our Retail-Tech Landscape report series, which spotlights innovative technology companies that are disrupting the retail industry. This landscape focuses selected companies in India whose technology solutions can help brands and retailers capitalize on the huge growth potential in the country’s retail market. Our landscape infographic summarizes these companies.

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Insights from Amazon Prime Day 2020 in India: A Precursor to Prime Day in Other Markets

We present insights from Amazon’s Prime Day event in India, which took place on August 6–7. We discuss the e-commerce giant’s preparations for the event this year, headline deals and consumer challenges. We discuss how the event in India is a precursor to Amazon’s Prime Day in other markets later in the year, and its implications for brands and retailers.

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Beauty Insights: Opportunities in India’s Beauty and Personal Care Market

As part of our Beauty Insights series, we explore the beauty and personal care market in India and the opportunities that it presents to international brands and retailers. We detail the industry’s key growth drivers—considering population demographics, the e-commerce channel and evolving consumer trends—and discuss the competitive landscape, which includes international players such as L’Oréal, Estée Lauder and Sephora. We also assess the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the India’s beauty sector against the backdrop of easing nationwide lockdowns.

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Wellness as a Luxury, Part 3—Eating Well

This is the third in our Wellness as a Luxury series of reports, where we examine wellness as the new status symbol: this “wellthness” is fast replacing more traditional signifiers of affluence as a luxury to be enjoyed and flaunted.

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