Myntra’s Nandita Sinha to lead Instamart’s premiumisation pivot

Swiggy has named former Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha to lead Instamart from August 3, with a mandate to sharpen premium assortment, private labels, merchandising and monetisation while slowing dark-store expansion to improve contribution margins.

— Filed Tue, 28 Jul, 2026, 19:58 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

Swiggy appointed former Myntra CEO Nandita Sinha to lead Instamart from August 3, pivoting quick commerce toward premiumisation, private labels, merchandising and monetisation. The company is slowing dark-store expansion as it seeks contribution-margin breakeven and lower losses.

Why this matters

The appointment follows recent signals on Swiggy naming Sinha as Instamart leader and Instamart’s resurfacing physical-retail experiment, indicating a broader reset of the quick-commerce business model.

Leadership is steady, with 931 signals in the past 90 days; QoQ figures were not provided.