Resurfacing a June 2020 move: Reliance Retail mapped JioMart's nationwide kirana-commerce expansion

Back in June 2020, Reliance Retail outlined plans to scale JioMart beyond select cities by linking neighbourhood kiranas, farmers and MSMEs to procurement, delivery, merchant PoS tools and WhatsApp ordering.

— Filed Sat, 1 Aug, 2026, 19:33 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

Reliance Retail outlined plans to scale JioMart’s kirana-commerce platform nationwide, combining local-store aggregation, procurement and delivery. WhatsApp ordering and merchant PoS tools will support onboarding of small traders, farmers and MSMEs.

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