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- New UPI players weaponise cashback to chip away at PhonePe-Google Pay duopoly
- Self-service ramyun bars scale across India as Korean noodles capture 34% of Blinkit's noodle sales
- NYC gig-worker curbs and ILO standards could tighten India's platform rules
- Crude slide on US-Iran thaw eases FMCG cost pressure, but shelf prices stay sticky till September
- FSSAI ends 5-year licence renewals, lifts turnover limits across India's $600bn food economy
- India to Launch Star-Rating Efficiency Labels for Electric Two-Wheelers
- Delhi IGIA traffic jumps 14.7% to 7.16M in May 2026, defying West Asia turmoil
- Exchange-led sales hit 50-75% as gold price shock guts fresh jewellery demand in India
- Noida airport opens with 12 flights/day, testing airport-retail thesis amid aviation slowdown
- Indian hotel chains pivot to resorts as leisure travel powers FY26-27 pipeline
- India box office set for 10-15% H1 2026 growth, but Hindi slate stays tentpole-dependent
- Myanmar hilsa floods Indian plates as Bangladesh imports collapse to 2% in FY26
- MDR debate returns as UPI turns 10; govt subsidies cover just 11% of industry costs
- India staples hold steady as FCI stocks cushion West Asia inflation risk
- Tata Consumer eyes 20%+ Ebitda margin, scales Starbucks toward 8,000 stores
- Under-30s now drive 57% of Hindi box office, forcing PVR INOX and rivals to rewire pricing and content
- Air fryers crack urban India: Amazon sales up 132% YoY as prices crash from ₹14K to ₹3K
- AICPDF warns HUL, FMCG majors over unviable 3.5-5% margins; protest looms August 2026
- BIS bans chlorine bleaching, epichlorohydrin in first-ever India tea bag quality standards
- Agentic AI threatens Indian marketplaces' discovery moat as Razorpay flags 1,000 D2C brands going LLM-native