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Signals from Indiaretailing.com
- Sri Lankan retailers Carnage and School Planet eye India entry within 5 years via franchise routes
- Mufti unveils '2.0' identity at PRC 2026, adds 30 new-format stores
- Indian retailers move from buying supply chain tech to actually using it; Being Human cuts base stock 14%
- Centric Software's AI-embedded PLM scales to 4,000 India users, powering ABFRL, Pantaloons, Reliance
- Metro Brands, Zivame, Baggit lean on agentic AI to clear dead stock as store rollouts accelerate
- Tata Trent eliminates warehouse scanning after 18-month RFID rollout across 300+ vendors
- Indian retailers compress inventory cycles to 45-60 days as RFID and real-time visibility go mainstream
- D2C brands double down on stores: Sleep Company hits 80% offline, Pepe lifts repeat rate to 37%
- India retailers operationalize in-store AI: cameras tune assortment, farm chain chases 1,000 stores in 1,000 days
- Raymond crosses ₹7,000 cr in FY26, plots 10x scale-up of Ethnics and Home verticals
- Being Human bets on data-led omnichannel: 87 stores, 600 MBOs and a nightly replenishment engine
- Parking and lighting reframed as footfall engines as Indian mall operators chase European spend-uplift playbook
- Hexalip flags 'Commercial Commitment Gap' as 98% of digital shoppers exit Indian phygital retailers