India retail news for 3 October 2026
What moved in Indian retail on 3 October 2026, newest first. 204 stories that day · showing 1–100 (page 1 of 3).
- Mumbai's Yazdani Bakery shuts for renovation from September 29; online talk links it to FDA crackdown, but no evidence of FDA action
- TVS Motor September sales rise 24% to 672,790 units as domestic two-wheelers grow 17%
- UPI MDR starts 15 October: 0.4% on merchant payments above ₹2,000, capped at ₹300 for ₹75,000-plus transactions
- Target, Nike discuss expanding India sourcing in meetings with Piyush Goyal on US visit
- Kuku FM parent Kuku Technologies swings to ₹182.7 Cr FY26 profit as revenue jumps 6x to ₹1,484 Cr ahead of IPO
- Mall leasing falls 38% in Q3 across India's top 8 cities as overall retail leasing slips nearly 5%: Cushman & Wakefield
- Indian startups raise $418M in 22 deals; Simple Energy bags Rs 1,750 crore, home interiors startup Gravity $15M
- V2 Retail Q2 FY27 standalone revenue rises 28.4% to Rs 905 crore on 49 new stores
- FSSAI declares Nestlé Low Fat Dairy Whitener sample from The Lalit, Delhi 'unsafe' and 'substandard'
- FSSAI proposes red hexagon front-of-pack warning for packaged foods that cross the threshold for even one nutrient of concern
- D-Mart Q2 revenue rises 18.4% to ₹19,206 crore; store count reaches 518
- India cuts sugar dealer stock limit to 1,000 quintals from October 15 despite 15% price fall since August
- Active Clothing appoints Shivanee Shankar Dutt as CEO – New Business Initiatives
- Bajaj Auto's September sales rise 5% to 5,38,443 units as 32% export surge offsets 9% domestic decline
- AceVector IPO closes 4.93X subscribed; SoftBank's Starfish I pockets ₹88 Cr via OFS as Snapdeal gets bulk of fresh issue
- Cinépolis doubled its Faridabad presence to eight screens with a 549-seat, four-screen multiplex at City Life Mall, opened in late September
- BMW India opens pre-orders for five M cars and one Motorrad bike marking the Nürburgring's 2027 centenary
- BMC proposes Rs400-per-show entertainment tax, up from Rs60; Mumbai cinema tickets may rise Rs 5-10
- UPI volumes hit 145 billion in H1 FY27, up 27%, as 0.4% merchant MDR takes effect October 15
- Apple Pay enters India with Axis Bank cards, but must find room in a UPI-first market