India retail news for 7 October 2026
What moved in Indian retail on 7 October 2026, newest first. 218 stories that day · showing 1–100 (page 1 of 3).
- GST Council may settle app-cab tax row: 5% on full fare or 18% on commission, with Rapido and Uber India in focus
- Airtel raises postpaid tariffs 3-11%, its first postpaid hike in over two years
- HYBE brings Weverse Con Festival to New Delhi on 27–28 March 2027, with BookMyShow as exclusive ticketing partner
- KIKO Milano opens Mumbai flagship at Jio World Drive, plans to double India footprint by end of 2026
- Ola Electric sets ₹27 rights issue price, 26% below market, to raise up to ₹999.74 crore; issue opens 22 October
- Swish pilots Swish Go in Bengaluru, with no platform or packaging fees, to take on Swiggy and Zomato
- Premium alcobev grew at 10.2% CAGR in 2022-2025; ISWAI sees smaller cities driving the next premiumisation phase
- Senco Gold Q2FY27 revenue up 31% with same-store sales growth of 19%; PC Jeweller revenue rises 28%
- PC Jeweller Q2 revenue up about 28%, turns debt-free and collects ₹142 crore from export debtors
- Govt cuts sugar dealer stock limit to 1,000 quintals from 15 October; Kolkata, Assam exempt
- KIKO Milano to nearly double India stores to 19 by end-2026, eyes top 3-5 global market in five years
- Senco Gold Q2 revenue up 31%, same-store sales 19%, as showroom count reaches 215
- Recur Club launches Rs 500 crore fund for D2C brands ahead of the festive season
- iPhone 18 Pro Burgundy Red units reportedly turning pinkish around camera; Apple yet to acknowledge issue
- Godawan's World Wildlife Week film uses over 5,200 ceramic pieces to tell the Great Indian Bustard's story
- Gaurav Gupta to open first permanent Paris couture salon on 5 October 2026, with ex-Elie Saab executive Cornut leading
- ISWAI: Taxes make up 65–70% of a ₹100 alcohol bottle's price, up to 80% in some states
- Soyuzprod to take Russian vodka to 21 Indian states in six months, up from 13, as exports surge
- JSW MG Motor launches 2026 Hector Blackstorm and Snowstorm editions at Rs. 19.99 lakh
- Jubilant FoodWorks Q2 revenue up 11.9% to ₹2,608.7 crore; Domino's India like-for-like growth at 4%
- CJ Foods enters India with Bibigo Bapsang via GTGO, which targets 100 outlets by June 2027 and Rs 100 crore revenue
- e-SPRINTO said on September 30 it would launch G1 family e-scooter October 13, its first beyond commercial fleets
- River Mobility partners Flipkart to sell Indie electric scooter online, starting with Big Billion Days
- Novotel Visakhapatnam Varun Beach reopens The Square with live counters and a dedicated Andhra cuisine section
- Sagar Ratna's FY25 revenue reaches Rs 179.65 crore, up from Rs 103.30 crore in FY22
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts signs 155-room Wyndham Garden in Vrindavan, due to open in early 2031
- Electric PV retail sales surge 95% to 36,108 units in September as penetration reaches 8.5%
- Suzuki adds Glass Sparkle Black-Metallic Matte Fibroin Gray colour to V-STROM SX at Rs 202,118 ex-showroom
- Chor Bizarre opens in Jaipur at InterContinental Jaipur, 36 years after its first Delhi restaurant
- Sky Gold buys Purvi Gems for Rs 9 crore in all-cash deal to widen its lightweight and studded jewellery range
- Lenskart launches music-inspired Shunya eyewear collection of 37 styles, debuts Lenskart Live concert series on its app
- BPTP launches The Boulevard at Green Oaks, a 52-unit high-street retail project in Gurugram's Sector 70A
- Lumio raises $12 mn (Rs 115 crore) led by Blume Ventures to widen home categories and after-sales reach
- India's quick commerce market set for seven-fold growth to USD 90 billion by FY31, Google-Redseer report says
- aiqa enters D2C after six years of partner-only sales, names Anuj Arora CEO of its partner business
- Amazon Ads launches Interactive Video and Pause Ads on Prime Video India, with Add to Cart, ahead of festive season
- Flipkart stages 'Home for Old Age Appliances' activation in Mumbai to push Big Billion Days exchange offers