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A shuttered retail unit photographed straight on from the street, with open neighbouring shops and passers-by on either side.
RETAIL NEWS · 25 OCT 2026

What Happens When a Retail Chain Closes Stores?

A closure is a chain of decisions about leases, stock, staff and neighbours. Understanding that chain explains when stores close and what a closure really signals.

Three different store formats, a compact express outlet, a neighbourhood store and a large-format shop, photographed side by side at the same eye-level angle.
THE FORMAT FILES · 23 OCT 2026

The New Retail Formats Indian Chains Are Testing

Express, neighbourhood, hybrid and destination stores each answer a different economic question. How to judge a format trial by capital returns, not launch noise.

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