Quick commerce: The 10-minute challenge: Quick-commerce becomes the villain for neighbourhood kirana stores
Naresh Singh Shekhawat runs a grocery store N’Mart in one of the upscale condominiums of Gurgaon. He had relocated from his home state of Rajasthan to the National Capital Region (NCR) in search of a fresh future and things couldn’t have been better. But everything started going south last year. Sales have halved to Rs 26,000 per day from Rs 50,000. “Now I stock only those items that move daily—I am giving this business two years more,” he says. “I will give it my heart and soul. I will employ extra hands for quick…