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UNCOVERED: Minutes - The Untold Story

Beyond the top 3, Amazon and Flipkart wage war to win the quick commerce crown

Ecommerce giants Amazon and Flipkart are aggressively expanding their quick commerce operations, aiming to capture market share from established players like Blinkit, Instamart, and Zepto. Flipkart Minutes is rapidly growing its fulfilment centres, focusing on tier 2 and 3 cities, while Amazon Now plans to extend its dark store network…

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Walmart's Flipkart, Amazon step up India 'quick commerce' bet as competition heats up

Walmart's Flipkart and Amazon are accelerating their quick commerce expansion in India, targeting smaller cities to compete with domestic players. This rapid delivery sector, promising goods within minutes, is reshaping shopping habits. While Blinkit and Swiggy lead in store count, Flipkart and Amazon are significantly increasing their reach, with Flipkart…

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Flipkart Minutes expands to 1,000 stores as quick commerce competition intensifies

Flipkart's quick commerce arm, Minutes, is rapidly expanding, aiming for 1,500 fulfilment centres in over 180 cities soon. This aggressive growth, adding about 100 stores monthly, targets both metros and smaller markets, differentiating from competitors like Blinkit, Zepto, and Instamart. Minutes is leveraging Flipkart's vast customer base to offer a…

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Amazon Now to launch 100 large fulfilment stores in key markets ahead of Prime Day

Amazon Now is launching 100 large fulfillment centers across major Indian cities, significantly expanding its product assortment beyond daily essentials to include electronics and other everyday items. This strategic move aims to deliver products in 10-20 minutes, bolstering its presence in the rapidly growing quick commerce sector ahead of its…

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Flipkart pauses IPO discussions amid rising volatility in markets

Walmart-owned Flipkart has indefinitely paused its IPO plans due to rising market volatility and a crowded pipeline of upcoming public issues. This decision follows similar postponements by other major tech firms, as Flipkart focuses on aggressive investment in its quick commerce arm, Flipkart Minutes, to drive growth amidst stagnating e-commerce…

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Forde Minutes: Conference Tournament Season Hits Full Swing

Contenders, pretenders and dark horses for the remaining conference tournaments as Power 5 play gets underway with Selection Sunday less than a week away.

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Forde Minutes: Big East Bubble Burst and Small-Conference Tournament Previews

The feared Big East takeover never came in the revenue-sharing era, plus Championship Week begins as we march toward Selection Sunday.

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Forde Minutes: How to Improve College Basketball and Small-Conference Tournament Guide

With two weeks until Selection Sunday, the race for NCAA tournament bids heats up as conference tournaments begin in earnest this week.

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Forde Minutes: Taking an Awkward Ride on the Coaching Carousel

Plus, how cross-country travel has affected men’s basketball teams, the European movement and an SEC check-in.

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Forde Minutes: NCAA Tournament Expansion Talk Is Back and Worse Than Ever

Plus, disappointing men’s basketball teams, a check-in on the freshman class and what to watch this week in the SEC.

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Forde Minutes: Evaluating Coaching Performances Around Men’s College Basketball

From alums taking over their alma maters to home runs in the last hiring cycle to the heated Hurley brothers, coaches have been newsmakers this season. Here's what's gone well—and what hasn't.

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Forde Minutes: Six Pressing Questions for the High-Major Stretch Run

There is much unsettled as the regular season nears an end for the top six leagues while small-conference tournaments begin this week.

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Forde Minutes: Court Storms, Bubble Teams and Looming Selection Committee Questions

The next two weeks will be about teams chasing conference championships and improving positioning for NCAA tournament at-large bids.

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Forde Minutes: Ohio State’s Emotional Win, the Latest Coaching Carousel and Don’t Mess With the NCAA Tournament

What you should know about the coaches who should be on the hot seat and those who could replace them and why Washington State should be America’s team.

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Forde Minutes: Our Biggest Questions Leading Into Champ Week

Pat Forde debates factoring Alabama’s off-court controversy in awards voting and what the bracket will hold for Purdue, UCLA and the ACC.

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Eight Key Things for the Men’s College Hoops Stretch Run

From Kansas’s Big 12 surge to North Carolina and Kentucky staying afloat, these are the story lines to keep an eye on as the regular season winds down.

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Where Is the Next Wave of Elite Coaches?

This isn’t a season (or an era) for the younger phenoms, which hasn’t always been the case.

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Forde Minutes: Pistol Pete’s Record, UNC’s Dance Bid in Serious Jeopardy

Antoine Davis is charging toward Pete Maravich’s career NCAA scoring record, while the Tar Heels are in danger of setting the wrong kind of history.

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Forde Minutes: League Title Droughts That Could Come to an End

Clemson, UCLA and Marquette are among the men’s programs leading their conferences.

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Forde Minutes: Predicting Every Remaining Men’s Conference Tournament

Breaking down every remaining men’s league that will award an NCAA auto-bid this week.

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Forde Minutes: After Rash of Upsets, Is the Contender Pool Expanding?

Plus, the most important Coach K teams and picks for the first wave of men’s conference tournaments.

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Forde Minutes: Ending the Handshake Line Is Not the Answer

Plus, a closer look at teams streaking and skidding; six impactful freshmen; a big looming Saturday slate and more.

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Forde Minutes: Is This the Year of the Mid-Major?

Plus, the No. 1 seeds as of today, the best league races to watch, five questions with Mike Brey and more.

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Forde Minutes: Which Teams Are Hitting the Panic Button?

The NCAA tournament bubble has some big faces. Plus, assessing the top seed lines and first-year coaches.

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Forde Minutes: Blooming Big Men, Hot Seats and the Shift Westward

Plus the mid-majors that could nab an at-large bid, and five questions with Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd.

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