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#ONDC is gaining development traction with Google's accelerator program for startups. It is also making available open-source functionalities for scale with grants for startups working as network participants (Seller apps, Buyer ap…lnkd.in/gJr8uGQ3 lnkd.in/gy4PzvkZ

BIG marketing Play, for the BIG Game, IPL! More practical, in-depth frameworks to understand how to play BIG for the IPL season with clear objectives. Good read lnkd.in/eWBPb4BQ

#ONDC growing by size with network participants and popularity every day, which is a good sign. Grassroots level innovation is necessary for solving ground level reality and adoption. Tech is not a bottleneck, instead awareness and operational excellence…lnkd.in/gSTEutnE

Evolution of digital commerce: Started with a simple e-commerce website, where products were listed online for customers to browse through the net. With affordable data packs and smartphones, the whole experience got better with mobile apps. Information d…lnkd.in/gHHMwKCN

It was a great pleasure attending #ALTERNATIVE23 at New Horizon College of Engineering yesterday and sharing the dais with the social entrepreneur's fraternity on #worldenvironmentday. Truly inspiring stories from Urvi Lahoti and many youngsters, being at…lnkd.in/gsid6DP2

Wonderful initiative on this World Environment Day. Vimové lnkd.in/g_JQpK8F

Wishing Vimové Foundation and the team great success on this event and for inspiring all of us to make a difference. Let’s spread awareness & cause. Let us do our bit to keep mother nature cleaner and healthier on this World Environment Day! It’s not an…lnkd.in/gcyCNXD7

Hyperlocal grocery is one of the most talked about hyperlocal services after food delivery service in the country as it has nearly 60+% retail consumption. For groceries, we continue to see stock-up behaviors by customers from bigger retail joints, and su…lnkd.in/gyuXRevj

Meaningful Initiative for a special day, World Environment Day. All the best to the Alternative23 program, Vinay Shindhe & team. lnkd.in/g-seJ7Ea

L-Commerce Digitization Journey and opportunity with #ONDC: Adoption of digital tools in the local markets, the neighborhood is shaping the Local-Commerce. It started off with digital payments using QR codes and quickly scaled with UPI payments. The next…lnkd.in/grd8jiVe

Most popular payment mode for hyperlocal commerce: Nearly 86% prefer UPI over other payment modes to pay their local grocers and subscription service providers on Zopnote. Informal credit given by the merchants to their regular customers for post-paid sub…lnkd.in/g_9rp2tp

Indian #digitization story is empowering small businesses with #technology for efficiency and growth. Eventually, this digital footprint leads to access to #financial services and #credit. This journey needs to be simple, affordable, and scalable for the…lnkd.in/gQ8QP724

Indian #digitization story is empowering small businesses with #technology for efficiency and growth. Eventually, this digital footprint leads to access to #financial services and #credit. This journey needs to be simple, affordable, and scalable for the…lnkd.in/gJRNy2rY

Hyperlocal Mom-and-pop shops make up more than 75% of retail shops and only 5% of small businesses use digital. Of this India has nearly 12+ million Kirana shops & very few use inventory management solutions. Their digitization needs are around managing o…lnkd.in/g3pMivt4

The needs of e-commerce and local-commerce (L-commerce) are different. Current ONDC open network implementations are focused on e-commerce, which may not be the needs of small shops in the neighborhood. Building a self-sufficient market meeting local dem…lnkd.in/gQVr6-wn