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All these years of operating in the Indian market and yet, the German retail giant couldn’t graduate to a unicorn status

Show Notes

70% of Metro AG’s business in India is made of kirana or mom and pop stores.

But despite being Metro’s core customer base in India, kirana stores are actually turning out to be the straw that's breaking the German retailer’s back.

Tune in to find out why.

With inputs from Aayush Agarwal





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