Article·Apr 12, 2026
Q-Commerce - Why do Q-Commerce Companies keep changing their delivery promises?
If you’ve ordered from a quick-commerce app enough times, you’ve already seen that delivery time keeps changing. What shows up as 10…
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Article·Mar 23, 2026
Q-Commerce: Suppliers' Stress in Q-Commerce Supply Chain
Context: The best thing at LongArc has been the ability to see the entire spectrum of the supply chain, rather than limiting ourselves to…
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Article·Mar 10, 2026
India's Energy Crunch: The Startup Playbook for What Comes Next
The West Asia conflict has done something no domestic policy debate could - it has exposed how fragile India's energy supply chain really is. And the fault lines run right through the heart of the startup economy. Will this be Quick Commerce's Unexpected Moment?
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Article·Feb 3, 2026
From Speed to Survival: What India's Challenger Brands Need to Compete Now
India's digitally native brands - we have to stop calling them D2C brands - have had an extraordinary run. In 2020, when lockdowns pushed…
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Q-Commerce - Design for Reliability
What to Expect in This Article Reliability as table stakes Components of reliability Why fat-tail demand breaks Q-com systems Designing…
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Q-commerce Fresh Story
What to expect in this article: Fresh as a q-com growth engine What makes fresh complex Key capabilities The new fresh playbook The…
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When to Target, When to Tinker - Ops Leader’s Dilemma
Leaders often default to setting targets on every metric and then demanding why numbers are not met. This works fine when problems are…
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Fresh - Dynamic Supply Chain
Managing a dynamic supply chain is akin to running a pop-up business—constantly adapting to changes, aligning multiple moving parts and…
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Surge Capacity
In operations and supply chains, efficiency is often about balance i.e., keeping costs low while ensuring steady output . However, when…
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