New Delhi, June 10 -- As India's retail landscape evolves, the digitization of its most fragmented layer, the kirana ecosystem remains a critical challenge and opportunity. ApnaKlub, a B2B platform focused on empowering small and medium retailers across Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, is tackling this head-on. In this exclusive conversation with Dataquest and CiOL, Gourav Das, CTO at ApnaKlub, explains how the company is building a tech-first, people-centric FMCG supply chain, leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), lean teams, and data-driven insights to make kirana commerce smarter, faster, and more scalable. Excerpts.

While top-tier wholesalers and organized retailers are well integrated into supply chains, most kirana stores still op...