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    While coronavirus keeps stores closed, eCommerce saves the day for mid-level brands

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    Like Da Milano, a host of small-to-medium Indian brands, including Chumbak, Meena Bazaar and Metro Brands, are either shutting outlets or freezing expansions even as they are ramping up their ecommerce verticals.

    New Delhi: Prior to the pandemic, premium leather goods brand Da Milano had used its webstore primarily for clearance sale.However, as business at its network of outlets came to a standstill during the lockdown and as sales suffered even after the easing of restrictions due to low footfalls at malls and on high-streets, the online store proved to be a silver-lining.“Business in malls and high streets are gradually picking up, (but) normalcy of
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