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Dark stores can be a quick fix, but their sustainability in the long run faces some challenges it can present challenges in the long term due to high operational costs and limited capacity for scalability. Plus, they might lack the experiential element that physical stores offer. So, while they work in the short run, long-term sustainability can be a hurdle.

Order value wrong positioning Wastage High rent Bad management

I think they are once they get automated by AI

Management of dark stores and stocking them is quite a task.

Because they're dark no one can see them 👻 so no one can interact with them, as result they'll fail... Just kidding gys, i think the real reason will be competition as we knew that dark Stores usually only covers upto 2km of area.. so as new quick delivery start-ups emerge and as we see today there are dozens on this... Instamart,zepto,dunzo,blinkit etc... so imagine the scenario where in 2km of area there are 3 to 4 dark Stores of different different companies + the old local kirana shops. This will create immense compitition among sellers so they have to reduce their margins which further translates to reduction in potential revenue which results in low profits & eventually death of that dark store due to unsustainablity in long term...

it will prevail anyhow

As frequency increases it’s more about accuracy and managing people from switching because of price, that’s where businesses with dark store struggle, cataloguing it according to discounts. That’s the most difficult part

It's difficult to get materials and stick them as u carter variety of brands