# Wholesale and retail trade: Sources

Distributors, warehouses and stores moving finished goods from factories to households

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/sources/

#### Sources

1. [Global Powers of Retailing 2025](https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-shared/docs/industries/consumer/2025/deloitte-global-powers-of-retailing-2025.pdf) Deloitte, 2025
2. [Retail infographic, May 2026](https://www.ibef.org/uploads/industry/Infrographics/large/Retail-Infographic-May-2026.pdf) India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), 2026
3. [Ecommerce to account for more than 20% of worldwide retail sales despite slowdown (February 2025 forecast)](https://www.emarketer.com/content/ecommerce-account-more-than-20--of-worldwide-retail-sales-despite-slowdown) eMarketer, 2025
4. [Government says nearly 55.49 crore users onboarded on UPI as of June (Lok Sabha reply, Ministry of Finance)](https://newsonair.gov.in/government-says-nearly-55-49-crore-users-onboarded-on-upi-as-of-june/) News On AIR (Prasar Bharati), 2026
5. [Assessment of Logistics Cost in India (DPIIT-NCAER), summary](https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/nov/doc20251127708001.pdf) Press Information Bureau, Government of India, 2025

## Other sections

- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/index.md)
- [Where ₹100 goes](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/cost-mix/index.md)
- [Price links with suppliers](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/price-links/index.md)
- [Example story](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/story/index.md)
- [Linked industries](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/linked-industries/index.md)
- [Value chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/value-chain/index.md)
- [Materials drawn on](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/materials/index.md)
- [Chokepoints and risks](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/risks/index.md)