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Why BibalIs Refusing Big Fashion Brands—And Bettingon Homegrown Labels Instead

Ananya Singh March 10, 2026 · 1 min read

Scroll through any major fashion marketplace and you’ll notice a pattern. The same brands. The samenames.Thesameproducts—repeatedacrossbanners,topresults,andsponsoredsections.

Foraneworhomegrownfashionlabel,gettingnoticedisn’taboutdesignorquality.It’saboutbudget. Bibal was built after observing this imbalance closely.

Asanew60minfashiondeliveryplatformunderTekzoraTechnologiesPvt.Ltd.,Bibalhastakena firm stand: established mass-market brands will not be allowed on the platform — at any stage.

Thereasonissimple.Oncedominantbrandsenter,visibilitystopsbeingequal.Advertisingbudgets begin to shape discovery. Smaller brands lose space before they even begin.

“Wearenotagainstbigbrands,”saysCo-founderPuneethShetty.“Buttheyalreadyhavedistribution power. Our focus is on the brands that don’t.”

Bibal exclusively partners with emerging, underrated, and small-team fashion labels — brands that oftenstruggletocompeteonlargemarketplaces.Everybrandgoesthroughastrictqualityscreening process before onboarding, ensuring that being small does not mean compromising on standards.

Theplatformoperatesonalowcommissionstructureandallowspaidplacementsonlywithin controlled limits, preventing any brand from buying disproportionate visibility.

WhileBibaloffers60mindelivery,thecompanybelievesspeedisnottherealdifferentiator.

Therealshiftliesincreatingamarketplacewherediscoveryfeelsfair—whereashoppercanfind something new, not just something heavily funded.

Asanewentrant,Bibalisstartingsmall,buildingintentionally,andfocusingonstructureoverscale.

Becausesometimes,innovationisn’taboutdeliveringfaster—it’saboutdecidingwhodeservesthe spotlight.