Alibaba set to bring back the Walmart ghost

  Panic buttons were pressed when Alibaba recently announced it was exploring options to directly enter India Exactly 10 years ago, in April 2006, stories of American retail giant Walmart......

How small entrepreneurs are making it big on Flipkart, Amazon

The e-commerce story in India has begun to look up, says Aparna Kalra. Navdeep Narang and wife Sanjeet of butterfliesbag. Photographs Dalip Kumar/Business Standard Navdeep Narang and wife Sanjeet......

Indians prefer a formal Lacoste

India has proved to be a different market for the French apparel brand, Lacoste. Ever since the founder and Grand Slam tennis champion René Lacoste decided his erstwhile jersey was too stiff......

Budget: What some industry sectors want

With the Union Budget barely a month away, various industry bodies see this as an opportunity to draw Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's attention to their sectors and put forth their demands so......