Cash-&-carry chains claim of the products they sell 85-90% is local.
Cash-and-carry stores try tricks, from playing Bollywood music to customising orders, to retain customers.
The chain readies to expand its footprint as Bharti focuses on its retail venture.
The two former partners own about 100 such properties; expansion of Best Price, EasyDay stores only after transactions linked to the split are over.
US retail chain Walmart is awaiting a decision by its board decision on its India strategy, including its partnership with the Bharti group.
The one-year extension would give Walmart and its Indian joint venture partner in the cash and carry business, Bharti Group, more time to sort things out and decide on a retail foray together, people in the know said.
DLF says it has started the process of giving possession of housing units at New Town Heights project according to its commitment
This could mean an end to the talks for a possible partnership between the two firms in the multi-brand retail space -- less than a year after 51 per cent foreign investment was allowed in the sector.
Walmart's US Senate filings on Indian market missing
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According to sector officials and watchers, the funding (among the largest so far in the segment) from its existing investors -- Naspers, Accel Partners, Tiger Global and Iconiq Capital -- might be a sign of confidence they have in the company but it's still unsure if it will be enough for Flipkart to turn a corner and become profitable.
Scott Price is learnt to have conveyed to Sharma that Walmart remained committed to the India market.
Four new retailers from US, two from Germany may have shown interest in setting up shop in India.
An official said next week, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion was likely to issue clarifications sought by the sector on the government's multi-brand retail policy.
DEA objects to the company's 29 Indian stores having sub-brands as a rule violation; DIPP doesn't agree.
Patience has kept IKEA, the euro 27-billion Swedish retailer, going despite entry hurdles. So says Juvencio Maeztu, its chief executive officer for India.
Patience has kept IKEA, the euro 27-billion Swedish retailer, going despite entry hurdles. So says Juvencio Maeztu, its chief executive officer for India.
Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah's 'atheism'is not a new trend in Indian politics, points out Archis Mohan.
FDI policy for multi-brand retail has been a sore point for the retail chain.
Retailers can buy existing facilities if they spend $50 mn to create additional infra.
Officina Farmaceutica Italiana mainly deals in large-scale contract manufacturing for cosmetics and drug majors
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