'If Walmart is a physical retailer, why is it striking a deal with Flipkart for the online space?'
One thing is certain: The part-Goan, part-Malayali group CEO of Air Asia is not your usual boardroom CEO, and he cultivates the maverick businessman image, buying race car teams and football clubs and taking off-beat bets with his mentor and now buddy Richard Branson of Virgin.
Dealers have stocked up vehicles in the run-up to a price hike, which is expected to be announced by leading players some time this month.
Company says it is just replacing old guard with stronger leaders
The five-acre facility, set up by M&M through a joint venture with government owned company MSTC, went on stream in April this year
Irrespective of the recent performance of Datsun, Nissan is ready to put more resources behind it.
With expectations of customers changing and demand for seamless, uninterrupted shopping increasing, tech companies are now using this fear of becoming irrelevant as a sales pitch to sell their products to traditional retailers.
The edge that Maruti Suzuki enjoys over Hyundai and other rivals stem primarily from its gigantic scale, reports Ajay Modi.
Toyota's India unit will also source two cars manufactured by Maruti Suzuki, the Baleno and Brezza, including their hybrid variants, and in return Toyota will offer its Corolla sedan to Maruti.
For players like Toyota Kirloskar and Ford, the contribution of UVs to overall sales is now well over 60%.
German Car maker Audi plans to offer cars that can do 400 km on a single charge, says Ajay Modi.
While the talks are still at a preliminary stage, sources said major retail players had held discussions with Amazon
The low fares will come with a discernible sea-change in service quality and minus the luxury which comes as an essential part of any long-haul travel
IndiGo and other airlines have said they are improving their staff training, looking at better ways of communication and customer awareness on operational matters.
Using the app, bank transfers can be done from/to any bank account, making it easier to make payments at no charge. Even non-KYC Paytm users can avail the facility.
It is likely the airports - Chennai, Kolkata, Kochi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati - will be bid out for 30 years and the tariffs will be fixed upfront.
Readying its game plan, the Bengaluru-based e-commerce giant plans to renew talks of investments in various companies such as Swiggy, BookMyShow, Pepperfry, UrbanClap
Google will be able to co-relate data from the first click to the final delivery of product. This kind of knowledge is invaluable, something which even Amazon does not have.
The IPL uses this system for players' auction.
Sellers, especially the smaller ones, are planning to go to court as well as move CCI as they fear that Walmart could bring multiple private labels in India and flood the e-commerce platform with its own products.
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