Like Diwali, Christmas is one of the crucial sale periods for retailers and most of the retailers saw 15-25 per cent like-to-like growth in pre-Diwali sales this year.
In Mumbai, developers like the R K Jatia and Lodha groups have launched or reopened ultra luxury residential projects, complete with limousine and concierge services.
International pay packages have soared 10-30 per cent at IITs.
Of the 300 operational malls in the country, just 5-7 per cent, or about 20 malls, are doing well, suggest analysts reports.
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015
Aditya Birla Retail set up seven years earlier, posted a 20% growth in sales over a year earlier for 2013-14.
Discount chain to expand to the east and west, continue with third-party brands.
Gurgaon and Mumbai, the richest cities in Haryana and Maharashtra, respectively, have always been the preferred markets for investors. Most parts of these cities are beyond the reach for those looking for affordable homes.
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Although markets such as Mumbai and some places in the national capital region have continued to see a slowdown in the property markets over the last three years, developers were pinning their hope on the festive season.
Banking and IT lead; see September hiring rise 52%, 34% y-o-y, respectively.
RIL estimates output from KG-D6 could reach up to 60 mscmd in the next five years, when all satellite fields are brought into production.
Taking control of manufacturing will help boost profits for the food business, but it could leave the group saddled with huge debt.
RIL might see its September quarter's profit between Rs 5,600 crore and Rs 5,670 crore.
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But no general trade, because that is a completely different channel of distribution.
Dealers are not happy with the company's latest retailing policy and decided not to re-open their pumps.
Kishore Biyani met Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, in Delhi last week and "discussed many things like the macro environment and the prime minister"
High interest rates and prices mean low affordability. Also, developers have huge inventories.
People are not just splurging on clothes, mobiles and household goods through the online route, they are also looking at cars and even houses.
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