Peerzada Abrar &Amp; Samreen Ahmad

Stories by Peerzada Abrar &Amp; Samreen Ahmad

Retailers making the most of 'new' Bharat

Retailers making the most of 'new' Bharat

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2019

Riding on this change in aspirations, V-Mart a value retail chain is growing close to 22 per cent year-on-year, and is aggressively looking to expand its footprint, with 60 new stores this year.

FMCG firms staring at worst slump in 15 years

FMCG firms staring at worst slump in 15 years

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2019

The slowdown had been brewing since 2016 but was intensified further by several disruptions in the past two years including demonetisation.

Apple clocks double-digit revenue growth in India

Apple clocks double-digit revenue growth in India

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2019

Analysts tracking Apple said the India results were glimpses of what the company could achieve in emerging markets with a right pricing strategy for its products and local manufacturing.

EV start-up SmartE gets Rs 100-crore funding from Mitsui

EV start-up SmartE gets Rs 100-crore funding from Mitsui

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2019

With its fleet of nearly 1,000 electric three-wheelers in Delhi-NCR, it moves around 100,000 commuters daily. The company will use the funding to rapidly increase its fleet size within Delhi-NCR as well as other key cities around the country.

Ola expands global footprint, gets London licence to take on Uber

Ola expands global footprint, gets London licence to take on Uber

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2019

In the UK, Ola is the only app that offers black cabs and private hire vehicles, giving both the driver-partners as well as the users, more choice.

Flipkart to roll out EVs for last-mile deliveries

Flipkart to roll out EVs for last-mile deliveries

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2019

The aim is to replace nearly 40 per cent of its existing last mile fleet of delivery vans with EVs by March 2020. o start with, the company is looking at deploying nearly 160 e-vans by the end of 2019.

Entrepreneurs who invested in scooter sharing start-up Vogo

Entrepreneurs who invested in scooter sharing start-up Vogo

Rediff.com   19 Jun 2019

Vogo, which has a fleet of over 12,000 vehicles mainly across Hyderabad, Mysuru and Bengaluru, is also betting big on India's growing traffic congestion.

India is blessed - you have lot of talent here: Cisco CEO

India is blessed - you have lot of talent here: Cisco CEO

Rediff.com   10 Jun 2019

In an interview with Peerzada Abrar and Romita Majumdar, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said that his company would continue to bet heavily on India's engineering talent pool.

Swiggy unveils 'Daily', the first-of-its-kind homestyle meal app

Swiggy unveils 'Daily', the first-of-its-kind homestyle meal app

Rediff.com   4 Jun 2019

To make the service a hassle-free everyday option, Daily will allow users to schedule their meals in advance or opt for a daily, weekly or monthly subscription.

India's gaming industry heats up

India's gaming industry heats up

Rediff.com   17 May 2019

'India has over 300 million online sports fans, of which over 60 million use fantasy sports as their primary tool for engagement with their favourite sport.'

Flipkart ups the ante in grocery battle with Amazon

Flipkart ups the ante in grocery battle with Amazon

Rediff.com   9 May 2019

Flipkart Supermart is already live in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi

Lessons from Justdial 'data breach'

Lessons from Justdial 'data breach'

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2019

At a time when services are rapidly digitising in India, enterprises are witnessing a rise in cases of sensitive data exposure risks and breaches.

Data privacy a major concern in India: Nandan Nilekani

Data privacy a major concern in India: Nandan Nilekani

Rediff.com   23 Apr 2019

Data privacy, he said, is a broader argument beyond Aadhaar as it includes everything such as issues related to mobile phones and social media data.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in India to take on Amazon

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon in India to take on Amazon

Rediff.com   16 Apr 2019

Besides Jeff Bezos-led Amazon, Walmart-owned Flipkart is also facing a threat from Asia's richest man and RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani, who is also betting big to grab a share of the country's e-commerce market.

A peek into PhonePe's mega expansion plan

A peek into PhonePe's mega expansion plan

Rediff.com   10 Apr 2019

This year, PhonePe is focussed on bringing more partners across categories, including travel, commute, food, hyper-local, retail and entertainment on the platform.

Zomato's FY19 revenues jump, so do the expenses

Zomato's FY19 revenues jump, so do the expenses

Rediff.com   7 Apr 2019

Company's revenue rises 3-fold to touch $206 million while total cost jumps over 6 times to $500 million

3 more UK cities added to Ola's roadmap

3 more UK cities added to Ola's roadmap

Rediff.com   30 Mar 2019

Ola, which is now present in seven cities in the UK, said its easy-to-use app would transform commuting experiences in these areas providing the community with greater travel choice as well as quicker and easier access to cabs.

Azim Premji-backed iD Fresh Food shifts focus to organic products

Azim Premji-backed iD Fresh Food shifts focus to organic products

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2019

The phase-wise transition of iD Fresh products into organic items has started and will include flagship offerings such as idli and dosa batter and Malabar parotta.

Ola banned in K'taka for 6 months for violating norms

Ola banned in K'taka for 6 months for violating norms

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2019

The state government says Ola was using its existing cab aggregator licence to promote bike taxi services.

N/Core to support 30 nonprofit startups

N/Core to support 30 nonprofit startups

Rediff.com   22 Mar 2019

The initiative deepens N/Core's multi-year partnership with tech giant Cisco, which has participated in the fund along with Ford Foundation and IRB Infrastructure.