The $4 billion tractor-to-IT conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra is in talks with European fresh produce supply chain and distribution companies to set up a supply joint venture to cater to international and domestic markets.
In what could be the norm in the days to come, luxury brands that are available in India, including the ones mentioned above, are coming together to work in unison.
The picture is becoming bigger for the core sector. Lower margins from infrastructure projects and expectations of a higher yield from real estate projects have seen many a core sector company jumping on the realty bandwagon.
At present, Godrej Sara Lee's portfolio largely consists of household insecticide brands like Hit and Good Knight in India, apart from Sara Lee's air purifier brand, Ambi Pur.
The sales of construction companies are expected to rise in the current quarter and financial year on the back of strong order books and increased activity in infrastructure.
Three months after the Foreign Investment Promotion Board put its entry into India on hold, US coffee retail giant Starbucks has sent a revised application to operate single-brand retail stores under a restructured entity.
Rating agencies think repealing the archaic law would help attain greater transparency and efficiency and reduce problems in accessing funds overseas.
The rankings are based on the performance of ad agencies and ad men at major international creative advertising awards like Cannes, The One Show, D&AD and Clio.
Joining the big league of the global hotel chains expanding in India, Hong Kong-based $2 billion JB group will set up as many as 20 hotels and shopping malls in the country over the next three years.
India may be out of the World Cup, but some cricket fans are willing to pay a whopping Rs 29,100 to buy two seats for the final match.
Move raises doubts about the viability of the business model in organised retail.
Even as the World Cup debacle lingers on everyone's mind, advertising agencies have welcomed Zee group chief Subhash Chandra's announcement of a parallel cricket league in the country.
Curiously, according to the Indian Readership Survey, the number of homes with access to cable and satellite television has surged 36 per cent from 38 million households in 2003 to 52 million this year.
Hindustan Lever Ltd, the consumer goods behemoth, is realigning its strategy by entering new retail hotspots such as malls and multiplexes in a big way.
Companies respond to crisis by drawing talent from all pools.
After acquiring brands such as Yardley from Procter & Gamble and Finesse and AquaNet from Unilever, Lornamead , the UK-based personal care products company, betting big on India.
After clients, advertising agencies are now offering freebies, well, to their own men.
A range of healthy variants are being launched across categories in the Rs 25,000 crore ($ 5,680 million) F&B space in India.
After exploring marketing solutions as a business opportunity, domestic advertising agencies are now looking at outsourcing as a revenue generator.
Real estate companies are rushing in on the opportunities galore around the two SEZs promoted by Reliance Industries.
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