This is the first market where the newest entrant to Mondelez's global chocolate portfolio will be launched, Siddharth Mukherjee, director, chocolate category & media, Mondelez India Foods Ltd, said in an exclusive conversation with Business Standard.
Anticipation of weak sales this festive season due to deficient monsoon, especially outside big cities.
Reliance Retail would be exposed to implementation and execution risks in its expansion plans.
Robust same store sales, margin growth mark June quarter.
While riskier than debt, Sebi's stringent guidelines may ensure a safe and liquid product.
Perhaps, the group's leadership position and potential in the retail segment prompted Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry to identify retail as one of the group's four growth clusters in his recent Vision 2025 statement.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
After months of negotiations, an entity owned by Pune-based property developer Panchshil Realty and US-based private equity (PE) company Blackstone has bought a majority stake in Express Towers.
The company plans to raise Rs 750 crore; other realtors may follow.
After a long time, real estate companies could hit the fund-raising trail. The reason is improvement in investor sentiment.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's recent request to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - for an increase in tax on cigarettes from 45 per cent to 60 per cent in the coming Budget - seems to have had a serious impact on cigarette smokers' pockets.
The report analysed product launches of 2011, their success over three years, and reported 31 of the 14,509 products introduced that year were received well by consumers.
Relaunched and indigenous brands fare better in India.
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Chairman Anand Mahindra spoke to Business Standard on affordable housing.
The company is not holding plans for clarity on policy.
Real estate firms like DLF, Prestige, Phoenix Mills to benefit.
Jaipuria has not specified the amount he is looking to raise, but says this is the right time to tap the capital markets.
Early last year, the company had said it aimed to reduce its debt, which stood over Rs 21,000 crore then, to Rs 10,000-11,000 crore (Rs 100-110 billion) through the sale of non-core assets and improved cash flows.
The oralcare major has kept its ears firmly to the ground, pushing products into the hinterland and is holding fort in urban India with innovation for continued volume growth.
This comes in the wake of allegations of financial irregularities by the erstwhile management led by Harish Moolchandani.
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