In the first of its kind among property consultants, the UK-headquartered Knight Frank Group will launch a $250 million India-focused real estate fund.ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund recently launched its real estate securities fund, which is the first real estate mutual fund in India.
Corporate houses getting into music retail are turning the outlets into multi-product stores that will offer apparel and even perfumes.
It's time companies realised that recruitment ads have to go beyond those for tenders.
Intuitive hiring processes have a 40-50% failure rate. It's time to shift to a data-based approach.
Even in the face of protests from trade groups, escalating real estate costs and pressure on margins, the march of domestic retail chains continues unabated.
As companies have gone horizontal, they no longer have the luxury of collocation. Today, most products are developed and manufactured across boundaries, time zones, cultures and enterprises.
According to a Reliance Retail executive, 20 per cent of the space will be occupied by local vendors selling their agricultural produce, food items and artifacts. Besides, there will be stores for foods and vegetables, entertainment etc.
The Reliance apparel stores will stock all kinds of apparel, about 4,000 products across as many as 94 brands, manufactured exclusively for the company.
A growing number of companies are in an innovation mode to engage employees in the wallet, mind and heart.
Oberoi Constructions, promoted by billionaire Vikas Oberoi, has tied up with the $10 billion Chinese real estate firm Shimao group to bid for the Rs 10,000-crore (Rs 100 billion) Dharavi Redevelopment Project.
Filmmaker Prakash Jha, well known for his hard-hitting movies such as Gangajal and Apaharan, is set to change the entertainment and retail landscape of eastern India.
Workaholic CEOs find their job appealing, but their subordinates find that appalling.
Leading property developers have made offers for this prime property, which real estate industry sources suggest could fetch Fiat more than Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion).
The ban, although described as temporary, is being seen as a knee-jerk reaction by the state government following the attacks on Reliance Fresh and Spencer's stores and has raised several questions over its farm policy.
For the animation industry, the share of domestic demand is just 10 per cent of the total market.
Real-estate consultants and housing finance companies say the number of deals has dropped in suburbs such as Bhandup, Malad, Vasai, Kharghar and Panvel.
The Slum Rehabilitation Authority of Maharashtra has once again extended the last date for submission of expression of interest for the Rs 10,000-crore (Rs 100 billion) Dharavi Redevelopment Project to August 30.
Steve & Barry's, one of the fastest-growing retail chains in the US, is planning to set up shops in India and China.
Indian CEOs are world leaders in IQ, but have a long way to go in tuning in to other people.
Through this, the company plans to bid for 35 non-metro airports coming up for development in India as well as international airport developments.
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