Household consumption recovered in urban India in May-July but remains weak in rural.
To tackle the resultant inflation, the Indira Gandhi government had imposed price controls on manufactured products, including soaps and vanaspati, in 1973.
Country accounts for 38% of telco's global user base, 10% of total revenue
Its internet penetration still matches up poorly to other countries
Burger King's entry is expected to heat up the burger chain market in India, dominated by McDonald's.
E-commerce, Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) as an advertising category, is expected to bring at least Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) in ad spending next month, when there would be both Dussehra and Diwali.
For the next few years, the company would tap services in the areas of education, health and security, through partnerships.
A handful of online retailers have started offering alcoholic beverages through the e-commerce route since then. Letsbuydrink.com caters to Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Mumbai and offers imported alcoholic beverages for sale.
Consumer durables and electronics companies are putting the final touches to their festive period plans.
For 2100-MHz, 2300-MHz and 2500-MHz bands across circles; aim to offer these with 3G and 4G in February
While e-commerce operations for these firms are small at the moment, it is slated to grow in the next 3 to 4 years.
It is betting on enterprise services and new launches to revive demand. But are the measures enough to steal a march on established players like Samsung and Micromax?
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.
According to a 2013 CLSA report , online retail in India was worth $3.1 billion, or about 10% of the country's organised retail market
According to International Wine and Spirits Research, India's whisky consumption doubled between 2007 and 2012 to about 1.4 billion litres.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given its recommendations on the much-awaited issue of spectrum sharing.
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.
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