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.
BofA-ML mandated to find buyer for 27.5% stake in media group's holding firm
Essar Global Fund, the Ruia company that invested $1.3 billion in telecommunications, towers and business process outsourcing over the years, made $6.5 billion, a five-fold return, when it flipped these businesses, according to discussions the group has had with merchant bankers.
Phee Teik Yeoh, the recently anointed chief executive officer of the airline, speaks to Business Standard on his aim of changing the rule of the game in the aviation sector by redefining service and operational experience for travellers accustomed to mere functionality.
Looking to monetise assets not in Reliance Capital's core area of business.
Two months after launch, low-cost warrior AirAsia is expanding to uncharted routes in India.
Only one in five handsets sold in India this year is likely to be made locally.
Rakesh Gangwal's holding is considered FDI even though the majority stake in Caelum is held by NRIs
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given its recommendations on the much-awaited issue of spectrum sharing.
The company will use the proceeds to part-repay its debt, which stands at Rs 34,000 crore (Rs 340 billion) even after the recent qualified institutional placement of its shares. An RCom board committee recently approved the sale of these assets.
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.
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter had 160 mn users but made less than Rs 100 cr in 2012-13
Unlike Reliance Jio's focus on 4G, it plans to segment the data market based on device prices and spectrum.
FDI in the defence sector during 2000-2014 has been a meagre $4.94 billion, despite the total FDI flow into the country across sectors standing at $321.81 billion.
The market could see a fresh round of tariff war, similar to what happened in the voice market a few years ago.
Top companies added employees at 3% CAGR from 2003-04 to 2013-14, while revenues grew at 18%.
However, international fast-food chains have had to change this business model completely, to adapt to Indian preferences.
Indian telecom seems to be getting back on its feet.
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