Bata India, the footwear manufacturer and retailer, is back to prioritising volumes for growth. This is a change from the strategy last year, when it was focusing primarily on creating a product mix that would span the premium to economy segments.
It is estimated KKR spent about Rs 100 crore, including Rs 50 crore for hiring players, this season. Four players -- Gautam Gambhir, Jacques Kallis, Sunil Narine and Yusuf Pathan -- alone cost KKR Rs 30 crore.
Two days after Bharti Airtel announced the launch of its fourth-generation (4G) wireless broadband services in Kolkata, it is tough to miss the mark of the campaign in the city's key locations.
The last time Sourav Ganguly faced Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), he was just another player in the Pune Warriors team. He scored 18 and Pune lost.
As documentation on social networking and virtual platforms becomes increasingly popular, global search giant Google is looking to leverage the trend by integrating information available on social networking platforms with search results.
The state now has a new policy, under a new government.
Besides Ezone, Future Group operates other retail formats like Pantaloons, Big Bazaar and Brand Factory.
Bombay Stock Exchange-listed Zensar grew 23 per cent sequentially last quarter. Natarajan says a lot of growth will come from the increasing use of IT within Indian companies.
According to three people in the know, it is exploring various options, including alliances and joint ventures, and may even exit the business altogether.
Abhijit Roy says second price rise is due to be effective from June.
The launch of 'Makers', priced at a range of Rs 250-390 per metre, is the culmination of a process that started in March last year - a process which was initiated keeping in mind the Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) organised textile market poised to grow at 20 per cent in semi-urban India.
The new Indian Institutes of Management appear to be well on their way to a good start, thanks to the mentoring by their established predecessors, says Swati Garg.
The India arm of the 50.9-billion, France-based, Orange Business Services (OBS), offering integrated communication services, is looking at quadrupling its sales in India over the next five years.
When he takes over as the CEO of Berger Paints in June 2012, he would have spent over 16 years with the company in different capacities. He had begun this journey in 1994 as a product manager.
"A number of Indian IT companies that were looking at long-term investments in the region, as a second and third level investment zone, will have to now re-look plans," said Ameet Nivsarkar, vice-president for global trade and development, National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom).
At present, the auto sector accounts for about 60 per cent of India's current machine tool demand.
Of the 65,000 H-1B visas issued by the US annually, 11,000 were lying vacant at the end of 2010.
The industry has registered a 29-fold increase in patents over 2005-2008.
Browbeaten by recession and anxiety about mounting protectionism in key markets have led Indian information technology (IT) companies to extend their reach in the countries of Africa, the West Asia and Asia Pacific.
The chief minister's political directive seems to have helped; next test will be the likely change of political guard in the state
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