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
UN economists announced a likely USD 50 billion drop in the worldwide manufacturing exports in February alone as the extent of the damage to the global economy caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) moved further into focus. Citing the China Manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, who heads UNCTAD's Division on International Trade and Commodities, said that it had fallen to 37.5 -- a drop of about 20 points -- the lowest reading since 2004. "This also correlates directly to exports and also implies a two per cent drop in overall exports," she said, with a resulting "ripple effect" worldwide "to the tune of a USD 50 billion fall in exports."
On an average most commodities are up between 20-30 per cent compared to a year ago levels.
Marketers need to build on the country's core values to strengthen Brand India's presence abroad.
Calcined petroleum coke maker Rain Calcining on Friday said it has completed the process of acquiring US-based CII Carbon for about 595 million dollars in cash.
After Patanjali, ITC and Coke, PepsiCo eyes value-added dairy products
Industry officials say the crunch has not only affected manufacturing of edibles but even of items like nozzle pumps and other goods used in packaging.
The govt has hiked customs duty for metallurgical coke.
Bubbly is the latest in a string of brands that are touching the three-digit mark quickly.
The escalating trade war between China and the US could be an opportunity for India.
While Coca-Cola India improved its profit margin during the year, arch rival PepsiCo's margin was far lower. Coca-Cola India, which does not manufacture or market any products, gets majority of its revenue from royalty incomes against ownership of formulations for key products. Over the years, PepsiCo's operating revenue has come down significantly, as it kept divesting bottling plants to its franchise partners.
Tata Steel has appointed Uday Kumar Chaturvedi as MD of Corus Strip Products UK. It has also made two other changes in the top management of Corus.
Kareena Kapoor was recently signed on by Coke to endorse Limca for Rs. 2.5 crore a year!
Venkatesh Kini, business unit president, Coca-Cola India and South West, shares his plans with Arnab Dutta.
In the first two months of the current fiscal, Indian exports of finished steel reportedly grew by almost 76 per cent on a YoY basis and China alone accounted for close to 60 per cent of the increase.
The going hasn't been that easy for beverage majors. For most part, these firms have struggled to make a profitable product at Rs 5.
Union Budget 2014-15 is positive for metals and mining companies.
Britannia Industries, the bakery and dairy major, has tied up with e-tailer Amazon India for a pilot launch of Good Day Chunkies, a new chocolate chip cookie, for 15 days. The offer is currently on and closes on December 5, after which the product goes to offline (normal retail) stores.
Parle Agro had sold its popular and iconic soft drink brands namely Thums Up, Limca, Gold Spot and Citra, to Coca-Cola in 1993 and had also signed a non-compete agreement for 10 years.
The hike in clean energy cess is likely to impact input cost for thermal power producers
'If you can do new things everyday, your mind will be challenged.'
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The kind of feeling a brand evokes dictates the kind of relationship it will have with it consumers. Many a times, strong feelings remain long after the message fades, says Bobby Pawar.
The tests, according to the report, showed that Pepsi products from its plant in Khalapur in Raigad district contained 0.6 mg of lindane, which is above the permissible limits.
To keep operations at TCP alive, Corus has been channelising internal orders to the TCP which was also getting some demand from outside.
The CCI passed this judgment in two different cases relating to the e-auction scheme and fuel supply agreements which were filed last year.
The commerce ministry has endorsed India Inc's stand against signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with China until it becomes a market economy that follows transparent pricing of manufactured goods and services.
That's because India does not have a serious venture capital industry with an appetite for risk, observes T N Ninan.
The new push is being driven primarily by over 170,000 villages where household income is over Rs 1 lakh a year.
A passenger travelling in a cycle rickshaw can now have the luxury of sipping a Coke or Pepsi apart from listening to music via a headphone while he travels.
With RIL supplying about 47 per cent of the domestic petcoke production, current dynamics are bound to change.
Faced with rising input costs and increasing competition, Steel Authority of India Ltd has embarked on a Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) cost-reduction exercise in the current fiscal in areas of raw material usage, energy and refractory consumption.
The region constituted more than 31percent of the segment's total sales volume in 2016.
PepsiCo bets on value-added water by launching vitamin-fortified drinks in a segment that is growing rapidly in India.
The UK steel industry is struggling for survival in the face of extremely challenging market conditions.
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