ITC's noodle brand has been caught in the Maggi crossfire.
He's betting big on small stores to help him reach 10 million households by FY21, report Abhineet Kumar and Raghavendra Kamath.
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is hoping to get more than 30,000 consumers through its e-commerce pilot project that will be launched in the first week of July.
E-commerce companies typically stick to the gross merchandise value run rate to calculate sales.
In its first acquisition in India, the American online retail giant is planning to buy out the fashion portal
Three years after launching Big Bazaar Direct, Future group CEO Kishore Biyani's enthusiasm for online ventures has been tempered by growth concerns
Be cautious when purchasing from little-known Web sites.
Consumers are set to gain from discounts.
No one's quite sure on the retail FDI issue in this regard, after the new Rajasthan and Delhi governments cancelled the approvals given by their predecessors
Reliance had been trying to bring the brand back to the forefront recently, after years of lull, through new ad campaigns highlighting a youthful range, called Unformal, in workwear.
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
While investment activity jumped three to four times this year over last year for e-commerce, it has shown marginal growth (five per cent) in the case of consumer and retail
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Government seeks stakeholders' comments by Jan 30 on discussion paper.
Reliance Retail follows Future Group in online foray
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
Feedback has led the brand to ramp up its shirts collection, despite the popularity of its polo t-shirts.
Recent easing of restrictions does not address the pain in the sector.
The company is not holding plans for clarity on policy.
Raymond claims to be spending more than 10 per cent of its ad budget on its biggest campaign, called The Summer of Wool.
Age and experience not less relevant but firms are gradually moving towards younger leadership teams
The reason for Trent's success is rooted in its slow and steady approach to expansion. Unlike others, Trent, led by Noel Tata, ensured that each store was profitable before it went on to the next, says Raghavendra Kamath.
Neighbourhood stores have the ability to adapt to changes.
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
VCs have been especially bullish about India.
Perhaps, the group's leadership position and potential in the retail segment prompted Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry to identify retail as one of the group's four growth clusters in his recent Vision 2025 statement.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
Every competitor is eyeing the top slot that Flipkart holds.
@015 may be a good year for FMCG firms.
The once-powerful Japanese major is left with little to show in the face of sustained competition from rivals.
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Traders were up in arms, fearing huge job loss if Walmart was to enter.
The privately-owned Hangzhou-based group, which has been in news for its impending IPO, is already sourcing human hair from the southern regions of India and has identified this category as a 'big opportunity', along with others like machinery, agro products, apparel and spices.
Nestle is sure to go for a relaunch of the noodles soon enough with an advertising blitz,
The Whopper creater has most of its burgers priced at par with McDonald's.
Estimates by retail consultancy Technopak suggest that direct subsidy to consumers because of e-commerce this year would be over Rs 12,000 crore.
What explains Vijay Shekhar Sharma's optimism when other players have started to tread cautiously is Paytm's huge customer base: It has 120 million users and counting, says Nivedita Mookerji.
The UK-based retailer can add to the best practices it already brings to Tata's retail business.
Cash-and-carry stores try tricks, from playing Bollywood music to customising orders, to retain customers.
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
Taking control of manufacturing will help boost profits for the food business, but it could leave the group saddled with huge debt.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
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