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.
Nestle is sure to go for a relaunch of the noodles soon enough with an advertising blitz,
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.
The Whopper creater has most of its burgers priced at par with McDonald's.
The chain readies to expand its footprint as Bharti focuses on its retail venture.
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
Shopkeepers are losing buyers in droves to e-tailers for everything from fashion to smartphones, and are struggling to find solutions.
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.
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.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
High return rates in the e-commerce space are making a dent in the margins of e-retailers.
The e-commerce story in India has begun to look up.
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
Since allowing FDI in multi-brand retail has been left to the states, Indian companies may not benefit as foreign investors are wary of the politics.
Global retail behemoths seem to have read the signals right.
Is Being Human, the actor's apparel brand, an extension of his persona or is it a move to correct his bad-boy image?
With the festive season underway, retailers in the online and the offline world need to prepare well to offer the best deals to consumers and earn trust.
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