T E Narasimhan/Business Standard reports from Chennai on how the Future group plans to shore up its small store network in the South.
''Fashion without a conscience is a ticking time bomb.'
Pepperfry rethinks its user experience, increases its range of low-priced goods. It also positions itself as a home and dcor solutions provider as it looks for buyer loyalty.
In December last year, Amazon invested over Rs 1,700 crore into its payments and wholesale business units in India, while in October it had infused over Rs 4,400 crore (more than USD 600 million) in its various units in India, including marketplace and food retail. Bezos last visited India in 2014 when he presented Amazon's Indian unit with a giant cheque for USD 2 billion. Since then, Amazon has pledged a further USD 3.5 billion to expand in the country and the USD 1 billion investment announced on Wednesday would take the total committed investment to USD 6.5 billion.
JLR, the maker of Jaguar F-Type and Range Rover Evoque, was a jewel in the crown of Tata Motors till two years back. But, it has been struggling because of the pending Brexit, a sharp contraction in sales in China, a shift in consumer preference from diesel to gasoline in Europe, higher taxes on diesel vehicles, and tightening regulations.
Recently, Suzuki Motor Corp (SMC) in an investor presentation expressed strong intent to enter the electric vehicle (EV) space. This is part of a larger strategy the Hamamatsu-based firm has drawn up in developing electrification of technologies as it seeks to achieve carbon neutrality. The significance of this presentation is that it marked the first time that the Japanese carmaker spelt out its EV strategy with well-defined timelines. SMC plans to develop electrification technologies by 2025, fully implement them in products from the same year, and make a full-scale quantitative increase from 2030.
Shoppers Stop is looking to open four new stores this year and plans to invest Rs 120 crore.
'The list of things to be done or added or removed will keep growing and it will be a while before the emerging models settle down into lasting structures,' predicts Umesh Shrikhande, CEO, Taproot Dentsu.
E-commerce company Snapdeal expects its furniture segment to reach a gross merchandise value (GMV) of Rs 1,000 crore.
Diageo-led United Spirits pulls out one more lifeline from UB Holdings.
Jio is now present in all of the 29 states.
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
The company is likely to sign a MoU with the Yogi Adityanath government for opening retail stores in the important towns of the state.
With 8.5 per cent market share in the quarter ended September 2017, Nokia makes it to the top four bestselling feature phones in India.
Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel has become the world's third largest mobile operator with 303 million subscribers.
Renault Kwid plays the reinvention game to suit changing customer behaviour
As temperatures begin to soar, AC makers have become extravagant with their claims and ad budgets as they look to get brand penetration up from the current low levels of four per cent, says T E Narasimhan.
The collection of mostly small and medium sized businesses is a hotchpotch of ventures and include design schools, schools, villas for hire in Goa and a country club in Gurgaon.
Welcome to India's medical devices companies which are successfully locking horns with global giants, whether in India or abroad.
Deciding to focus on the cash-and-carry segment in India, retail giant Wal-Mart plans to open 50 wholesale stores in the next four to five years to expand its footprint in the country.
Since debuting in India in October 2012, the company has opened 15 Starbucks stores across Mumbai and Delhi.
Reliance has announced that it will roll out its e-commerce platform to as many as 1.2 million retailers and store owners in Gujarat. This is part of a nationwide roll-out that will come later this yea, reports Viveat Susan Pinto.
The $385 million acquisition of TEN Sports is set to make Sony Pictures Networks a major cricket broadcaster in Asia as it seeks to expand its Twenty20-dominated portfolio. Sony Corp-owned SPN holds broadcast rights for the annual cash-rich Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament while also having the rights for the domestic leagues in South Africa and the West Indies.
In India, Walmart provides service to over 6,00,000 business members and small mom and pop stores.
Company will be engaged in the manufacturing, distribution, marketing and retailing of waste to bio-diesel, a non-petroleum based fuel.
Nature's Basket is changing its offering. Its new strategy zeroes in on pushing joint ventures, focusing on private labels and reentering Delhi.
Kejriwal runs his party with the proverbial iron fist and has learnt to temper his aggression, say people close to him.
Cruising comfortably in the 70s, Royal Enfield sputtered to a stop in the 90s, before its comeback in the first decade of the 21st century.
What worked for Hyundai in India when so many other auto manufacturers have had to eat humble pie? Pavan Lall finds out.
Anusha Jain was 21 when she took over her father's business. In four years, she has clocked 1.5x growth for the company.
Almost all the big mall developers/investors - such as Raheja-owned Inorbit Malls, Xander-APG joint venture Virtuous Retail South Asia (VRSA), property developer Prestige Estates Projects, and Blackstone-owned Nexus Malls - are looking to double their space in a year or two.
Most consumers are going for token buying of lesser value and are waiting for price correction for purchase of wedding jewellery.
The car we're driving today is the most affordable Toyota in India, the Etios Liva and we tell you if you should consider it if you're in the market looking for a hatchback or look at the other obvious options.
Amazon has also signed a term sheet with Kishore Biyani-led Future group to invest $600 million to $700 million for a 12 to 15 per cent stake in the retail giant, it is learnt.
'Co-living is a phenomenon that is bound to strike the right chord with young people everywhere and India will lead the charge as the testing ground for all such ideas.'
The party is likely to look back at 2019 with more than a touch of satisfaction as the year saw nullification of Article 370, criminalisation of triple talaq, enactment of CAA and a Supreme Court order paving the way for Ram temple construction in Ayodhya, issues which have agitated Hindutva cadres for decades.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries will take a call on whether to shut Ranbaxy's troubled factories or make changes in the top management of the latter only after its $4-billion acquisition deal is complete.
Entirely new businesses have been built using data to disrupt traditional companies.
He wants his companies to have speed and agility to adapt to turbulent times
This equity capital infusion is the country's largest-ever FDI.
