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Marico, which launched its first digital-only brand Studio X on Amazon, is treading the e-commerce market sans the support of its 4.7 million brick and mortar outlets, reports Sangeeta Tanwar.
Becoming a unicorn is surely a marker for a company in its growth story, but it's not a major achievement nor is it a turning point of any significant worth.
Amid oxygen shortage and a faltering health system in the country, India is seeing over 300,000 cases daily.
India saw 4.2 million foreign tourists till May mainly thanks to visitors from Bangladesh
For growth in export, continuous gain in productivity is essential.
The online ad segment is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 25 per cent between FY'2011 to FY'2013.
Corporate leaders said a stable government at the Centre will help boost infrastructure spend, address agricultural distress, and encouraging employment.
Richard Parsons, Time Warner CEO, says India is a better market than China for immediate growth because of its stronger rule of law and less censorship.
The industry is looking at a promising 2016, though experts and even the investors anticipate correction on the valuation side
Estimates by retail consultancy Technopak suggest that direct subsidy to consumers because of e-commerce this year would be over Rs 12,000 crore.
'This solid verdict would further strengthen his resolve to drive forward the economic agenda to ensure that the fruits of the economic momentum continue to reach the poor, so visible during the last five years.'
Traditionally, most PSUs have been cash-rich, which added to their value. However, the government has been tapping regularly into their cash resources to boost revenue for the exchequer
Given the school break, this is the peak travel season and companies catering to the 'friends and family' segment are expected to gain.
After electronics and fashion, the next retail segment is food business.
Adapting to the new hybrid normal of remote and office work, cautiously optimistic corporate are looking to hire more people and provide better appraisals in the new year as they step out of the pandemic-ravaged 2020. The coronavirus pandemic emerged as the biggest inflection point for the Indian job landscape. For the corporates, work-from-home and remote workers became the new normal and for the professionals, online learning and digital skills took centrestage.
Company may look at 5-6 launches a year as the market for premium and niche products grows
Industry asked the government to be 'brave and bold' and said that it will rise to the occasion.
While JioMart is doing 250,000 orders per day, BigBasket and Amazon pantry are doing 220,000 and 150,000 orders, respectively.
Venture capital investments in India's start-ups nearly halved to $1.5 billion in fourth-quarter 2015
Not just from the likes of Alibaba and Didi Chuxing, Indian startups saw a surge in Chinese funding from financial investors in 2019. This is a seven-fold jump from $459 million in 2016.
'The government has used the current macro situation to its advantage.'
Corporate India tempered its victory celebrations for the supposedly business-friendly Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance's landslide electoral victory by highlighting the need for immediate steps to create jobs through inclusive economic growth.
'The economy of Kashmir has collapsed.'
'Life has been my greatest teacher.'
Infosys has been making bets on automation and other high-margin services like artificial intelligence to regain some ground
Samsung eyes growth in consumer electronics business in 80 districts through its service vans, and adding over 250 service points and as many resident engineers.
Bhavin and Divyank Turakhia remain as committed as ever to incubating start-ups despite selling their firm for $900 mn
Zydus Wellness looks for a wider berth in the country's burgeoning beauty market, redesigns and rebrands its flagship brand
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
In another round of economic booster, Sitharaman announced steps to help homebuyers and push exports.
Nivedita Mookerji finds out how Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma is handling his soaring popularity after the note ban as well as the criticism that comes as a package deal.
Customers, instead of visiting showroms, now do most of their decision-making in the comfort of their drawing rooms using internet
Their bootstrapped brand sold 25,000 units on Flipkart in five days during the 2017 festive sale.
Users send a message on the app and a virtual assistant responds.
They are not only coming up with whacky names to grab attention but are also stretching the definition of e-commerce.
The Make in India Week has become a platform for two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states to jostle for the number one destination in India for investor funds.
World Bank's Doing Business Indicators ranks India (out of 189) at 132 for trading across borders.
'This prime minister thinks he knows everything.' 'He has to consult, he has to talk and he has to mobilise the best people, but having seen him function, I have no expectations from him.'
The country has a long way to go before it claims to have arrived, he said.
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