Price-wary customers, waiting for good bargains in the festival season this year, are likely to be disappointed.
At least two of them - Lava and Micromax - are arming themselves against the Chinese rivals which made them insignificant in the local market over the past few years.
The battle for subscribers in the direct-to-home (DTH) market is hotting up with Reliance Communications (RCom) close to finalising a bulk deal with the country's leading TV manufacturers -- LG Electronics, Samsung India and Sanyo -- which will be offered to customers at a hefty discount bundled with a DTH package.
Bullish on the Indian market, Japanese companies dealing in consumer durables are all set to strengthen their presence in India by targeting niche categories and expanding their reach to tier-2 markets. The Rs 25,000-crore consumer durables market in India is currently dominated by Korean companies -- LG and Samsung.
What is driving the digital-first approach of traditional, legacy brands? Apart from the growing adoption of the internet in the country, brands are drawn to the agility of the medium.
The company reports profit of Rs 4500 crore in FY14, up from Rs 446 crore in FY10
Sunil Nayyar moved to India as head of sales for Sony.
They have invested for the long term and made a strong organisational commitment by assigning senior managers to work with established local teams.
India has been able to attract 40 global smartphone makers to the country -- creating at least 50,000 jobs. But GST could hurt that, discovers Ayan Pramanik.
Suppliers to Apple Inc are scrambling to get enough screens ready for the new iPhone 6 smartphone as the need to redesign a key component disrupted panel production ahead of next month's expected launch, supply chain sources said.
Four leading IT companies - Zenith Computers, Microsoft Corporation India, Intel Corporation and Samsung India Electronics - have jointly launched 'Multiply', a solution for the Small and Medium Enterprise market.
Indians prefer to buy electronic products such as smartphones offline. The reason being the ability to "touch and feel"
Micromax will invest Rs 300 crore on constructing new factories
Blind spots of the company were two-fold - managing cash flow and investments to upgrade technology and continue research and development.
Eighteen multi-national companies have been slapped show cause notices for alleged violation of Foreign Exchange Regulations involving over Rs 170 crore.
India's e-commerce sector is expected to touch $22bn in 2015.
By getting its focus back on the sub-Rs 10,000 and other price segments, Vivo is filling key gaps aggressively in a bid to grab share and regain strength in smartphone market.
Finnish mobile handsets and electronic equipment maker Elcoteq on Monday opened its factory in Bangalore and said it will invest up to $100 million and hire 1,000 people by 2006 for the unit.
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It had requested the government to grant it 15 years of duty-free import of components to assemble its iPhones in the country, sharing a road map to slowly indigenise products.
Wrist bands range from leather and stainless steel to sports models in hues from pink to blue.
As advertising reaches a cacophonous pitch, as it does every year around this time, brands say they are finding newer and more effective ways to reach their audiences.
Companies are innovating with tech tools to ensure that you spend less time at the cash counter.
From auto, refrigerator, and mobile handset makers to real estate firms, companies are tying up with banks to dole out attractive finance schemes and discounts to make buying more affordable.
There are few firms that are applauded for managing a healthy top line growth along with an impressive brand image that inspires most companies.
There will be uncertainty about outcomes,but one must hope for the best, observes T N Ninan.
From curved smartphones to hi-definition televisions, they all made their mark at the Consumer Electronics Show extravaganza in Las Vegas.
Artificially intelligent smartphones will be able to offer solutions and suggestions based on user behaviour.
Here is what we expect will be the top innovations of 2015
Industry body to write to commerce ministry, seek regulation for e-tailers.
FIFA World Cup revs up television sales in India
This is the first time that sales of smartphones exceeded that of feature phones.
The government's stated vision is that it wants to make India a manufacturing hub and that is where such a rush or confusing policies don't help, reports Shubhomoy Sikdar.
Xiaomi now a lifestyle player, quietly launching a slew of non-smartphone products like Mi branded luggage, backpacks, apparel, U-shaped pillows, pens, home security cameras and air purifiers.
As competition for the smartphones market hots up, new players are making waves.
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met over 40 CEOs across broad swathes of industry, ranging from makers of mobile devices, auto components, food products to telecom networking equipment and pharmaceuticals. The agenda: To discuss how to make India an integral part of the global supply chain. The focus of the discussion would be the much touted yet not so well understood production-linked incentive scheme (PLI), the centrepiece of the government's drive to massively boost the manufacturing sector. To do so, the government has created a war chest of over Rs 197,000 crore to be paid out as incentives to over 14 industries in five years. There are three objectives to the scheme, two explicitly stated, one implied.
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