Retail sees slowdown pangs as shoppers curb spends

 The retail sector is feeling the pinch of economic slowdown as customers cut spends on discretionary items such as apparel and durables, amid lower salary hikes and high inflation. Shoppers......

How Reliance is straddling the luxury pyramid

Reliance Brands has announced a new venture every month this year, starting from a tie-up with New York-based fashion brand Iconix (which has over 20 brands) in February to sportswear retailer......

Reliance Brands to sell LVMH's Thomas Pink shirts in India

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Brands on Friday said it has signed an exclusive agreement to sell French major Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy's brand Thomas Pink's shirt collection in the country.Louis......

Comic strip Peanuts has new owner

The iconic comic strip Peanuts and its characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown now have a new owner, with the E W Scripps Company selling the brand to Iconix Brand Group for $175 million. Media......

'Dhoni's market value similar to Tiger Woods'

Harish Kotian speaks to the folks behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Rs 210 crore deal. It seems there is no stopping India's captain cool. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has conquered almost every cricketing......

Dhoni signs Rs 210-cr deal, pips Sachin

India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has signed a whopping Rs 210 crore endorsement deal with a talent management company, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar in the corporate contract sweepstakes.......

Adidas drags Nike, BCCI, Tendulkar to MRTPC

Sports goods maker Adidas dragged its rival Nike and the Board of Control for Cricket in India to the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission over use of Sachin Tendulkar's images for......

Tendulkar signs huge commercial deal

India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has signed a long-term commercial deal with an Indian talent management firm worth a reported $40 million.Tendulkar, currently recovering from shoulder surgery,......