Retail
A grocer’s ingredients for the recipe of successful modern retail
04 Sep 2015
Damodar Mall, CEO of Reliance Value Retail talks to Swetha Amit about the changing trends in consumer behaviour and modern retail
Vietnam’s one-man army fights China’s economic invasion: report
31 Aug 2015
More than 75 per cent of Vietnam’s annual $60-billion trade is made up imports from China
Amazon launches refurbished smartphone section partnering with Surpluss.in
28 Aug 2015
Amazon has launched its refurbished smartphone section, which sells smartphones from Samsung, Xiaomi, Apple, OnePlus, Motorola, Micromax, and Lava on Amazon
CCI nod for Bharti Retail-Future Group merger
28 Aug 2015
Walmart to end sales of military-style rifles
27 Aug 2015
Walmart said yesterday that it would end sales of high-powered military-style assault rifles in its stores in the US
Costco hit with suit over sale of farmed shrimp produced with slave labour in Thai fishing industry
20 Aug 2015
Global e-commerce industry generates over $1.2 mn revenue every 30 seconds: study
20 Aug 2015
With the reach of social media across masses and classes the networks had evolved as a convenient platform for online sales, says an Assocham - Deloitte report
Amazon to enter UK grocery market: Reports
11 Aug 2015
Alibaba invests $4.6 bn in electronics retailer Suning
11 Aug 2015
The investment demonstrates Alibaba’s appetite for brick-and-mortar selling space despite its dominant position in online shopping
Flpkart adds online sale of furniture
06 Aug 2015
Centre quietly opens multi-brand retail to foreign investment
31 Jul 2015
The investments will be allowed through the automatic route subject to the sectoral cap and up to a maximum of 49 per cent
eBay to sell eBay Enterprise to investor consortium led by Permira for $925 mn
17 Jul 2015
eBay Enterprise, which is facing competition from Amazon.com Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, had seen revenue growth lag behind PayPal, which eBay bought in 2002
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation