Retail
Alibaba takes the reseller route to boost sales in India
11 Jul 2015
Alibaba regards India as its largest overseas market in terms of sellers, second only to its home market China and local channels are important for its success in the country
Flipkart to go `app only’ by September, shut web site: report
07 Jul 2015
Flipkart is stated to be already 75 per cent dependent on mobile apps for business and with increasing use of smart phones in the country this could go up further
Tesco shows recovery ahead of AGM today
26 Jun 2015
Canadian retailer HBC to acquire Metro AG’s department store business
15 Jun 2015
The deal would include the Galeria Kaufhof chain in Germany and Galeria Inno in neighboring Belgium, as also the business's real-estate portfolio
RIL all set to roll out 4G services in December
12 Jun 2015
Reliance Jio has applied for a pan-India cable television multi-system operator licence and plans to enter into broadcast TV distribution, Ambani said
UK FSA warns of contaminated supermarket chicken
01 Jun 2015
Google hopes to gobble up e-comm giants with ‘buy’ button
29 May 2015
If Google manages to bring online buyers on its website, it could stop users and advertising revenues from flowing into e-commerce sites like Amazon, Flipkart and Alibaba
Snapdeal acquires M-Commerce platform MartMobi
26 May 2015
Only 12% malls running successfully in Delhi-NCR
19 May 2015
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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