Retail
Argos and eBay in retail pilot pact
25 Sep 2013
Walmart keen on India, studying new retail FDI norms
10 Sep 2013
US-based Walmart Stores, the world’s biggest supermarket chain, on Monday said it is optimistic about expanding its wholesale cash and carry business in India
Walmart expected to firm up India plan
31 Aug 2013
Ackman sells JC Penney stake at a loss
28 Aug 2013
India eases FDI norms for multi-brand retail business
01 Aug 2013
The government has liberalised norms regarding infrastructure investment, sourcing from local small units and location of retail business
Hudson’s Bay to buy Canadian fashion retailer Saks for $2.4 bn
30 Jul 2013
The merger would combine three of the retail industry’s most iconic brands - Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue - into a leading North American fashion retailer
Amazon to hire 5,000 to meet growing demand
29 Jul 2013
Canada's biggest retailers Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart in $11.9 bn merger
15 Jul 2013
Loblaw Cos Ltd, Canada's biggest food retailer, will spend$11.9 billion to buy Canada's largest pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart Corp to compete with Wal-Mart Stores and Target Corp
US grocery store chain Kroger to buy Harris Teeter for $2.5 bn
09 Jul 2013
Kroger, which operates 2,419 stores in 31 states, will finance acquisition of 212 Harris Teeter supermarkets, located primarily in high-growth markets, vacation destinations and university communities
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
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