Retail
Mobile commerce is the new battlefield for retailers
03 Jul 2013
As smartphone use spreads rapidly, mobile ‘showrooming’ is the new mantra and retailers who fail to adapt to this trend will be left behind, says Vishwanath Alluri, founder and executive chairman, IMImobile
Online retail sales grow 1.9 per cent in UK
21 Jun 2013
Australian online sales reach A$237 bn
21 Jun 2013
Sobeys grocery chain to buy Safeway's Canadian arm for $5.70 bn
13 Jun 2013
The acquisition, the largest in the Canadian retail sector this year, will make Sobeys the leading grocer in Western Canada and Alberta
Unable to sell direct, Amazon India looks for tie-ups with retail chains
08 Jun 2013
Online retail giant Amazon, which entered India this week, plans to enter into selling partnership with several leading brick-and-mortar retail chains
Honda seeks to enter single-brand auto retail in India
16 May 2013
Honda, however, has sought waiver on local sourcing norms for ATVs, high-end bikes and side-by-side vehicles, as it would not be possible to procure high-end technology from Indian suppliers at present
IKEA's €1.5 billion investment plan gets final nod
02 May 2013
IKEA had proposed an investment of Rs10,500 crore to set up 10 furnishing and homeware stores as well as allied infrastructure that includes cafeterias in India over the next 10 years
Swedish clothing retailer H&M wants to open 50 stores in India
29 Apr 2013
H&M is the second Swedish retailer after furniture major IKEA to seek permission to set up shop in India under the relaxed FDI norms
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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