High spenders darling of luxury retail biggies The Times Of India | CHANDIGARH/AHMEDABAD: Indian consumers are demanding and getting service extraordinaire from premium brands flocking the high streets. Indulgence, it seems, is the key to the consumers’ wallet. In-shop cafes, lounge areas, kids’ play...
Textile cos spread wings, boost retail to grow The Times Of India | MUMBAI: Indian textile firms are now consolidating their global reach after snapping up several companies abroad, while sharpening their retail thrust at home to offset a slowdown in consumer spending in the US, industry officials and an...
High spenders darling of luxury retail biggies The Times Of India | CHANDIGARH/AHMEDABAD: Indian consumers are demanding and getting service extraordinaire from premium brands flocking the high streets. Indulgence, it seems, is the key to the consumers’...
Indians flock to giant retailers for food bargains Gulf News | Mumbai: Large modern Indian retailers, hobbled by strict foreign investment caps, political concerns and protests from small traders, are finding support from an unusual quarter: spiralling food prices. | With India's annual inflation rate at its h...
Textile cos spread wings, boost retail to grow The Times Of India | MUMBAI: Indian textile firms are now consolidating their global reach after snapping up several companies abroad, while sharpening their retail thrust at home to offset a slowdown in cons...
Retailers growth plans, consumer spends still not hit The Times Of India | MUMBAI: Growth plans of India's organised retailers are unlikely to see much of a slowdown, if at all, as most existing players have tied up finances for the next 6-9 months and deep pock...
Opportunity for RIL to restart retail fuel outlets The Times Of India | MUMBAI: The rising crude oil prices may be a worry for the Indian government, but it may well turn out to be an opportunity for Reliance Industries which ann...
IBM launches AnyPlace kiosk model for small retailers The Times Of India | MUMBAI: Global IT giant, IBM, on Thursday said it has rolled out a new IBM AnyPlace kiosk model in the country, which would enable its clients to provide an increased number of s...
FAM criticises ICRIER report on small retailers The Times Of India | | | | MUMBAI: An apex organisation of trade associations in Maharashtra has said that the entry of transnational retail chains as recommended by ICRIER study "will sound the death knell for 4-crore small retailers ...
Parsvnath to open 10 retail stores in this fiscal The Times Of India | NEW DELHI: Realty firm Parsvnath Developers on Friday said it planned to open up to 10 retail stores in different formats this fiscal, for which the company is in talks with foreign playe...
Atlantic route to boost India-Canada trade: minister The Times Of India | TORONTO: Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay has made a strong pitch for routing India-Canada trade via the Atlantic Gateway on its east coast as it offered deep, ice-free ports for la...
SBI may pocket Rs 300 cr from NSE stake cut The Times Of India | MUMBAI: India’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) has decided to sell a part of its holding in the National Stock Exchange (NSE), a move which is expected to fetch over Rs 300 crore for the bank. | SBI, which helped promote the exchange over 15 years ago along with a clutch of In...
RBI opens doors to six VC funds after long gap The Times Of India | | | | MUMBAI: After a long lull, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed a string of foreign venture capital (VC) funds to invest in the country. While this decision could be driven partly by fears of a slowdown and drying capital inflows, the shift in mood may also have a lot to do with these funds changing ...