Growth

And how the mighty fall! How often do we see companies that haven’t been to the neighborhood of “brand depression”? I’d say every other day. The success track is a tricky one to adhere to and most of the times, if the company is overtaken…

Made minor corrections and changes What is business consulting? Business consulting involves working with clients in solving their critical business problems, helping them make better business decisions. In business consulting, a…

This should come as a big boost to Indian Economy and falling rupee. Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Manmohan Singh announced on Tuesday opening up of Foreign Direct Investment in 10 sectors, which include Defence production, Insurance, Petrol…

Sony has done well in the Indian market over the last decade. It has cemented itself as one of the best consumer electronics brands in the country, and one of the reasons it was able to do so very effectively is the fact that its brand…

It goes without saying that Mobile Devices have changed the way we consume Media. Just a few years back, Television was our main channel to consume media followed by Newspapers, magazines and Radio. However, with smartphones and tablets on…

India will be the world's third largest smartphone market by 2017 only after China and US, according to IDC. The market intelligence firm's study predicts the Indian smartphone market to attract 2.78 crore shipments in 2013, accounting for…

As is the norm, Indian Economic Survey for 2012-13 was tabled in the parliament today, a day prior to release of Union Budget 2013-14. We bring you the key highlights on how Indian economy performed in 2012-13 and what is expected in…

Indian mobile subscriptions saw a net increase of 11 million or 1.1 crore in the fourth quarter of 2012. According to Ericsson Mobility Report's latest edition, there were 71.3 crore mobile subscriptions in India at end of Q4 2012 as…

Micromax India, which started out as the go-to company for ‘budget’ mobile phones, has emerged quite positively in the smartphone market. The year 2012 has been very active for the company. With the release of Andro A60, Micromax made its…

Notwithstanding the sluggish economy through-out the world, Gold hit record demand levels as per report released by World Gold Council. In value terms, gold demand in 2012 was USD 236.4 billion – an all-time high. In final fourth quarter of…

The number of Telecom Subscribers have fallen further and that too in a big way. According to the monthly TRAI report, December 2012 witnessed biggest in mobile subscriber numbers till date. A fall of 2.91 percent or whopping 25.88 million!…

The season of earning announcements are back. Last quarter was full of ups and downs in tech industry as well. While the Nokia was able to post a positive earning after many consecutive quarters of losses, Facebook was also able to book a…

Before I start, let me tell you that I am not a stock market expert. However, I have been dabbling in equity investments and stock trading for nearly 10 years and I have had my ups and downs. The article below gives a perspective of what I…

While 2012-2013 logged one of lowest Economic growth rate in recent years, year 2013-14 is expected to fare much better. In the current (2012-13) financial year, last couple of quarters have witnessed some of the lowest growth rates in past…

India's GDP is doubling itself in less than a tenth of the time it took UK to do so, according an intelligence report by Office of the Director of National Intelligence, US. The report also expects growing demand for energy, food and water…

The PC market in India declined 5.9% in the third quarter of 2012, according to a Gartner report. Nearly 2.9 million or 29 lakh PCs sales were logged during July to September 2012 out of which 13.63 lakh were to consumers. PC sales remained…

Retail industry has been an ever-changing one owing to numerous technological advances. Never before have customers been endowed with such choices as to not only who should they purchase from but also via what channel. In this hiatus, where…

A recap In my previous article in this series, I lamented that inflation has averaged ~9.8% p.a. over the last 5 years and that it has essentially obliterated the purchasing power of money by 37.5% during this period. I also talked about…

India has been ranked as the 4th most preferred country for investment, expansion and business opportunity by Chief Financial Officers (CFO) from 14 countries. The results are a part of a study titled Ambition Survey 2012 conducted by BDO…

Select a product, check the number of manufacturers offering the same product, see the difference, and choose the one that suits your requirements the best. Had internet not been so advanced and comparison would have been tedious and…