retail

From quite some time, the debate between in-store and online shopping has been in the limelight. Though it is the same product sold via retailer shops and online stores, there are differences of touch-feel experience for the buyers and…

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, which is the decision making body for all FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) related matters in India, have released the updated and consolidated FDI…

Aditya Birla Retail Limited, a retail subsidiary of $45 billion Aditya Birla Group has acquired Jubilant Industry’s retail business in all cash, slump sale deal. The exact amount of the deal hasn’t been disclosed. Jubilant’s retail…

Kishore Biyani led Future Group has announced it’s merger with Bharti Retail, there by forming India’s largest retail chain in terms of revenues. This retail behemoth’s annual turnover will be Rs 15,000 crore, which is more than…

A recent Infographic published by TrustedCompany.com reveals what most of us Indians spend our money on. The Infographic  discloses what the billion plus Indians are spending their disposable income on. Ours is a country where we have…

Technology never ceases to amaze us. Three decades back, could our parents have imagined that more than a third of the people on our planet would be connected to each other someday 24X7 via invisible signals some day? The very mention…

Sanjiv Goenka led Spencer’s Retail is now looking at entering the ECommerce arena soon, joining the likes like Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal. The electronic bazaar will be up and going by April this year confirmed Their Group Head for…

The Indian customer and his behavior patterns are changing constantly in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry especially with Food products leading the market break up with 43%. But consumer durables have seen a high increase in…

Diwali – 2014 is witnessing unprecedented sales of various consumer good products all over the country. And the good news is that both ecommerce and brick-and-mortar stores are witnessing excellent sales volume. The hottest products in…

In a study conducted by Boston Consultancy Group (BCG) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), it was revealed that organized retail in India, which is currently valued at $40 billion will swell to $200 billion in the next 5-7 years.…

India’s largest retail chain, Reliance Retail, has finally posted profit, which has been described as a rare feat. After pumping in $1 billion investment with lots of trials and errors and spending close to 7 years in the market, this is…

Around 3 weeks back, newly crowned Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal made one of his first announcements after coming to power – The banning of FDI in multi-brand retail. In that article, we had mentioned that it is a very bad…

TESCO, World's 3rd largest retail chain, has filed its application to open its chain in India. It has partnered with TATA’s Trent retail operations, and has promised that it will invest $110 million into this joint venture.

As many of you might have heard in the previous few days, Google has launched Androidland in collaboration with Spice. Two stores have been launched as of now with plans for more in the future.The two that are launched are in Bengaluru and…

“If it works, it will be bigger than Big Bazaar” – Kishore Biyani, managing director of Future Retail on Big Bazaar Direct. There are mainly two keywords in his statement: “If” and “Bigger”. And if this statement is even 1% true, then…

Future Group, which has one of the largest chain of retail super-shops in India under Big Bazaar brand, have now launched a unique franchisee based direct selling business model called Big Bazaar Direct as per Business Standard. Big…

Consumers and Retailers in Pune can now order fresh vegetables and milk requirements directly from Farmers at much cheaper rates. This initiative is carried out by Abhinav Farmer’s Club, a group of around 305 farmers who do farming in…

I am sure at some point in your life you have faced problem with procurement of LPG Gas cylinders. Probably 99 percent of home cooking in urban India happens using LPG gas. The problems are compounded if you relocate to a new place or…

Ankit Khandelwal from Pune is a regular Croma customer. Like thousands of other customers, he believed that his personal information is safe with India’s one of the largest electronics retail chain, whose parent company is Tata. Little did…

The impact of shifting demographics isn’t limited to US elections and its economy. Changes underway in India and throughout Asia driven by the rise of the middle class are redefining consumer buying patterns, production capabilities —and…