FDI in Retail

Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Ltd., the largest conglomerate of India has decided to step into the online retail sector and this has created a wave of tension in the Walmart owned Flipkart and Amazon. What we know of Reliance…

This surely is a fantastic news – FDI in E-Commerce may open up as early as July and is expected to be announced by the Govt during upcoming 2014-15 union budget, reports Reuters. FDI in e-commerce has been a subject of discussion for…

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…

The business of politics and the politics of business; both are very interesting subjects. But when it comes to actual implementation of either of these in actual life, then things can go pretty nasty. Last month, we had celebrated the…

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.

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…

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…

Our current economic situation is bad more due to the lack of initiative from the govt than the global economic crisis. The opening up of FDI has instantly boosted the market health, the Sensex, Indian companies, the ADRs and last but not…

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its World Investment Report for 2012 which outlined that FDI in 2011 exceeded pre-economic crisis levels. More importantly, the report ranked India as the 3rd most…

Although the Scandinavian giant IKEA has been trying to come to India since 2000, it hasn't been able to set itself up yet. And this was mainly because of the tight FDI rules in India until recently. But with the Indian government having…