Govt ropes in Indian missions aborad, global retail supermarkets to promote millet exportsIt has started formulating a five-year strategic plan for the promotion of millets and value-added millet products in the international mar...
10 Nov, 2022, 05.36 PM IST
Plan in works to be among top 3 millets exportersGlobal exports of millets increased to $402.7 million in 2020 from $380 million in 2019. In 2020-21, India exported millets worth $28.8 mil...
06 Oct, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
Retail grows to $560 billion in 2014; FDI hopes hang in balanceSince a BJP-led new government came to the power in May 2014, the hope of FDI being allowed in the multi-brand retailer has taken a backsea...
21 Dec, 2014, 12.53 PM IST
French retailer Carrefour to pump Rs 145 cr in Indian arm amid exit speculationCarrefour SA, the second largest retailer in the world, has so far invested Rs 450 crore in its cash-and-carry wholesale business in India.
11 Jun, 2014, 06.15 AM IST
- Shop till you drop: Retailers open stores early, close late to boost sales
From opening at 7 am to closing post-midnight, many retailers now work overtime to increase sales by wooing joggers & night owls.
31 Aug, 2012, 07.16 AM IST
Aditya Birla group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla to invest Rs 400 crore more in retail post-slowdownKumar Mangalam Birla will fork out a small fraction of his personal wealth to rapidly ramp up operations of the food retail business.
19 Mar, 2012, 05.48 AM IST
- FDI in retail: Big retailers like Bharti,Videocon step on gas after FDI boost
Retailers stepped up engagement with foreign superstores, a day after the govt swept aside a big hurdle for foreign investment in the count...
28 Nov, 2011, 10.32 AM IST
- Localise, as customer tastes vary across India: Andrew Levermore, CEO, Bharti Retail India
Bharti Retail's moves are being closely tracked as it expands from 146 stores to 850. The COO shares the lessons learnt.
28 Aug, 2011, 04.42 AM IST
- Pantaloon sees future in Value Retail
In a move that could pave the way for new investors to step in, Pantaloon Retail will spin off two of its biggest revenue grossers — Big Ba...
17 Mar, 2009, 01.57 AM IST
- Carrefour may hook up with Biyani
Future group, India’s largest retailer and owner of the Big Bazaar supermarket chain, is in advanced talks with Europe’s largest retailer C...
28 Jan, 2009, 04.05 AM IST
- Wal-Mart seeks growth in small town China
China's economic growth is rapidly spreading out from the main cities like Beijing and Shanghai into the hinterlands, where the middle clas...
19 Oct, 2008, 02.46 AM IST
- Carrefour may partner with Reliance in retail
Industry has been abuzz with talks of a possible deal between the French retailer and Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail. Reliance Power IPO
04 Jan, 2008, 03.30 PM IST
- DLF to list 5 units, raise $5 bn
Real estate major DLF plans to raise $5 billion over the next three years by listing five of its business units, including DLF Homes, DLF R...
28 Dec, 2007, 03.15 AM IST
'Size is not our No 1 driver'Reckitt Benckiser’s chief executive Bart Becht, Dutch by origin and now among the UK’s highest-paid CEOs, is known best for his relentless ...
17 Dec, 2007, 03.57 AM IST
- Aditya Birla Group to hire 55,000 for retail operations
It operates 300 supermarkets and hypermarkets under the ‘more’ brand with 8,000 employees on the rolls. Business week in pics
01 Dec, 2007, 03.39 PM IST
- Tesco drops out on shaky FDI ground
Tesco has said it does not plan to enter India unless FDI is allowed in the retail sector.
23 Jun, 2007, 05.23 AM IST
- Europe's No.3 Rewe tests retail waters
Europe’s third-largest food retailer, the 42-billion euros (about $56 billion) Rewe Group, is chalking out the roadmap for its India entry.
06 Apr, 2007, 02.42 AM IST