Happy holidays! Pubs and eateries gear up with 24-hour menus, eye 15-20% year-end boostRestaurants and bars are gearing up for a significant sales surge in late December 2025, with many extending operating hours and introducin...
26 Dec, 2025, 03.23 PM IST
Starbucks workers expand strike in US cities, including New YorkStarbucks workers have escalated their strike, expanding to New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and St. Louis, impacting the holiday rush. ...
23 Dec, 2024, 07.09 AM IST
Starbucks workers expand strike in US cities including New YorkStarbucks workers expanded their five-day strike to four more U.S. cities, including New York, impacting holiday sales. The strike, which b...
22 Dec, 2024, 02.00 PM IST
Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas is You' keeps sleigh-riding atop holiday charts since '94!Since its 1994 debut, Mariah Carey's festive anthem "All I Want for Christmas is You" continues to reign over holiday charts. This iconic h...
11 Dec, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Post Christmas Boxing Day sales to fall amid rising cost of living in UKBarclaycard has projected that the average person will spend £229 in post-Christmas sales, £18 less than last year. As a result of the high...
26 Dec, 2022, 07.55 PM IST
After 2-year Covid lull, restaurants in Delhi decked up to welcome guests for Christmas, New YearIn Connaught Place, restaurants like Diggin Cafe, Zen Cafe, Farzi Cafe, Out of the Box Cafe, Warehouse Cafe and many other restaurants have...
22 Dec, 2022, 04.31 PM IST
Container crunch roils India trade, putting nascent economic recovery at riskGlobal trade is being hurt by a shortage of containers because dire predictions of a collapse this year that prompted carriers to cancel sa...
09 Dec, 2020, 01.53 PM IST
Cake makers unlikely to slice pricesThough size of Indian bakery industry is about Rs 21,000 crore, cakes account for only a minor slice, while breads and biscuits make up a l...
09 Dec, 2017, 12.51 AM IST
Cash crunch hits cake makersWhile increased payment through the electronic mode has cushioned bakers in cities, their counterparts in the smaller markets have had to r...
24 Dec, 2016, 12.46 AM IST
Buyers turn Santa for beleaguered retailers during ChristmasMost of the retailers record double-digit sales growth, making it the best-ever revenue season for several of them this calendar year.
27 Dec, 2013, 05.33 AM IST
- Sony Ericsson unveils its first Android phone
Sony Ericsson unveiled its new X10 flagship mobile phone on Tuesday, its first to run on Google's Android operating system, but said it wou...
03 Nov, 2009, 02.57 PM IST
- US employers announce over 2 lakh job cuts in Jan: Report
US employers announced a record 2.4 lakh job cuts in January, the highest in seven years, with the retail sector taking the hardest hit of ...
05 Feb, 2009, 01.03 PM IST
- Fear of 1mn job cuts takes sheen off diamond biz
Impact of almost 50% drop in Christmas-period business is huge in Gujarat where 3,500 units and 1 mn jobs are in peril. Reshape your career...
18 Nov, 2008, 11.26 AM IST
- Luxury goods market expected to see slow growth in 2009
The luxury goods market is expected to see slowing growth this year and a possible downturn in 2009 as the global crisis and weaker consume...
21 Oct, 2008, 09.06 PM IST
- BPOs servicing retailers suffered due to low holiday season sales
The agents at BPO companies across the country haven’t been very busy this holiday season due to low consumer spending in the US and Europe.
03 Jan, 2008, 12.10 AM IST
- Swatch Group not hit by credit crisis
Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group sees record sales in 2007 and is upbeat about the Christmas season as demand for luxury goods remains strong ...
11 Dec, 2007, 09.30 PM IST
- UK shopaholics line up £ 7bn for X'mas, virtually
Britons will spend a record £7bn ($13.3bn) on online purchases in the run-up to Christmas, a 40% rise on last year, a survey has predicted.
06 Nov, 2006, 12.23 AM IST