Consumer durables industry: Demand for temporary workers increase in small towns & hinterlands by up to 30% from last yearThe demand for more workers is mainly from places such as Panipat, Varanasi, Asansol, Dhanbad, Guwahati, Raipur, Nagpur, Jaipur, Patna, Sal...
29 Mar, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
Samsung's latest foldable devices - Galaxy Z Flip5 and Z Fold5- to be made in IndiaSamsung's latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Flip5 and Z Fold5, will be locally manufactured in India, said JB Park, Samsung Southwe...
27 Jul, 2023, 04.03 PM IST
First batch of Indian students from Ukraine being evacuated via RomaniaThe India students will be taken to Romanian capital Bucharest, which is at a distance of 500 kilometres from the Ukrainian-Romanian border...
26 Feb, 2022, 12.37 AM IST
Companies step up customised adverts for small town, rural consumers in response to demandLarge Indian consumer goods companies including Parle, Coca-Cola, ITC, Dabur and Marico said they are escalating advertising customised to ...
08 Dec, 2020, 08.10 PM IST
Ola Bike expands to 150 cities across India, aims to grow 3 times in next 12 monthsArun Srinivas, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Ola was quoted as saying that Ola Bike offered consumers a smart, innovative and afford...
12 Sep, 2019, 08.31 PM IST
A rough road awaits e-commerce companies as they race to the Indian hinterlandsCompanies have had to tweak business models, extend and improvise on logistics and supply chain, and patiently chip away at the suspicion o...
21 Jan, 2018, 06.01 PM IST
How Amazon is going deeper into the hinterland with a gambit of unique offline-online blendAs cities getting saturated and same set of consumers being targeted by all etailers in India, Amazon is doing something it hasn't done any...
17 Sep, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
How e-commerce companies like Amazon, Flipkart help stores locate new spending citiesStrategists are now combing the end-user address lists of Web commerce companies to analyze whether it might be worth their while to open l...
01 Sep, 2017, 11.12 PM IST
With 44% of population employed, Tirupur best for jobseekersOthers in the top five include Santipur in West Bengal, Erode and Rajapalyam in Tamil Nadu and Mangalagiri in Andhra Pradesh, all textile m...
14 Mar, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
Why pharmaceutical firms in India hardly took the village roadIt’s easier to spot an auto showroom in a small town than to locate a pharmacy that sells anything beyond cough and cold, and birth-control...
06 Jul, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
Cafe Seven Beans: Huballi venture may expand to towns with a strategy different from CCD & StarbucksCafé Seven Beans, a venture founded in the town of Huballi, some 130 km to the southwest, will fill this void of a local hang-out place.
07 Jun, 2015, 04.19 AM IST
- We also have guns and mortars: Omar Abdullah tells Pakistan
As the fear-stricken residents from border Charunda hamlet flocked to the Uri town for a formal protest, Omar Abdullah requested Islamabad ...
17 Oct, 2012, 06.48 PM IST
- FabMart.com launches new retail model for rural markets
FabMart.com introduced in Andhra Pradesh, a new retail model aimed at addressing the demand-supply need of retail.
11 Sep, 2012, 08.24 PM IST
- Issue of new bank lincences
The rules for new banks should promote safety and push inclusive banking.
25 Mar, 2011, 08.18 AM IST
- Small-town India joins big IT race
Small backwoods towns have joined the IT race as big cities battle soaring costs, talent shortages and overloaded, inadequate infrastructur...
08 Nov, 2007, 09.44 AM IST
- Tuticorin set for economic growth
The centre of gravity has shifted to east from west and this augurs well for Tuticorin.
13 Sep, 2007, 12.38 AM IST
- Vodafone's entry to benefit India: Industry
UK telecom giant Vodafone's entry in the Indian telecom market has elicited positive response from the industry.
12 Feb, 2007, 07.20 PM IST