San Francisco's new venture capital hotspot: a national park a world away from downtownVenture capital firm Headline used to be in one of San Francisco's most eye-catching skyscrapers: the pyramidal Transamerica building that ...
08 Jul, 2023, 03.58 PM IST
Payment apps are cornering the SME sector. What can India's old-fashioned lenders do?There are several juggling acts going on here, apart from the millions of small businesspeople reconciling their accounts across the many s...
31 Mar, 2022, 06.19 AM IST
The business secrets held in India’s Nutella jarsNinety per cent of the country’s trade passes through neighborhood “kirana” shops, each with annual sales of $0.5 million or less. Their ow...
28 Feb, 2022, 01.37 PM IST
Global brands like Unilever, Colgate in India have mutiny at handIt’s a mutiny that the multinationals have invited upon themselves.
07 Jan, 2022, 10.06 AM IST
Mukesh Ambani’s succession plan for his $217 billion empire needs three superstarsA clean transfer of wealth is important to the 64-year-old Indian tycoon, who was embroiled in a bitter inheritance dispute with his younge...
06 Jan, 2022, 09.53 AM IST
Tata Group doubles down on a business it had exited 23 years agoBeauty products will be “a key focus for us” from now on along with footwear and underwear, Noel Tata, non-executive chairman of Trent Ltd....
16 Dec, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
Nykaa founder’s wealth tops $6.5 billion after blockbuster IPOFalguni Nayar, who owns about half of Nykaa, is now worth about $6.5 billion as shares of the firm surged as much as 89% when they started ...
10 Nov, 2021, 03.07 PM IST
Reliance to bring 7-Eleven convenience stores to IndiaFuture Retail terminated its two year-old franchise agreement with 7-Eleven Inc that had planned to open and manage the global eponymous br...
08 Oct, 2021, 09.50 AM IST
Buy now, pay later: The craze that's helping India’s millions of mom-and-pops get access to financeAfter a long period of relative stagnation, India’s retail industry is on the move. Even small shops can now access large, organized wholes...
07 Oct, 2021, 07.03 AM IST
Can social commerce empower micro-entrepreneurs in a post Covid era?Currently in India, social commerce is driven by resellers who mostly sell apparels online. However there is still a huge opportunity to em...
13 Feb, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Top tech investor bets India corner shops can fight AmazonIndia has the market size and talent pool to make things happen and now investors are lining up with capital.
01 Oct, 2019, 09.44 PM IST
Picking the new ‘shifting moments of truth’For businesses, the challenge for the next few years is to identify the shifting moments of truth and align strategy. The war for individua...
23 Feb, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
After losing China, Jeff Bezos really wants to win in IndiaThe company has set up a credit operation for Indians without bank accounts, built a streamlined mobile app and loaded up the site with ecl...
06 Mar, 2018, 06.55 AM IST
Paytm culls most sellers to avoid Alibaba's problems with fakesIn one fell swoop, Paytm Mall de-listed 85,000 sellers, leaving just 30,000 on its platform. The move is designed to build trust with custo...
20 Jul, 2017, 09.32 AM IST
Amazon ties up with Vodafone to acquire 'hesitant' customersThe e-tailer has tied up with Vodafone India, to provide a touch-and-feel experience of smartphones like One-Plus 3, which sell exclusively...
20 Jun, 2016, 02.43 PM IST
Dreams on hold, Brazil's 'new middle class' turns on President Dilma Rousseff13 of 14 people interviewed in Jardim São Luis said they were sure they would not vote for Rousseff, but could not point to a clear alterna...
09 Sep, 2014, 11.27 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