Retail chains & restaurants shut stores as consumption slowsSeveral lifestyle retail chains and restaurants are closing stores on high streets and in smaller towns due to a year-long slowdown in cons...
16 Mar, 2025, 05.36 AM IST
Staycation: India’s untapped goldmine for quick getaways and digital detoxesThe staycation industry, a niche within the leisure sector, is experiencing growth, with a projected market revenue of $758 million by 2033...
17 Dec, 2024, 11.27 PM IST
Fast fashion players such as M&S, Zara, H&M see fall in sales growth on spending woesOver the past few years, top global apparel and fast fashion brands struck a strong chord with young customers, racking up sales growth of ...
14 Dec, 2024, 06.17 AM IST
By holidaying abroad, zindagi milegi dobaraMany Indians are choosing international travel more frequently due to increased affluence and easier access. Popular destinations now inclu...
07 Oct, 2024, 10.50 PM IST
From Tatas to Ambanis to Birlas, big corporates are hungry for restaurant businessBig corporate houses like Aditya Birla, Reliance and Tata Group are investing in the Indian restaurant industry. They see opportunities in ...
06 Oct, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Restaurant sector expected to turn around after tough Q1: Speciality Restaurants CMDSpeciality Restaurants Ltd CMD Anjanmoy Chatterjee believes India's restaurant sector will recover despite recent challenges like high food...
01 Sep, 2024, 10.37 AM IST
With hotel check-ins, add hotel check-upsThere is a need to provide in-house doctor's services not only on luxury cruises but also for business travelers staying at hotels. This wo...
07 Feb, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
Discretionary spending likely to revive only in second half of FY24Consumers started reducing non-essential spending such as those on apparel, lifestyle products, electronics, and dining out since last year...
27 May, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
Discretionary spending may weaken in Q4; apparel, lifestyle cos and eateries expect sales to grow only 15%-20%The slowdown is not restricted to apparel. Even the liquor segment that surpassed pre-Covid sales last year, could see slower growth. Analy...
18 Apr, 2023, 12.27 AM IST
Tipplers are back in the bar with a bangThe 'on-trade' channel that includes bars, restaurants, hotels, nightclubs, shrank to about 10% of the overall share in 2020 - it's histori...
05 Aug, 2022, 12.33 AM IST
Shopping, eating out surge after two washout yearsSuch a spike is seen mostly in urban markets, in malls and large high-street retail or dining areas as of now, despite increase in restaura...
31 May, 2022, 12.43 AM IST
View: WFH started making perfect (business) sense a while backBut over the last few months with Covid subsiding, and people revenge dining as if the latest IMF and World Bank studies that show poverty ...
23 Apr, 2022, 10.48 PM IST
2022 going to be a year of swing trading rather than trend following: Atul Suri“It is going to be a year of swing trading rather than trend following. For a trader, that is a very accurate answer but we as a PMS I cann...
18 Jan, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
Over 45 mn Indians dine out at their favourite restaurants in 2021 according to reportOwing to the higher disposable income thanks to our WFH (work from home) lifestyles, luxury dining across India has increased by as much as...
05 Jan, 2022, 03.43 PM IST
Why digitisation remains the most powerful theme for Indian market"Today there is a lot of choice amongst the platform companies or the new age businesses. We so far are betting only on the profit making c...
01 Dec, 2021, 09.27 AM IST
Hotels and restaurants set for bookings bonanza in October on back of pent up demandITC Hotels chief executive Anil Chadha said going by the current trend and surge in domestic traffic, bookings are expected to continue int...
04 Oct, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Staggered lockdowns start to bite battered restaurantsEven though take-outs and ordering have been exempted from the restrictions and continue in the bigger metros, there are fears that deliver...
17 May, 2021, 11.36 AM IST