Supply chain firms help kiranas meet spike in demandThese firms are helping corner stores find solutions to cater to a demand surge from customers during the ongoing 21-day national lockdown....
eCommerce paltform Near.Store raises $300,000 seed fundOnce plugged in, the AI and ML algorithms on the platform take over and manage the various aspects of discovery (SEO), discovery and hyper-...
Potato acreage rises due to higher farmer's remuneration, cheaper seedRise in potato production has caused gluts in recent years in India. It has hurt business interest of stakeholders including traders, cold ...
Unicorn India Ventures makes maiden investment in fintech with SmartCoinThe startup offers loans starting from Rs 1,000 and is targeting individuals beyond the salaried class and has tied up with a few nonbankin...
Cola sales catch a chill in Tamil Nadu as boycott heats upAfter small retailers, even large chains are heeding the boycott call. The Indian Beverage Association has expressed disappointment at the ...
Bengaluru-based Maiyas offers bhel in bar formThe 18-month-old Maiyas has released its first bar product in the Bengaluru and Mumbai markets. The other products in the pipeline include ...
Five US students to bring smiles to millions of Indian kidsBeginning with the pilot project in the slums of Bangalore, these entrepreneurs are expanding it to other parts of the country as well.
Walmart decks up kirana stores for larger India pie"Around 70% of our customers are re-sellers and we work closely with them to help them modernize the kirana shop," says CEO with Walmart In...
Cola giants gear up for rural slugfestThe fight to wrest control of India's rural market has the potential to become one of the most fiercely fought battles between Coca-Cola an...
After Bharti, Walmart in no hurry to get into retailing; cash-and-carry stores remain winning formulaAnalysts say focusing on the 20 Best Price cash-and-carry stores is the best option for the US giant as the business has proved lucrative.
Kishore Biyani picks K Radhakrishnan to scale up KB's FairPriceRetail baron Kishore Biyani has handpicked K Radhakrishnan to drive a massive scale-up of his neighbourhood stores chain KB's FairPrice.
- Traders pass off lookalikes to cash in on demand for traditional rice
There is a booming market for traditional regional varieties of rice that command up to 200% premium because they are hardly produced any m...
FDI in retail: 'East India Company is now owned by Indians', Anand Mahindra tweets for FDITwitter users were mostly in favour of the government although many wondered what impact it would have on small store-owners.
- Bangalore Metro: It's payback time for Namma Metro
It's payback time for Namma Metro. After having met the aspirations of Bangaloreans, the mass rapid transit system now has hundreds of acco...
'At Laden hideout, gates didn't open even on Eid'The house where Osama bin Laden lived had four electricity and four gas connections .
- Kashmir Valley: Morel mushroom an unnoticed specialty
At a wayside store that we had stopped off at to buy yet another Kashmiri treasure — the amazing thin-shelled walnut — my eyes feel on a ba...
- Oxigen makes payment transactions on mobile easy
Oxigen's mobile wallet service breathes new life into payment transactions.