Bihar man turns ‘Bewafa Chai Wala’ after heartbreak in love. Now, earns in thousands every dayThe shop's owner, Chhotu Gupta, stated in an interview with Local 18 that he opened the establishment in 2023 following a traumatic heartbr...
24 Sep, 2024, 10.46 AM IST
Bullish on India as it has everything in place to accelerate trajectory: Starbucks Global CEO NarasimhanStarbucks CEO Laxman Narasimhan has announced plans to open a new store every third day in India to operate 1000 cafes by 2028. The company...
10 Jan, 2024, 01.53 PM IST
How to make a luxury brand from scratch? Lessons from a coffee shopBacha Coffee, a brand fewer than five years old has thrived in post-pandemic Singapore thanks to the grandeur of its stores and its positio...
04 Nov, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
Why does Maggi cost Rs 193 at airports? A debate rages on Twitter.A Twitter debate has erupted over the cost of Maggi noodles being sold at airports in India, with some users defending the high prices and ...
17 Jul, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
HUL Q2 profit up 9% at Rs 2,187 crHUL's stock, which was up 3% before the announcement, fell nearly 8% in afternoon trade after earnings were announced. It, however, recoupe...
20 Oct, 2021, 06.47 AM IST
Authenticity inspires consumers today — people want to know if brands live up to their principles: Professor Glenn Carroll of the Stanford Graduate School of BusinessIn tumultuous times, there are always opportunities for taking advantage of your situation in the market. Companies producing essential goo...
15 May, 2021, 12.01 AM IST
We’re looking at expanding into high-margin FMCG businesses & acquisitions: Tata Consumer MD Sunil D’Souza“The premise of creating the consumer business was to create a much bigger space in FMCG; but we will go ahead with clearly differentiated ...
04 Feb, 2021, 10.18 PM IST
Now, get cheap internet along with your chaiA number of chai sellers and kirana stores across Delhi and Bengaluru have partnered with startups to provide pre-paid WiFi packs for betwe...
28 Jan, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
How next-gen from families of traditional tea businesses are trying to give cuppa a hipper twistKolkata got its first specialty tea boutique way back in 1987 when Dolly Roy, India’s first woman tea taster and tea auctioneer, opened the...
01 May, 2016, 01.00 PM IST
Teaxpress: Assamese entrepreneur Kaushal Dugar using e-commerce to supply quality packaged teaHis tech team uses search engine optimization for visibility, customer analytics and complex algorithms to predict demand and delivery.
20 Apr, 2014, 05.13 AM IST
How Gujarat's VarieTEA, Two & A Bud and Chai Wai are cashing in on a rising surge in tea drinkersNationally, the tea shoppe segment is still at a nascent stage though there are already 41 such across India.
12 Apr, 2014, 10.47 AM IST
Why Tata Global Beverages is a value pick in FMCG sector?While the ET FMCG Index is trading at a PE multiple of 38.5, the Tata Global is trading at 22 times its earnings of last four quarters.
27 Sep, 2013, 11.55 AM IST
- Micro-credit firm Rang De shifts base to Bangalore from Chennai
Micro-credit firm Rang De is shifting its operations to Bangalore to Chennai, in a bid to attract more social investments from the corporat...
03 Jun, 2011, 04.41 PM IST
Youngsters leave cushy jobs to take up farmingThe recent uptrend in commodity prices-be it vegetables, tea, cotton or crops-is attracting a new generation of agriculturists.
03 Jun, 2011, 12.53 PM IST
Gradually, all our businesses will be under Lavazza brandGiuseppe Lavazza's focus is to make India the top international market for his family-run business that markets coffee in more than 90 coun...
31 Jan, 2011, 03.16 AM IST
- Tea industry warms up for a turnaround
Emerging markets like Egypt and Iran are once again looking at India and lifting more tea.
15 Aug, 2008, 03.39 AM IST
- Humble tea warms up for a turnaround
The 61st year of India’s independence has augured well for one of the country’s oldest industries - tea.
15 Aug, 2008, 12.00 AM IST