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The festive season is supposed to perk up the economy, businesses, and the consumer class. But rising prices of essential items threaten to play spoilsport this time?

M&E’s Fervent Festival Feelings

Soumya Sehgal

It’s the season we’ve all been waiting for! With businesses and buyers turning up the volume, decking up in style and pumping up for the much-awaited mega-carnival, festive time is expected to exude increased moments of consumption & sales for most M&E players.

Retail Tomato Prices Skyrocket Up To Rs 93/Kg In Metros Due To Unseasonal Rains

The retail price of tomatoes was ruling at more than Rs 50 per kg in over 50 cities out of 175-odd cities tracked by the consumer affairs ministry.

The Tyranny Of Scale

Ajai Kumar Dayal

Human to human interface has been the touchstone of relationships through the centuries and the challenge is how to grow without losing it.

Retail Operations Future: Using Data Analytics For Supply Chain, Logistics Implementation

Pooja Malik

Most companies are looking to invest in analytics to be able to forecast delivery volumes, expected delays, supply status, etc. as the demand of orders increases, and due to this there is an urgent need to streamline logistics ops and they use analytics to deliver a seamless customer experience.

Retail Video Analytics, Wow Factor In Enhancing Customer Experience

Mr. Ashish Kumar

Opinion Columns

Video analytics can put the retail stores on par with the online marketplaces, increasing their competitive advantage as well as continuing to attract footfalls and building a loyal customer base.

The New Ecommerce Rules & Brick & Mortar Retail

Ajai Kumar Dayal

Opinion Columns

There is no doubt we should have a level playing field for all ecommerce operators, but it would take years for any new sites to come to anything near the global players in size, diversity and efficiency in every area. And what is to say that eventually the larger local operators will not start creating monopolies and taking control of the supply chain themselves? Is this not happening in the case of large brick and mortar retailer chains even now?

Gritty Leadership Can Make an Elephant Dance

Neeraj Kapoor

Opinion Columns

Large Business conglomerates will not only have to be agile, consumer-centric, innovative, and digital-first but also purpose-driven and responsibly competitive to survive in a 'Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous' world

Retailers Enjoyed Higher Price Margins During The First Wave: RBI

Raghav Aggarwal

Banking & Finance Banking

The stringency of the lockdowns and the price margins were found to be inversely proportional during both waves

Retail Investors' Ownership In NSE-Listed Cos Hits All Time High In Jun Qtr

LIC's holding across 295 companies, where its ownership is more than 1 per cent, declined to 3.74 per cent as of June 2021, down from 3.83 per cent in March 2021, and from an all-time high of 5 per cent in June 2012.

Retail Success In The Age Of Sustainability - The Organic World

The Indian organic food market, valued at $815 million in 2020, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 24% over the next five years.

Flipkart Approaches SC In CCI Probe Matter: Sources

The Karnataka High Court had last week dismissed cases filed by Amazon and Flipkart that sought to quash the CCI's 2020 investigation.

Indian IT Industry To Post Strong Recovery With 11% Revenue Growth In FY22: Crisil

Retail and manufacturing, which together account for 30 per cent of revenues, are expected to recover 8-9 per cent after slowing down to 2-3 per cent last fiscal year

Amazon, Tata Say Indian Govt E-commerce Rules Will Hit Businesses