coronavirus

The widespread restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic changed shopping behaviour dramatically with many people stocking up on hand sanitisers and toilet papers, while shelters across the US are running out of pets to adopt as consumers take comfort...

Promoter of Avenue Supermarts, Radhakishan Damani has contributed Rs 100 crore to the PM-CARES Fund for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He also contributed Rs 55 crore to several state relief funds. Damani has made the contribution through his...

Online grocery platform bigbasket is looking at hiring 10,000 people for its warehouses and last-mile delivery to clear pending orders quickly and meet the spike in orders on account of the nationwide lockdown. According to a PTI report: E-commerce companies...

The three-week long lockdown will impact earnings of FMCG sector in Q1 (April-June quarter), and it is not clear if it will linger to the second quarter, according to a Godrej Consumer top official. According to a PTI report: Though...

Walmart India, which operates in the cash-and-carry format, on Monday said it is encouraging its members to buy online to avoid rush on the streets amid rise of coronavirus cases in the country. The company is witnessing an increase...

The Multiplex Association of India (MAI) has appealed to landlords across the country to waive off rent and common area maintenance (CAM) for all the multiplex operators during the period of the current nation-wide lockdown. India is currently under...

Fashion retailers on Monday sought government support to ease fund flow and to compensate for essential expenses like vendor payments, rents and salaries, saying many players stare at insolvency and recovery from COVID-19 will be a long and arduous...

In an effort to help combat the shortage of hand sanitizers during Covid-19, India’s leading and one of the most trusted skincare brands, NIVEA India in collaboration with its key partners has announced the production and donation of hand...

With US becoming the new epicentre of COVID-19 and thus witnessing one of its worst economic blows, the economic repercussions may soon hit India, as well. As things stand now, US private equity funds which have been substantially active...

India’s first amusement park, EsselWorld has entertained more than 40 million visitors for the past three decades. However, since the COVID-19 outbreak happened in India, EsselWorld has shut its operations until April 15, 2020 keeping in mind the health...