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Retail
Dabur India acquires 72.15 of Fem Care
Dabur India, India’s leading FMCG company, has announced 72.15 per cent acquision of Fem Care pharma, a leading player in women skincare products market.“Acquisition of Fem Care pharma is in line with our strategy to aggressively expand Dabur’s scale...
Retail
‘Cowboy attitude is not going to work in retail’: CEO, Tommy Hilfiger
The cowboy attitude resorted to by some retailers in the year gone by, may not be the best strategy to adopt in present times. 'Cowboy attitude' here signifies the agressive and sometimes mindless acquisition of space; the ‘go and...
Retail
TMaG opens first India store
TaylorMade-adidas Golf (TMaG), a wholly owned subsidiary of adidas Group involved in manufacturing and retailing golfing equipments worldwide, has opened its first flagship store in Delhi’s Select Citywalk mall in India.Spread across over 1,600 square feet of retail space,...
Retail
SatNav Technologies makes aggressive retail foray
SatNav Technologies, India’s global positioning system (GPS) pioneer, has tied up with major consumer electronics retail giants including Tata’s Croma, Reliance AutoZone, Future Group’s E-zone and Staples. The tie up will make SatNav’s products available to customers in more...
Retail
Airtel makes television debut with Airtel digital TV
India’s direct to home (DTH) market witnesses one more player. This time its telecom giant Bharti Airtel. The company has announced the launch of Airtel digital TV, its DTH satellite TV service.After, Tata Sky, Dish TV and Big TV,...
Retail
Grass Roots acquires Mumbai-based Tajonline
UK-based Grass Roots group has announced the acquisition of the Mumbai-based merchandise and corporate gift supplier Tajonline India Pvt Ltd. This latest investment by the performance improvement company gives it ownership of Tajonline.com; an online portal that caters to...
Retail
Scaling market size: The BOP way
Rural and bottom of pyramid (BOP) markets are being considered the next big thing after a considerable saturation in urban markets. According to a report by research firm Evalueserve, India’s rural consumption will grow at a combined annual growth...
Retail
Retailers, manufacturers not collaborating: D Shivakumar
Speaking at the session entitled 'Winning Retail Strategy' on the second day of the India Retail Forum 2008 being held in Mumbai, D Shivakumar, vice president and managing director, Nokia India, advised retailers and manufacturers to act collaboratively to...
Retail
Record US$20.3 billion FDI drives Vietnam real estate
Record foreign direct investment (FDI) worth US$20.3 billion in 2007 is driving Vietnam’s real estate industry, but experts have urged existing and would-be investors and developers to take a holistic approach, and support local and regional infrastructure requirements.The cautionary...
Retail
SAP buying rival
German business software group SAP has agreed to buy its smaller French rival, Business Objects, for more than $6.8 billion. The company hopes to complete the deal early next year.Business Objects made sales of 885 million euros last year,...
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70% of retailers struggle to retain customers post-festive season: Report
According to the report, the struggle to retain customers stem from distracted users due to intense competition, high costs...
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