The country’s top beer maker is gearing up for the future of alcohol consumption in India: craft brews and imported drinks. United Breweries (UB), partly…
MORE SHOPPING
Private equity investors are back to pouring big bucks into India’s malls
Private equity (PE) investors have returned to shop for mall spaces in India. Between January and March 2018, PE investors pumped Rs950 crore ($1.4 million)…
TOP CHOICE
Here is where India’s business school graduates want to work
Forget technology and e-commerce, India’s business school graduates are currently most interested in soaps and detergents. The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is the most…
SLOWING DOWN?
After a period of blazing growth, Patanjali hits a bump
Patanjali is in need of some deft yoga moves. After disrupting India’s consumer goods market over the last few years, sales seem to be sputtering…
ALMOST THERE
Finally, the rural drought may have ended for Indian consumer goods firms
Over 65% of Indians live in villages and small towns, a key market for consumer companies that draw anywhere between 40% and 45% of their…
PUSHBACK
A trade group says Walmart has a “hidden agenda” behind its Flipkart deal
Walmart’s biggest gamble in India isn’t going down too well with some of the country’s small and medium businesses. On May 09, the US retailer…
NOT MAKING THIS UP
Why one of India’s top online beauty retailers chose to go brick-and-mortar
Nykaa, one of India’s top beauty e-tailers, is all set to chase profitability even as it invests in opening more brick-and-mortar stores. On May 14,…
REALITY CHECK
What Walmart bought for $16 billion: a sliver of India and a lot of hope
Walmart made a big splash in India this week with its $16 billion (Rs1 lakh crore) acquisition of Flipkart. But the deal is unlikely to…
R.O.I.
Why Walmart bought Flipkart, according to Walmart
Soon after Walmart announced its $16 billion (Rs1 lakh crore) acquisition of Flipkart, its shares tanked in early hours of trading on the New York…
BACK TO THE FUTURE
A decade later, Walmart’s secret e-commerce dreams in India are coming true
When Walmart first announced its big-bang entry into India in 2007, it had grand plans to have its huge signature stores sprinkled across the country.…
ABOUT TIME
Japan’s biggest fashion chain is finally coming to India
Japanese fast-fashion retailer Uniqlo is set to make its India debut next year. The retailer, popular for winter-wear, polos in solid colours, and linen shirts,…
HANGOVER ALERT
With another $50 million in the tank, Bira plans to flood India with more beer
Grab your beer mugs. B9 Beverages, which sells the popular Bira 91 brand of beer, has just completed its largest round of fund-raising, and is…
