For over five years now, 25-year-old Roshni Aditya has been planning her holidays around shopping. Aditya, who heads a family business in Kolkata, is a…
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
Indians like their bots feminine, polite, and funny
How do Indians like their chatbots? Female, polite, and funny, for the most part, according to a survey of over 1,000 general users (both men…
GROWTH
Doubling India business is a no-brainer for Unilever, says CEO Paul Polman
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has high hopes for India. Hindustan Unilever (HUL), which owns brands like Surf Excel and Lux in the country, expects…
PATANJALI VS MNCS
An advertisement mocking its rivals has put Patanjali on a slippery slope
Patanjali’s aggressive advertising may have landed the company in trouble again. In a set of directives issued by India’s courts earlier this week, the ayurveda…
KEVENTERS
A classic milkshake brand is wooing India’s millennials with nostalgia and Instagram-worthy glass bottles
After a few dormant decades, a legacy Indian milkshake brand is on the revival path. Keventers, a 92-year-old name in the Indian dairy sector, once…
FIZZY NO MORE
Coca-Cola wants to grow in India by selling less Coke
The world’s largest beverage maker has big plans for India. The Coca-Cola Company wants the country to be its third-largest market globally, up from the…
GOING LOCAL
Ikea has revealed its menu for India—and there are no Swedish meatballs
That’s right. If apart from buying IKEA’s furniture, you were hoping to grab a bite of the famous meatballs, then you won’t be finding them…
#WHYINFY
Infosys’s attempt to calm its employees is anything but inspiring and authentic
It’s business as usual at Infosys. At least, that’s what India’s second-largest information technology company would like everyone to believe in the wake of the…
NOT SO SOBER
Rejoice! India’s highway booze ban won’t hit watering holes within city limits
There’s good news for India’s tipplers and the country’s liquor business. The supreme court (SC) of India has clarified that its December 2016 order banning…
HERBAL WARS
Ramdev vs Sri Sri: The ayurveda market prepares for the battle of the gurus
The spirits are rising in the Indian herbal and ayurvedic products market. Yoga guru Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved’s growing clout in the consumer-goods sector has left…
WHAT'S THE BEEF?
Want to know why McDonald’s may shut down in half of India? Ask its first Indian business partner
McDonald’s is headed for a crisis in India. A long-drawn legal battle with one of its local joint venture (JV) partner of 22 years, Connaught…
DREAMERS GALORE
India has the most number of workers ready to quit their jobs and start up
Indians have been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. The country’s workforce is the keenest on pursuing entrepreneurship, a survey by global recruitment firm Randstad has…
