Suneera Tandon

Amazon is reportedly delaying plans to open its first brick-and-mortar grocery store, in the company’s home city of Seattle, to the general public. But that hasn’t dented the online retailer’s ambitions: It has already sought the government’s approval to open grocery stores in India, according to the New York Times (paywall). It’s calling the plan “Project Everest,” and the first store is expected to open in the southern city of Bengaluru.

India is on track to become the world’s third-largest consumer economy by 2025 but its shopping malls are falling behind.

The elite and affluent households are emerging as major drivers of consumption in the world’s fastest-growing major economy.

Casks made of Indian wood, locally fermented spirits, and nanotechnology to preserve the flavour: United Spirits (USL) is doing some serious research to help Indians get high.

The year 2016 was big for sports in India with Olympic wins and the T-20 World Cup getting locals to tune into their television sets and mobile phones.

As Indian consumers turn increasingly health-conscious, foods brands are keeping pace.

Come fall of 2017, fashion retailer Zara will start selling its trendy clothes online in India.

Matrimonial websites in India aren’t what they used to be.

A steaming hot plate of idlies never looked better, not for PC Musthafa.

In his mid-40s, when ace stock market investor Radhakishan Damani decided to start a chain of supermarkets, investors and traders watched his transition closely.

Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), the Swedish fast-fashion retailer, is doing brisk business in India.

India isn’t what it used to be, and McDonald’s is finally taking note.

With the onset of summer in India, PepsiCo and Coke may be in for some trouble in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, even as they battle falling sales across the country.

India’s retail market is yet to show up on the global map.

In July 2015, when Suresh Narayanan took over as managing director and chairman of the Nestle’s India business, the “fire was burning and bright.” The fire he referred to was the credibility crisis the world’s largest food products company suffered following allegations that its popular instant noodle brand, Maggi, contained monosodium glutamate, or MSG, in more than the permissible quantities. Nestle India destroyed stock worth Rs320 crore in the huge backlash.

In his career spanning over 30 years in Indian advertising, KV Sridhar has never before seen such a wave of bold, socially-charged commercials as he has in the past decade.

Advertisers in India are not giving up on newspapers just yet, despite the recent turmoil in the industry which saw mass layoffs to cut costs.

Adi Godrej has seen it all.

Prataap Snacks has come a long way from the narrow bylanes of Indore.

Housewives in Bhopal, capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh, paid a hefty price for India’s move to ban high-value currency notes.

After the chaos unleashed by last year’s demonetisation decision, India’s finance minister has promised relief, resuscitation, and reform in the coming months.

Starbucks is showing solidarity with refugees by promising them support amid an ongoing executive order by US president Donald Trump that restricts their entry into the United States.

Millennials in the world’s second-largest gold market aren’t buying it the way their parents did.

PepsiCo India is going healthy.