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Retailing
  • Sri Venkateshwara to develop 2 multiplexes in Hyderabad (November 17, 2009)
  • Metro to roll out ‘Chef-o-logy’ services at culinary congress (November 13, 2009)
  • Kaati’s ready to roll (October 29, 2009)
  • Retail hubs in the Garden City (October 25, 2009)
  • Spencer’s Retail bets big on gourmet stores (October 22, 2009)
  • JK Lifestore in expansion mode (October 15, 2009)
  • Neighbourhood shops may reach out (October 10, 2009)
  • Vishal to raise Rs 250 cr (October 08, 2009)
  • Raymond unfolds plans for new retail stores; targets Rs 200-cr revenue (October 07, 2009)
  • Bharti Wal-Mart’s CSR initiatives (September 23, 2009)
  • Café Coffee Day to tie up with retail chains (September 23, 2009)
  • Ambuja Realty opens mall (September 21, 2009)
  • Unctad makes cautious case for entry of TNCs into farm sector (September 20, 2009)
  • Reliance Retail scouting for non-food FMCG brands (September 17, 2009)
  • Aditya Birla Retail close to southern turnaround (September 15, 2009)
  • BI Retail software for small firms (September 12, 2009)
  • Vishal Retail’s exclusion of taxes could be to cut inventory (September 04, 2009)
  • Retail sale of swine flu drug ‘not a done deal’ (September 03, 2009)
  • ‘Growing FMCG, retail sector will help packaging industry’ (September 02, 2009)
  • Tesco Hindustan to step up focus on analytics (August 16, 2009)
  • Malls, retail outlets asked to postpone discount sales (August 13, 2009)
  • Big Bazaar fair from tomorrow (August 11, 2009)
  • Big Bazaar unveils shopping offer (August 11, 2009)
  • Karnataka Fisheries plans 50 retail outlets (August 08, 2009)
  • Retailers see 15% sales growth this festival season (August 08, 2009)
  • Discount retailer, TCS tie up for IT rollout (August 06, 2009)
  • Mahanagar Gas plans 20 CNG outlets in Mumbai (August 06, 2009)
  • Differentiated range (August 06, 2009)
  • Fossil to relaunch OyzterBay brand (August 04, 2009)
  • JSW to invest Rs 2.6 cr in steel retailing (July 31, 2009)
  • Aerens Gold Souk plans Rs 750-cr investment (July 27, 2009)
  • ‘Spencer’s Retail revival still 12-18 months off’ (July 25, 2009)
  • Food service chain GFA mulls PE route to raise funds (July 24, 2009)
  • Jagadish Ramadugu, Business & Strategy Development Officer, Spencer’s Retail Ltd, Kolkata; (July 21, 2009)
  • NAFED plans retail expansion (July 11, 2009)
  • FDI in retail will boost growth in FMCG sector: Study (July 10, 2009)
  • ‘Retail needs industry status’ (July 09, 2009)
  • The retailer challenge (June 17, 2009)
  • CII North supports foreign direct investment in retail (June 16, 2009)
  • Vishal Retail’s independent directors (June 14, 2009)
  • “All formats can co-exist harmoniously.” (June 04, 2009)
  • Luxury mall in Chennai (May 31, 2009)
  • Shoppers Stop makes a connect with younger customers (May 29, 2009)
  • Two-day retail expo from May 29 (May 25, 2009)
  • Revenue sharing at malls (May 25, 2009)
  • ‘Traditional groceries frequented more than modern store’ (May 19, 2009)
  • Will FDI in retail become a reality? (May 17, 2009)
  • ‘The importance here is to cut out unnecessary middlemen’ (May 14, 2009)
  • Direct selling on the go (May 14, 2009)
  • Slowdown no crimp in Lifestyle, to keep expanding (May 06, 2009)
  • Murugappa Group to open more rural retail outlets (May 06, 2009)
  • Party manifestos seek to axe FDI in retail (April 21, 2009)
  • Reliance Trends to expand (April 19, 2009)
  • Futurebrands to spread reach of private labels (April 13, 2009)
  • Biometric cards for Reliance Fresh vendors (April 04, 2009)
  • Much-loved book nook (March 06, 2009)
  • Splash decides to ride on Lifestyle chain to cut costs (February 28, 2009)
  • ‘Discount formats making large stores unviable’ (February 21, 2009)
  • Brandhouse Retails ties up with Italian apparel firm (February 18, 2009)
  • Premji Invest, ICICI Venture object to Subhiksha merger with Blue Green (February 18, 2009)
  • Exchange offer at Big Bazaar (February 14, 2009)
  • Tata Capital NCD proceeds for retail, SME lending (February 13, 2009)
  • ‘No change in limit on foreign investment in single-brand retail’ (February 13, 2009)
  • Telecom, retail, aviation to gain from FDI policy (February 12, 2009)
  • Turning shoppers into buyers (February 12, 2009)
  • Global retailers eye franchise route to India (February 11, 2009)
  • Vision Express to expand (February 07, 2009)
  • Future Group exploring idea of renting clothes (January 31, 2009)
  • Shoppers Stop exits catalogue retailing through Argos (January 30, 2009)
  • Wipro bags UK retailer Morrisons deal (January 27, 2009)
  • Big Bazaar’s promotional event (January 23, 2009)
  • Apparel retailers keen to wrap up more business (January 22, 2009)
  • Jotun paints through Lifestyle chain (January 18, 2009)
  • Rasna to launch retail outlets in Mumbai, Delhi (January 18, 2009)
  • C&W, Technopak tie-up (January 18, 2009)
  • Future Group to restructure footwear retailing biz (January 16, 2009)
  • Sherwin-Williams Paints opens 4 stores (January 16, 2009)
  • Cushman & Wakefield, Technopak in retail tie-up (January 14, 2009)
  • Koutons Retail (India): Hold (January 11, 2009)
  • Fall in sales of books, diaries (January 05, 2009)
  • Cos vie to retail products at Defence canteen stores (January 01, 2009)
  • Infinity Retail plans to launch online sales (January 01, 2009)
  • Hastens Sangar to open stores in Mumbai, Delhi (January 01, 2009)
    Brand Line
  • ‘Mallifying’ them with choice (November 12, 2009)
  • Delivering a memorable customer experience (September 17, 2009)
  • Connected retail — organising the giant (September 10, 2009)
  • A collective enterprise (August 27, 2009)
  • Go ‘kirana’ go (July 30, 2009)
  • Delivering better value (July 09, 2009)
  • On a quest for ‘value’ (July 02, 2009)
  • Welcome to India — We are like that only! (June 04, 2009)
  • The coming of Wal-Mart (June 04, 2009)
  • Mobile and different (May 28, 2009)
  • It’s not different enough! (April 23, 2009)
  • Clarification (April 09, 2009)
  • Spinning a trendy yarn (April 02, 2009)
  • Do you have eggs? (March 19, 2009)
  • Together we play… (February 26, 2009)
  • Is the retail romance over? (February 26, 2009)
  • Less in more (January 29, 2009)
    Corporate Results
  • Kouton Retail posts marginal rise in net (August 04, 2009)
  • Vishal Retail incurs Rs 114-cr loss (July 25, 2009)
    Home Page
  • Retailers keep up sales growth (November 06, 2009)
  • Retailers buoyed by festival spirit, see sales rebound (October 17, 2009)
  • ‘Sanity has returned to retail’ (September 24, 2009)
  • Set floor space norm for retail FDI: Rajan Mittal (September 20, 2009)
  • Retailers, on firmer ground, scout for private equity funds (September 19, 2009)
  • Punjab Govt scraps deal with Reliance Retail (August 25, 2009)
  • Koutons Retail (India): Buy (August 23, 2009)
  • ‘Value formats’ lead retail sales recovery (August 08, 2009)
  • Trent: Book profits (July 26, 2009)
  • FDI in retail can wait (June 17, 2009)
  • Bharti Wal-Mart plans 15 wholesale stores in 3 years (May 31, 2009)
  • Retailers bet on private labels (May 04, 2009)
  • Retailers doing a rethink (May 03, 2009)
  • Now, mall developers may have to foot fixtures’ bill (March 16, 2009)
  • Reliance Retail looks to scale up Fresh, Hyper value formats (March 05, 2009)
  • Pantaloon Retail India: Hold (March 01, 2009)
  • Change in FDI norms will help forge closer alliances, say retailers (February 15, 2009)
  • Subhiksha revival hinges on speedy debt restructuring (February 14, 2009)
  • Retailers falter as same-store sales skid (February 06, 2009)
  • Vishal Retail to close down a third of its outlets (February 06, 2009)
  • ‘Expansion of chains only in 2010’ (January 27, 2009)
  • Vishal Retail: Sell (January 25, 2009)
  • M&M to drive speciality retailing biz via global brands (January 22, 2009)
  • 2008 mall supply falls far short of estimates (January 07, 2009)
    Investment World
  • Retail: Hope on FDI? (May 17, 2009)
  • The FDI story (May 03, 2009)
  • Trends in US retail sales (February 15, 2009)
    Life
  • Mart with a rural heart (April 03, 2009)
    Marketing
  • Reliance Retail’s lifestyle biz on expansion mode (November 21, 2009)
  • FCS-Oracle retail solution (November 20, 2009)
  • ‘Retailers need more protection’ (November 19, 2009)
  • PVR acquires DLF’s DT Cinemas (November 14, 2009)
  • Kerala is a major pit stop for Mahindra FirstChoice (November 13, 2009)
  • Marks & Spencer on markdown drive (November 12, 2009)
  • Wal-Mart looking to open 40 more stores: Sharma (November 09, 2009)
  • Pune shops for commercial space (November 08, 2009)
  • Wal-Mart scion meets PM (November 07, 2009)
  • Tale of a Landmark (November 05, 2009)
  • TVS Shriram Growth Fund picks up 25% in Landmark (November 05, 2009)
  • Koutons Retail to finalise plans to raise funds shortly (November 05, 2009)
  • German brand to retail thru Shoppers Stop (November 05, 2009)
  • Sylcon shop at Oberon Mall (October 31, 2009)
  • Kansai Nerolac to open more ‘impression zones’ (October 29, 2009)
  • Shyam Steel enters Kerala market (October 27, 2009)
  • Spencer’s Retail plans expansion in select clusters (October 24, 2009)
  • Future Group targets Rs 30,000-cr turnover (October 24, 2009)
  • ITC’s Lifestyle upbeat on improving consumer sentiments (October 23, 2009)
  • Retailers sparkle as festival season boosts spending (October 21, 2009)
  • Landmark Group to invest Rs 450 cr in retail formats (October 16, 2009)
  • Essar Steel to set up 5,000 retail outlets (October 09, 2009)
  • Gitanjali forays into lifestyle retail (October 09, 2009)
  • Demand for retail space on the rise (September 29, 2009)
  • Retail rentals continue to fall (September 24, 2009)
  • Kerala allows retail sale of Tamiflu (September 21, 2009)
  • Spencer’s scripting a turnaround story (September 19, 2009)
  • Natural Bio retail outlet plans (September 19, 2009)
  • One-stop shop for sports goods (September 19, 2009)
  • Orra Diamonds opens store in Pune (September 16, 2009)
  • Reliance World may sell Yulong mobile handsets (September 15, 2009)
  • Evok goes small with specialty formats (September 08, 2009)
  • Delhi to sell subsidised pulses thru’ Mother Dairy booths (September 06, 2009)
  • Barista Coffee to add 100 stores in India (September 04, 2009)
  • VF Arvind scouting for retail partners (September 04, 2009)
  • Tanishq opens largest jewellery store in Chennai (September 03, 2009)
  • Infiniti Retail looks to cross Rs 1,000-cr turnover (September 03, 2009)
  • Festival season to spur spending (September 01, 2009)
  • CESC to sell 20% stake in Spencer's (August 30, 2009)
  • Madras HC disallows Subhiksha plea (August 29, 2009)
  • US restaurants keen to set up shop here (August 28, 2009)
  • Domino’s plans express counters (August 27, 2009)
  • Kurlon opens showroom (August 27, 2009)
  • RPG to invest Rs 100 cr in Spencer’s (August 20, 2009)
  • Videocon launches DigiHome concept store (August 20, 2009)
  • Vacancy in malls on the rise (August 16, 2009)
  • Vishal Retail confident of repaying its debt soon (August 14, 2009)
  • Colorbar opens first Indian flagship store in Delhi (August 13, 2009)
  • Multiplexes face big drop in footfalls (August 13, 2009)
  • Retailers focus on building private label business (August 11, 2009)
  • Archies scouting for partners to set up shop-in shops (August 09, 2009)
  • Retailers seek relaxation of norms to keep shops open on holidays (August 07, 2009)
  • Hypercity sticks to big box formats (August 05, 2009)
  • Demand for retail space down globally (August 05, 2009)
  • Shoppers Stop to double number of Mothercare outlets (August 01, 2009)
  • Hypercity plans 6 more stores (August 01, 2009)
  • More malls vacant in cities as retail pace slows (July 29, 2009)
  • Hypercity store in Cyberabad (July 28, 2009)
  • Greenply opens retail studio (July 25, 2009)
  • Arvind banks on retail chains to push new apparel brands (July 25, 2009)
  • Croma halts expansion to new cities (July 23, 2009)
  • Venturing into bulk retail (July 21, 2009)
  • Jacsons Group to enter retail with Wood Mart (July 16, 2009)
  • Essar Oil targets 1,500 fuel outlets by March (July 16, 2009)
  • Reliancedigital debuts in Chennai (July 16, 2009)
  • Landmark to open 6 more large format stores (July 15, 2009)
  • Bosch's premium retail concept (July 11, 2009)
  • XSB retail outlets planned (July 10, 2009)
  • Direct purchase nod for Metro, Reliance, 2 others (July 09, 2009)
  • BEL opts out of retail set-top box biz (July 09, 2009)
  • Croma chain looking for local vendors to source products (July 05, 2009)
  • Swarovski to retail watches in India (July 05, 2009)
  • Artd’inox eyes ‘daily use’ products (July 03, 2009)
  • Ampa Mall promoters plan to dilute stake in venture (July 02, 2009)
  • Koutons keen to open more family stores (July 02, 2009)
  • Retail trade: Speedy action sought on panel report (June 30, 2009)
  • Glow & splendour (June 25, 2009)
  • Indus Fila enters domestic retail (June 24, 2009)
  • Supplyco bazaars to sell essential items (June 22, 2009)
  • Max Retail conversion rates up 20% across stores (June 20, 2009)
  • Future Group’s unit to train in retail skills (June 19, 2009)
  • Lenovo opens store in Kochi (June 16, 2009)
  • Multiplexes look for hits (June 14, 2009)
  • NF Retail opens second ToonKidz store (June 13, 2009)
  • Concern over foreign retailers dropping India plans (June 13, 2009)
  • Fuel retail price gap between PSU, private players widens (June 12, 2009)
  • Panel moots ‘blanket ban’ on big ticket investment in retail (June 10, 2009)
  • UK co-Mudra Group’s consultancy venture (June 10, 2009)
  • Floating superstore launched in Kuttanad (June 09, 2009)
  • Karnataka nod for Reliance Fresh, Metro, MCF arm (June 08, 2009)
  • Lucas Indian Service enters organised car accessories market (June 04, 2009)
  • UB retailers fail to pass on beer price cut (June 03, 2009)
  • Vision Express plans shop-in-shop formats in Reliance stores (June 03, 2009)
  • Bharti Retail’s Easyday store launched in Delhi (May 29, 2009)
  • Carrefour to step up vegetable sourcing from India (May 29, 2009)
  • Orient Ceramics to add 400 new retailers (May 29, 2009)
  • Asian Retail Institute courses (May 26, 2009)
  • Wal-Mart defers launch of first cash-and-carry store in India (May 26, 2009)
  • JSW Steel’s outlet in Hyderabad (May 25, 2009)
  • HotSpot to invest Rs 200 cr for retail expansion (May 16, 2009)
  • Bangalore Metro corridor leaves retailers in lurch (May 15, 2009)
  • Retailers bank on loyalty to keep going (May 14, 2009)
  • Gold Souk Grande set to enter Kochi (May 13, 2009)
  • Reliance Fresh gets ready to take on neighbourhood stores (May 12, 2009)
  • Nilgiris to focus on small-format stores (May 12, 2009)
  • Gold Souk Grande set to enter Kochi (May 12, 2009)
  • Satyam, stock market fall add to retail woes (May 10, 2009)
  • Titan Eye+ second outlet in Madurai (May 09, 2009)
  • Durables retailers ride on IPL with special schemes, discounts (May 07, 2009)
  • JSW Steel showroom at Siliguri (May 06, 2009)
  • The Mobile Store unveils ‘Ray’ (May 06, 2009)
  • Retailers doing a rethink (May 03, 2009)
  • Supplyco improves sales turnover despite slowdown in retail sector (May 02, 2009)
  • `India ranks 39 as preferred destination for top retailers' (April 30, 2009)
  • Reliance reopens Jamnagar outlets; to retail petro products (April 24, 2009)
  • M&S plans revenue share model with developers (April 23, 2009)
  • Gitanjali, MMTC in pact to set up retail outlets (April 22, 2009)
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank objects to Subhiksha merger (April 18, 2009)
  • Titan Eye+ opens Madurai outlet (April 18, 2009)
  • Big Bazaar store in Secunderabad (April 17, 2009)
  • ... seek rent-free periods, cut in rentals (April 17, 2009)
  • Falling footfalls push retailers to rework loyalty programmes... (April 17, 2009)
  • Reliance sheds export unit tag for Jamnagar refinery (April 17, 2009)
  • Subhiksha to submit accounts in court (April 16, 2009)
  • Malabar Gold to open showroom in Coimbatore (April 16, 2009)
  • Carrefour firms up plans for India operations (April 16, 2009)
  • Pantaloon to issue shares, warrants to promoters (April 15, 2009)
  • Pantaloon plans to restructure business (April 13, 2009)
  • Mahindra Retail to invest Rs 100 cr in ‘Mom and Me’ chain (April 09, 2009)
  • Reliance Trends opens 10th large format store (April 08, 2009)
  • ‘Zoop’ to zoom into more towns (April 07, 2009)
  • Gold Souk mall coming up near Chennai (April 04, 2009)
  • Fuel pricing policy key to Reliance’s joint venture route for petrol pumps (April 03, 2009)
  • Tough times ahead for retail: KPMG (April 03, 2009)
  • Timbor Home to open 300 stores in two years (April 02, 2009)
  • Subhiksha, Blue Green merger hearing adjourned to April 17 (March 31, 2009)
  • Trutek plans to enter home appliances retailing (March 31, 2009)
  • Bits Indiana showroom in Kochi (March 31, 2009)
  • BSNL ties up with Hungama for entertainment store (March 28, 2009)
  • Brandhouse Retail opens high, slumps (March 28, 2009)
  • JSW Steel opens more retail outlets (March 25, 2009)
  • Mall potential in Pune (March 22, 2009)
  • Dabur to go slow on retail biz (March 21, 2009)
  • Fastrack opens store in Vizag (March 21, 2009)
  • Bharti Retail eyes 30-40% growth in private labels (March 21, 2009)
  • IOC evinces interest in RIL fuel retail biz (March 21, 2009)
  • Morarka Organic makes retail debut with ‘Down to Earth’ (March 20, 2009)
  • Lite Bite Foods to open 162 outlets (March 20, 2009)
  • No plans to exit fuel retail biz: RIL (March 20, 2009)
  • Future Group downsizes retail expansion target (March 19, 2009)
  • UniverCell opens first concept store in Chennai (March 19, 2009)
  • Beat the blues! (March 19, 2009)
  • Wills Lifestyle to set up stores at ITC-run hotels (March 17, 2009)
  • Subhiksha MD pays PF dues (March 17, 2009)
  • Oversupply of retail space (March 15, 2009)
  • Infiniti Retail to open 20 more Croma stores (March 13, 2009)
  • Moen India to sell in 50 stores (March 10, 2009)
  • John Miller store in Palakkad (March 10, 2009)
  • Bangalore jewellery firm opens shop in Hyderabad (March 10, 2009)
  • Aditya Birla Retail plans to set up 8 hypermarkets (March 07, 2009)
  • Tube Investments to focus on retail (March 05, 2009)
  • Catalogue retailing yet to take off (March 04, 2009)
  • Gloria Jeans to invest Rs 100 cr over 10 yrs (February 27, 2009)
  • Shell charts fuel retail roadmap in India (February 25, 2009)
  • ‘ICICI Venture exercised every right’ (February 24, 2009)
  • ICICI Venture seeks probe into Subhiksha affairs (February 24, 2009)
  • Costa Coffee opens more outlets in Pune (February 21, 2009)
  • Next to retail toys, gifts (February 21, 2009)
  • Provogue to invest Rs 25 cr on stores expansion (February 21, 2009)
  • Yamaha opens music instruments store (February 21, 2009)
  • Subhiksha told to pay Rs 1.76 cr PF dues (February 20, 2009)
  • ‘Recession-friendly’ discount format stores bet on expansion (February 17, 2009)
  • Supplyco evinces interest in taking over Subhiksha outlets in Kerala (February 15, 2009)
  • Some Subhiksha directors quit (February 13, 2009)
  • Trent ties up with Inditex to bring Zara (February 06, 2009)
  • Govt subsidy now for new seafood retail units (February 05, 2009)
  • Bharti-Wal-Mart cash and carry biz christened BestPrice Modern Wholesale (February 03, 2009)
  • Subhiksha looks for cash infusion to get going again (January 31, 2009)
  • ‘We would like more opportunity in India’ (January 29, 2009)
  • Project delays hit Future Group’s retail plans (January 29, 2009)
  • Etam to pull out of venture with Future Group (January 28, 2009)
  • United Retail to expand presence (January 27, 2009)
  • Centre plans 40 generic drug stores by March (January 26, 2009)
  • Spar, Spencer’s Retail to expand thru large format stores (January 17, 2009)
  • Megamart scales down expansion plans (January 14, 2009)
  • RIL seeks level playing field for restarting petro retail biz (January 14, 2009)
  • Lulu’s Kochi project on track (January 11, 2009)
  • HPCL outlets will continue to meet part of demand (January 09, 2009)
  • Future Group’s shopping fest to cross sales turnover target (January 06, 2009)
  • Lifestyle retailers upbeat despite fall in growth rates (January 06, 2009)
    Opinion
  • The hightailing of retailing (September 01, 2009)
  • FDI in retail can wait (June 17, 2009)
  • Wholesale FDI in retail (June 04, 2009)
    Web Extras
  • Apparel retailers ready to woo customers after Q1 numbers (September 04, 2009)
  • Survey pitches for FDI in multi-format retail (July 03, 2009)
  • ‘Franchising safe option for retailers’ (March 06, 2009)
  • Hyundai Elevator acquires 40% in Kinetic Elevator (February 18, 2009)


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