Business
IHCL takes controlling stake in ANK Hotels & ...
August 13, 2025
Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, has entered into a strategic partnership, signing definitive agreements to acquire controlling stake in ANK Hotels and Pride Hospitality and has also signed a distribution agreement with Brij Hospitality...
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Lessons for EU from India-UK Free Trade Agreement
August 1, 2025
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed on July 24 is a milestone in the India-Britain strategic trade and economic relations. This historic agreement between the world’s fourth and fifth largest economies respectively, represents one of the mo...
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Scented Success: India’s candle market warms up ...
July 29, 2025
Once essential for lighting homes, candles have gradually become more ornamental than functional. With electric lighting a given, the only times candles now flicker to life are during power cuts, or for dramatic effect in romantic scenes on screen. Yet, despite fading from daily ...
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Labubu doll frenzy sweeps India, sales spike in 20...
July 27, 2025
Over the past few months, markets across India have been invaded by Labubu dolls, a strange looking, toothy doll that has developed a strong fan base globally amongst those who like quirky collections for their living room display as also those trying to set fashion trends. Acros...
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Tier II, Tier III cities power India’s consumer ...
July 24, 2025
Almost four decades after the economic reforms began, the power centre of the Indian economy has begun shifting from the metros to India’s Tier II and Tier III cities that have emerged as the new growth engines of the national economy, marking a striking shift in consumption, e...
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Upcoming SME IPOs in infrastructure & enginee...
July 22, 2025
In 2024, India’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) market saw a record growth, with proceeds more than doubling from USD 5.5 billion in 2023 to USD 11.2 billion in 2024. In the first half of 2025, IPO activity has stayed strong, especially in infrastructure and engineering, as Indi...
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Cross-brand loyalty coalitions transform India’s...
July 15, 2025
Indian retail banks are rewriting the rules for customer loyalty in a digital economy that is changing quickly. Point-based, single-brand reward systems are no longer adequate. Major Indian banks like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank are redefining retention strategies and cha...
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Co-working spaces: Shaping future of work in India
July 14, 2025
During the pandemic, when people were first introduced to the idea of working from home, it quietly found its place in the world and India’s work culture. What began as a temporary solution soon became a preferred way of working for many. Once the pandemic ended, this new style...
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21 pc growth in e-commerce sales in Tier III citie...
July 3, 2025
Unicommerce, an e-commerce and retail enablement SaaS platforms, has released the summer online sales trends (May and June) for 2025 which reveal that Tier III cities registered 21 pc growth year-on-year during the 2025 summer sales, contributing significantly to the overall 8 pc...
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From boom to bust: 5 Indian giants that exist no m...
July 3, 2025
Doing business is like navigating the stock market, one moment, a company is at the top, outpacing rivals and earning the confidence of investors, the next, it is drowning in debt and scrambling for survival. Take Kingfisher Airlines, for example. Founded by the flamboyant indust...
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