Retail Industry

Walmart India CEO Krish Iyer demands 'industry' status for retail sector, says it can create millions of jobs

India needs to create a million jobs every month for the next 10 years to ensure that its youth are fully employed.

GST expected to give level playing field to organised retail players, says report

While the tax on branded apparels (textiles) is not known, a revenue neutral rate for apparel industry would be 12-15 per cent, the report by CARE Ratings said.

Amazon's technological superiority is helping it dominate the e-commerce sector

The incident offers a case study in how Amazon's technological prowess is helping it dominate the retail competition.

Cutting influence of big businesses is good, but strengthen SME policies

The access of big business has reduced and it is something that they are not happy with

Pehle aap: Carrefour could follow Tesco route into India

Depending on how the government responds to Tesco's application, French Group Carrefour will move forward with its application to invest in multi-brand retail stores in India

'Foreign retailers may not enter India before 2014 elections': industry experts

Foreign retailers like Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour are unlikely to enter the supermarket business in India before the 2014 general elections even though the government has partly addressed their concerns and relaxed the norms, industry experts say

Out on a limb: Govt says FDI in retail will 'immensely benefit farmers'

Presenting the arguments for allowing more investments into the retail industry, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said India currently did not have adequate infrastructure or value chains in place to support the agricultural sector.

Flipkart expands leadership team with two new members

BJP manifesto to focus on economic development, new jobs

By contrast, Congress, due to unveil its own election manifesto, is running campaign ads that depict smiling artisans - an appeal to its core constituency of poor voters.

E-Commerce: A Logical Extension For Indian Retail

Jeetendra Joshi, Vice President Marketing, Reasoning talks about the penetration of e-commerce in the Indian retail sector.