Kerala has conveyed its concern to Karnataka over the latter’s move to open liquor outlets along the inter-state border near Wayanad and in close proximity to the contiguous forest landscape to target tipplers from the border district…READ MORE
KEEP READINGMinister for Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal will be meeting heads of retail and food processing companies including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Harrods, Marks & Spencer and Cobra Beer starting Tuesday in the UK to attract foreign investment in the country…READ MORE
KEEP READINGIncreasing competition from the entry of global diary giants and foray of domestic fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) firms into diary sector is compelling mid-sized private dairies to consider significantly increase spend on advertising to improve reach and sales…READ MORE
KEEP READINGBritish supermarket group Sainsbury’s said on Monday it planned to introduce Argos digital concessions to more than 20 additional stores by Christmas as it seeks to benefit quickly from its purchase of Home Retail…READ MORE
KEEP READINGSale of Darjeeling tea on the e-platform is turning out to be a damp squib, with traders saying the prices of some varieties have dropped by up to a quarter from a year ago when they were sold through the traditional physical auction system…READ MORE
KEEP READINGThe very definition of a marketplace seems to be changing. At one end are online retail stores such as Amazon and Flipkart and, at the other, mobile shops of all kinds, offering everything from mats, handloom, footwear and stationery by the kilo to ice cream and food on the go…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWe are at the Noida Sector 16 Metro station. On one side, you can see the massive satellite dishes inside the HCL campus; other IT powerhouses have offices close by. Next to them, divided by a lane, is the factory of DS Kothari, manufacturers of Pass Pass, Pearls and other mood elevators…READ MORE
KEEP READINGUpset after finding an insect in your packed food? Or may be the absence of labelling to indicate whether the food is vegetarian or non-vegetarian? You can do something about it—complain on the website of the food safety regulator, which will ensure swift action…READ MORE
KEEP READINGIndia has set an ambitious target of achieving 100,000 megawatts of solar power capacity by 2022 as well as doubling farm incomes by the 75th year of Independence…READ MORE
KEEP READINGEvery time the government raises taxes on cigarettes, smokers are asked to cough up more for their sin. Some do it grudgingly; some struggle to kick the habit; while a substantial section switches to cheaper variants. But the kerbside retailer doesn’t ever complain. For him, consumption does not contract much nor do companies such as ITC Ltd drop retail margins to lighten the burden of the tax hike on consumers. The reason, says Sanjiv Puri, ITC’s chief operating officer, is that reducing trade margins will only lead to more proliferation in the sales of contraband, or tax-evaded cigarettes…READ MORE
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