COVID-19

An online shopper spends less than nine minutes per visit on an e-retail platform and browses more than 20 product pages before making a purchase. Over the past year, consumer engagement with online platforms has increased, according to a report...

India’s retail sector employs over 46 million of her citizens. A vast majority of them come from middle-income and lower-income salaried classes from across India’s urban, peri-urban and rural heartlands. Their livelihoods and futures are in immediate peril as...

Quick service restaurant chain McDonald's on Thursday said it has resumed dine-in facility in 50 outlets so far in the north and east regions. The company has made nearly 50 plus process changes to ensure safety and well-being of customers...

Ratnadeep Retail Pvt. Ltd embarked on its food and grocery supermarket journey 33 years ago – in 1987 – when it opened its first store in the city of Hyderabad. With a storied legacy to fall back on, and...

Inditex, the owner of Zara will close as many as 1,200 stores - 16 percent of its global outlets- around the world as the clothing retailer tries to boost online sales during the chaos wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic. Inditex...

43.7 percent of consumers globally stated that they are spending more time on social media due to the coronavirus outbreak. Brands need to capitalise on this increased social media activity to promote purchasing and build shopper loyalty in a...

Arvind Limited, India’s leading textile-to-retail conglomerate announced launch of Anti-Viral Textile technology for the First time in India under its brand 'Intellifabrix'. Arvind has partnered with Swiss textile innovation leader HeiQ Materials AG in association with Taiwanese Specialty chemical...

Despite lower mortality rates than other recent epidemics, the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy and consumer markets has the potential to be significant for many reasons: - Geographic spread - Contagiousness - Weak global economy - The impact on China Known Learnings...

In an exclusive interaction with Shopping Centre News Bureau, Manoj K. Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, Viviana Mall spoke about shopping centres in COVID-19 times, while elaborating on the measures taken by Viviana mall to make it customer-safe post the...

Starbucks expects to lose more than US$ 3 billion in revenue in its fiscal third quarter due to the new coronavirus, but said the disruption to its business should subside through the rest of the year. "The Starbucks brand is...