COVID-19

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Friday announced that it will soon launch an e-commerce platform -- bharatemarket.in -- for retail traders across the country. "The e-commerce portal will include a nationwide participation by real-world retailers, who have...

May is bringing cautious reopenings from coronavirus lockdowns, from Beijing's Forbidden city to shopping malls in Texas, as the grim economic toll from the pandemic ticks higher. Many communities around the world are inching toward normalcy without certainty over...

Amazon has said that complete COVID-19 lockdown in India since March 24 due to which the e-commerce giant was allowed to sell only groceries and other essential items has resulted in the biggest revenue impact in any country in...

Buoyed by the surge in demand as people stayed home owing to the pandemic globally, net sales increased 26 percent to US$ 75.5 billion for the e-commerce giant in the first quarter of 2020, compared with US$ 59.7 billion...

Lockdown 2.0 is almost about to get over. There are clear indications that some pockets will soon open whereas some pockets will continue to remain shut. The retailers in green zone are gearing up to open their stores after...

What are leading players in Indian food retail industry doing to pull together their operations out of the dark penumbra cast by the raging coronavirus pandemic? What are their plans and strategies to navigate the complexities arising out of...

India is home quarantined for more than 30 days and it still continues to fight and prevent the pandemic. Indeed COVID-19 cases are rising with days, but we as a widely populated nation have not even touched an average...

Market insight firm Nielsen has slashed the growth forecast for FMCG sector by almost half to 5 to 6 percent for 2020, citing impact of coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Earlier, on January 21, Nielsen had projected the FMCG industry''s...

After launching hand sanitisers to fight coronavirus, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are hitting the market with other products like disinfectants for fruits and vegetables, personal gadgets and various surfaces. While Marico Ltd has come out with a product...

The Karnataka government has indicated that it is planning to open shopping malls, a host of commercial and industrial activities across the state, except the containment zones, from May 4. After a cabinet meeting that discussed the post-May 3 roadmap,...