COVID-19

E-commerce firm Paytm Mall will partner around 10,000 grocery and small shops in over 100 cities over the next few weeks to increase local deliveries, the company said on Monday. The e-commerce firm claims to have over 1 lakh...

Paytm on Monday said it has developed a 'contactless in-store ordering' solution to help restaurants and eateries minimise physical contacts for menu, billing and cash transactions after these businesses open after the lockdown. The digital payments major aims to...

The Shopping Centres Association of India (SCAI), organised its first virtual roundtable – 'Future of Shopping Centres'. The inaugural session was the first in the webinar series called ‘SCAI Mondays’. Hosted by Amitabh Taneja, Chairman, SCAI and moderated by Anuj...

India is working hard towards flattening the coronavirus curve. Nonetheless, many sectors have been hit hard, among them hospitality, aviation and retail. As per an industry report, going ahead, the world economy is going to become a low-touch economy,...

The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India recently came up with a guidance note titled “Food Hygiene and Safety Guidelines for Food Businesses during Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic. The guidelines cover the best practices to be followed by food...

The world is still coming in terms with the sudden outbreak of COVID-19. The pandemic’s consequences have been extremely catastrophic, globally. The timely decisions taken by the Government of India to cease the travelling, cancel visas and initiate nation-wide...

Banks have done "sweet nothing" to provide financing to retailers to tide over the lockdown crisis, and the government intervention is needed to avoid mass unemployment in the sector, according to RAI. According to a PTI report: The retail industry...

With the intention of creating one mega-brand which caters to a wide range of consumer psychographics, GRADO had invested in bringing together WORSTEDS from the house of OCM and TR/BI-STRETCH fabrics from the house of GBTL (which were earlier...

The Shopping Centres Association of India (SCAI), is organizing its first virtual roundtable – ‘Future of Shopping Centres’. The inaugural session is the first in the webinar series called ‘SCAI Mondays’. Hosted by Amitabh Taneja, Chairman, SCAI and moderated by...

As the COVID-19 pandemic erupted, hundreds of thousands of stores across the United States shut their doors, unsure as to when they would reopen. “At some point, retail stores will reopen - but unless apparel and specialty retailers redefine the...