COVID-19

H&M Group has been named number one out of 250 fashion brands in the latest Fashion Transparency Index, which ranks companies according to how much information they disclose about their suppliers, supply chain policies and practices, and social and...

Following the announcement of Facebook’s US$ 5.7 bn investment for 9.99 percent stake in India-based Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) on April 22 2019; Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view on the...

The Indian food processing sector was valued at US$ 328 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach US$ 535 billion in 2025-26. India processes only about 10 percent of its agri-output while most of the processing is classified...

The government plans to set up a chain of 20 lakh retail shops called 'Suraksha Stores' across India which will provide daily essentials to citizens while maintaining stringent safety norms. The Suraksha Stores’ initiative will convert neighbourhood kirana stores into...

The operating cost of retailers would increase by up to 35 percent after following the new standard operating protocol (SOP), which includes implementing social distancing and a token system at stores, introduced in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, Rakesh...

As the country's retail sector is near standstill amid the coronavirus crisis and the nationwide lockdown, the Retailers Association of India (RAI) has urged the government to provide wage subsidy of up to 50 percent on salaries up to...

COVID-19 has disrupted the global foodservice industry like no other crisis, with businesses small and large scrambling to pull together their resources and adapt their business model to suit to a new, largely remote customer base. In the short-term,...

Textiles major Welspun India on Wednesday said it has resumed partial operations at its manufacturing facilities at Vapi and Anjar in Gujarat following receipt of permission from district authorities. According to a PTI report: On March 24, the company had...

FieldFresh Foods Pvt Ltd on Wednesday said it has tied up with online food delivering platforms Zomato and Swiggy along with door-to-door delivery app Dunzo for home deliveries of its premium food brand, Del Monte. Under the partnerships, Del Monte...

As India completes nearly a month under lockdown, Snapdeal – India’s leading value-focused e-commerce marketplace – released data on non-essential products that Indians wish to purchase. The platform has been receiving and accepting orders for a range of non-essential items...