Essar Group

Rising global crude oil prices have prompted Essar Oil to increase petrol and diesel prices at its retail outlets by 25 paise to Re 1 a litre with effect from Saturday.Just last month, the company had reduced petrol and...

Laundry and dry-cleaning, an occupation having been associated with lower castes since the last 3,000 years in India, is a business worth crores today. Laundry retail outlets may be a common phenomenon both in metros...

India may have been adding 8 to 10 million of new mobile users every month but when it comes to business, mobile retail remains a low margin business, according to Rajiv Agarwal, CEO and director, The MobileStore. “Being a...

24x7 Learning, India's premier talent lifecycle management company has announced its partnership with The Retail Academy — UK's leading provider of online training programs for retail segment. With this association, 24x7 Learning plans a complete e-learning-based training solution to...

Day 2The second day of India Retail Forum (IRF) 2008, India's largest retail congregation, kick started with a discussion on various issues faced by the retailers and the prospective strategies to overcome them.Speaking on the needs of today’s shoppers,...

To tap the world’s fastest growing mobile market, Virgin Mobile, the UK-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), Sunday, has partnered Tata Teleservices to launch new services in India.Virgin will not be a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) as the...

Today’s Stationery Mart, a wholly owned subsidiary of Today’s Writing Products Limited, has made its entry into the business of retail through Offix, a stationery retail store, in Malad, Mumbai.“The sheer size of the market and the absence of...

Essar Telecom Retail, an Essar Group company that operates The MobileStore, intends to open 2,500 outlets in 600 cities across the country.Launching the company’s 21st store in Hyderabad on February 21, Rajiv Agarwal, chief executive officer and director, The...