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Once a lesser known city in the South Indian state of Kerala, Kochi opened its gates for retail renaissance in January 2006 when Bay Pride mall, one of Abad Builders' constructions, became operational. The city soon witnessed the entry...

At a time when retailers are busy innovating to shrink operational cost and maximise revenue figures, the recent judgement of the Delhi High Court — approving a two per cent reduction on service tax on all commercial property rentals...

India's leading fine coffee cafe chain and a division of coffee conglomerate Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Café Coffee Day (CCD) has won the award for the ‘Most admired F&B retailer of the year: Cafes & parlours’ at the...

Barista Coffee has appointed Sanjay Coutinho as the new chief operating officer (COO) of the company for India. Prior to joining Barista Coffee Company Ltd he was working as the COO for Gravis Foods, formerly known as Baskin Robbins...

As part of its overseas expansion plan, coffee retail chain major Barista will soon open six stores in Bangladesh, informed a top company official. Elaborating the plan, Vishal Kapoor, head — marketing and product development, Barista said, “We are...

Mumbai-based subsidiary of the German company Oetker Group, Oetker India is likely to acquire Delhi-based Fun Foods and VRB Foods, makers of pizza toppings and mayonnaise, for Rs 1.1billion, according to company officials. Oetker India, was set up in...

Partha Datta Gupta, the chief executive officer of Barista, has left the company to join the Swatch Group. According to sources close to the development, Datta Gupta has replaced Gopalratnam Kannan as the country head of Swatch Group from September...

At the Food Forum India 2008 inaugural session, SS Chahal, director, ministry of food processing industries, government of India, said, “The food processing sector generates significant employment. The multiplier effect of investment in this industry on employment generation is...

To acknowledge the vision and the efforts of the food-and-beverage retailers in India, Coca-Cola India in association with Images Group presented ‘Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2008 – Images awards for excellence in food retailing’, at Food Forum India (FFI),...

Plans are afoot by Dubai-based Landmark Group to bring a global coffee chain to India. Landmark is in talks with two international coffee chains and is expected to seal a master-franchise agreement with one of them in the next...