coronavirus

The COVID-19 crisis has made shopping centre developers and retailers re-think the norms of business, which are more driven by safety rules rather than the freedom to do business. This has now become the new normal of business. While everyone...

Diageo India announced ‘Raising the Bar’, a Rs 75 crore programme committed to support bars, pubs and restaurants serving alcohol to welcome customers back and recover following the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Raising the Bar’ will be a two year programme...

The need to maintain social distance and stay at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic is increasingly forcing consumers across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to shift their shopping habits online. Therefore, contactless deliveries are ideal during lockdown measures, forcing...

Many large brick-and-mortar retail chains that switched to online during the lockdown have reported spike in sales from digital channels, and expect the momentum to continue as consumers prefer to order digitally despite restrictions are being eased. According to a...

The Haryana government has allowed shopping malls in Gurugram and Faridabad to reopen from July 1, more than two months after they were shut to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak. According to a PTI report: The Gurugram district administration said...

Credit rating agency Crisil on Friday said that revenue of organised apparel retail sector is set to plummet by as much as 30-35 percent this fiscal due to the outbreak of COVID-19. Accordingly, temporary store closures, restricted mobility and low...

Social distancing, masks, and a lockdown. The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing people to stay at home, work from home and buy from home. Despite the lockdown being lifted in phases, the economy beginning to limp back to the ‘new...

IMAGES Business of Fashion talks to Sarfaraz Miller, IT Head, Celio* India to understand how brands are implementing digital applications to increase brand recall, generate revenue, and create innovative channels for interacting with their consumers... How important a role does...

Welspun India Limited, the global leader of home textiles, has announced the launch of an exclusive range of anti-viral home textile products for the Indian market. An extension of Welspun India’s recent foray into the health and hygiene category, the...

The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Thursday came up with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for restaurants whereby among other social distancing norms, it has suggested a 2-metre gap between tables. Formulated in partnership with Releski, a Bengaluru...