COVID-19

It has been a tough one year for the Retail Sector. The onset of COVID-19 and the shutting down of stores and malls indefinitely was a challenge no one had predicted. Millions of retail employees lost their jobs. Retailers were left...

The pandemic has been a once-in-a-lifetime test of business continuity planning for retail businesses across the globe. Even when things have stabilised to an extent and economies are gradually opening up, the industry is being confronted by a hard...

India is one of the fastest developing economies across the globe. As per the latest report by IMF, India is the only major economy of the world predicted to have a double-digit growth in 2021. Further, CEBR forecasts India...

Following the news that Indian food delivery startup Zomato has raised US$250m in a fresh funding round; Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: "After the latest funding round, Zomato has emerged...

FMCG company Marico expects to deliver "mid-teen growth" in volume terms in the next couple of quarters helped by "strong revival" in consumer demand as well as sentiments, and to continue "good growth" from the rural markets, said a top company official....

It has been a tough one year for the Retail Sector. The onset of COVID-19 and the shutting down of stores and malls indefinitely was a challenge no one had predicted. Millions of retail employees lost their jobs. Retailers were left...

Film production and distribution firm PVR Pictures expects its revenue to return to pre-COVID levels in FY22 backed by a strong pipeline of films, scheduled to be released after March, said a top company official. The company has a strong...

It has been a tough one year for the Retail Sector. The onset of COVID-19 and the shutting down of stores and malls indefinitely was a challenge no one had predicted. Millions of retail employees lost their jobs. Retailers...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a paradigm shift towards digitization was already underway across the sectors. However, the pandemic has further accelerated the transformation, which is evident by the marked growth in spending towards digitization by businesses. Against this...

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever expects its "COVID impacted" product categories, such as ice-cream and vending solutions, to rebound strongly in 2021 with increase in mobility. In an investor presentation, the company also said categories such as skin care and colour cosmetics, which slowed...