Foreign Direct Investment

Real estate is a business that requires regular funding, be it at the acquisition or execution stage. To raise funds, developers in India opt for modes like joint venture, pre-sale and construction finance. Construction finance can work out cheaper...

The opportunity that modern retail sector provides is gigantic and the stakes are high. Although the challenges are immense and so are the rewards, but can anyone ignore the fact that many of the global retailers have made it...

A new publication of Hamburg-based secondary research organization yStats.com has unveiled its reports on ‘India B2C E-Commerce Market 2014’. The report says that India’s online retail scene is one of the fastest growing in the world. Its large population...

The PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry pitched for foreign direct investment (FDI) in organised food retail, arguing that it can attract hundreds of crores of rupees, and double its cold storage capacity to over 61 million metric tonne...

Kidswear and toys retailer Toonz Retail India is targeting to set up 200 stores in the country in the next five years, of which at least 10 would be in Kerala, especially in smaller towns, according to PTI. The company's...

A recent survey conducted by industry body FICCI described the maiden budget of the Narendra Modi-led government as 'pro-growth', while expecting the government to push much-needed reforms to kickstart the investment cycle, create jobs and reinvigorate the economy. Salon...

Pushing for introducing FDI in B2C e-commerce, industry bodies and e-commerce firms have said such moves will help SMEs scale up their operations and aid expansion into smaller parts of the country, mentions a PTI report. Players like Fashionandyou, Yebhi.com...

Sri Lanka-based lingerie firm MAS Brands, which sells products under Amante label in India, is targeting up to Rs 1,000 crore turnover by 2020 from the country by expanding its portfolio that would include acquisitions, according to PTI. The...

Indian retail real estate seems to have seen it all - from a boom to a burst but still this hasn’t really intimidated the players operating in this field to step back and withdraw from developing new malls and...

India could likely remove the restrictions on foreign online retailers next month permitting foreign online retailers such as Amazon.com to sell their own products, according to Reuters. Four people privy to discussions within the government told Reuters that officials believed...