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Retailers including Wal-Mart, Ikea and Tesco are adapting their business models in China, reflecting several long term changes in consumer habits.Wal-Mart currently runs 339 branches in over 120 cities across China, and first purchased its own trading sites for...

It's been a big two weeks for Ikea's Chinese operations, with the opening of a massive new store in Shanghai - its second-largest outlet in the world - and the announcement that the Swedish retail giant plans to continue...

What used to be a dreadful shopping exercise earlier, has now become a pleasant experience, thanks to the retail boom in India. By saying dreadful shopping exercise, the reference is to shoppers who used to spend hours on a...

Indian retail may lose foreign direct investment of up to Rs 400 crore this fiscal because of last week's recommendations by the Parliamentary Panel on Commerce, which has opposed further leeway to the entry of international retail brands in...

International Swedish furniture major Ikea made it clear at the recently concluded, three-day Marketing & Retail Conclave of Technopak that it has no immediate plans to come to the Indian market, as long as 100 per cent foreign direct...

A French business intelligence company, Asterop, has revealed that there is as much as $250 billion annual consumers spending that American retailers have yet to tap. The research by Asterop, which has a San Francisco office, has indeed given a...

American retail giant Wal-Mart has evinced interest in opening its chain in Malaysia which though Southeast Asia’s third largest economy saw decline in foreign direct investment. “Wal-Mart has shown interest and is keen to open stores in Malaysia,” deputy trade...

RAMMS, one of the leading end-to-end retail consultancy providers, has entered into a strategic alliance with JC Williams Group (JCWG), North America. The partnership firm is named RAMMS – JC Williams Group India. The new company will bring together RAMMS’s...