India Ratings and Research

The apparel prices are likely to remain soft in the second half of 2020-21 even as the segment is in a recovery mode, according to a report. The apparel segment Wholesale Price Index recovered to pre-COVID-19 levels in November 2020, led by the festive and marriage season demand, India Ratings...

India's sequential retail price inflation spiked in September to 7.34 percent from 6.69 percent in August, official data showed on Monday. Though non-comparable, India had recorded a retail price inflation of over 3 percent in the corresponding period of previous...

Companies in the apparel retail sector are expected to weather the near-term demand volatility and sluggishness through effective liquidity management, while also improving their competitive advantage by increasing the operational efficiencies and controlling costs, India Ratings and Research said...

Higher food and fuel prices increased India's April retail inflation to 2.92 percent from 2.86 percent in March, official data showed on Monday. But year-on-year, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April was lower than the corresponding period of...

Post demonetization, the card based transactions has risen up to 90 per cent of total sales in third quarter of 2016-17, India Ratings and Research (Ind- Ra) said. "Contrary to the popular belief, organised fashion retailers (departmental stores) have bucked...

PE activity for e-commerce companies is expected to remain muted in the foreseeable future as fragile global recovery and recent amendment to the India-Mauritius tax treaty may keep global investors away from India, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said. According...