retail sector

The 'Online+Offline' model - resulting from convergence of retail channels and evolution of capabilities via tech-enabled collaborations - is expected to help in addition of 12 million new jobs and US $125 billion in retail exports, a report by Nasscom-Technopak said. The...

Global hiring activity witnessed a momentous 2020 with significant changes throughout the year. The pharma and retail sectors saw pronounced hiring, and the active job index for these industries surpassed pre-COVID-19 levels in 2021 – notably with a dip...

India’s sluggish economy is impacting different real estate verticals, including retail leasing. ANAROCK data reveals that in the top 7 cities, retail leasing activity dropped by 35 percent in 2019 as against the previous year – from 5.5 mn...

Keeping an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal today presented the Narendra Modi government's sixth and final budget before the polls. Highlighting the key initiatives of the government in the past four and half year, Finance...

In a bid to strengthen the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector in India, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced that the government will soon launch a National Artificial Intelligence Portal. Presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Goyal...

The Ecosystem Report on Enterprise ReadyStartups 2016 released by Microsoft Accelerator says that retail, banking, and healthcare sectors are the top adopters of the enterprise technology solutions. With 50 percent of enterprise-ready startups, growth potential, willingness to adopt startup solutions, and availability of...

Walmart India President & CEO Krish Iyer remains convinced on the India opportunity, even as the world's largest retailer struggles to overcome challenges from online retail in its home territory, the USA. "India is one of the largest markets in...

The key to a business' success and growth lies in how happy its employees are. However, the retail segment has been seeing a lot of employee turnover in the last few years - a sign that should be extremely worrisome for...

Why Kamal Nath cannot afford not to allow FDI in Building Material / Home Improvement Sector retail ? I S Narula, President and CEO, ISHANYA talks to R S Roy, Editorial Director, indiaretailing.com I S Narula has a record of pioneering...