India

Apple to open more retail stores in India

The company found that its business in the country doubled in Q1 FY2020.

Apple to open more retail stores in India

The company found that its business in the country doubled in Q1 FY2020.

Amazon halts Pantry delivery service in India

This is expected to help the company in simplifying its grocery proposition.

Reliance Retail partners with Kirana stores for online delivery

It has tied up with nearly 60,000 kiranas, and has plans to enroll more by April.

Spain-based Desigual launches in India's Tata CLiQ Luxury

Collections include new designs that use sustainable materials.

Organic formulations boost India's skincare market

The facial care category is projected to rise the fastest.

Opportunities flow for RTD cocktails in India

Bars and pubs have been largely kept out of the purview post-lockdown.

Long work hours, higher income boosts India's convenience store demand

New entrants are expected to struggle in competing with local stores.

Verifone, Ezetap partner to accelerate end-to-end digital payment solutions for merchants

To meet the needs of the rapidly evolving and growing payments technology landscape in India, payments and commerce solutions provider Verifone and software and payment processing provider Ezetap recently announced a partnership to enable merchants to adopt in-store and online payment acceptance more quickly and easily.

India's Samsung Mall powered by AI and machine learning

Companies now have the power to process millions of product records in minutes, using artificial intelligence (AI), without any humans in the loop with Indix’s prediction services. The product AI company recently announced the broad availability of its AI-based prediction services for product categorisation, brand identification, standardised attribute extraction and product clustering.

New technologies to fuel demand for POS terminals in India

India's point-of-sale (POS) terminals market is forecast to exhibit a CAGR of more than 11%, in value terms during 2017-2022, according to India POS Terminals Market By Type, By End User, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2012-2022 by international market research company Research and Markets.

TCNS gets new investor

TA ASSOCIATES, a global growth private equity firm, has invested in a US$140 million round for a minority stake in TCNS Clothing Company, a branded women’s apparel platform from India.

Three key emerging trends impacting India's online retail market

Research firm Technavio’s latest report on the online fashion retail market in India highlights three key emerging trends predicted to impact market growth through 2020. Technavio defines an emerging trend as something that has potential for significant impact on the market and contributes to its growth or decline.

Walmart considering e-commerce partnerships in India

WalmartT is reported to be “actively considering” ways to partner with India’s various e-commerce players such as Flipkart, Snapdeal, ShopClues, Grofers and Bigbasket to enter the country’s growing online retail market.

Retail to boom in Modi's India

Asia’s third-largest economy, India, showed positive growth last year, sparking hope of a retail boom under the helm of the country’s new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Shirish Nadkarni reports.