All stories by Pavan Lall
Why premium car dealers are seeing an unprecedented churn
Rediff.com6 Oct 2018Higher costs of car inventories, missing sales targets and manufacturer expectations, and soaring rentals, are eating into dealers' margins.
How to breathe life into dead malls
Rediff.com2 Oct 2018What's the mantra for reviving ghost malls? Most important, a right mix of products. They also need to transform into community spaces.
'It unfortunately became a feud between brothers'
Rediff.com27 Sep 2018'... And I don't think it really is that despite a lot going wrong.' 'Naiveté or stupidity or trusting the wrong person, the outcome is the same, which is that the group has gone to trash.' 'I'm not OK with people saying I had a role to play in crooking the system, which is not what I did.'
Aman eyes Mumbai/Delhi for urban hotel
Rediff.com22 Sep 2018'We have never compromised on the location of properties and that won't change.'
What's driving the large pay-outs of Indian CEOs?
Rediff.com21 Sep 2018Like their international peers, Indian CEOs too have a significant portion of their incomes coming from stock options and performance-linked bonuses
4 mn garments. 300 stores. Rs 6.8 bn. The Anita Dongre story
Rediff.com12 Sep 2018'Fashion changes fast and if you are not keeping up you're getting left behind,' design diva Anita Dongre tells Pavan Lall.
Why Indians are one-brand car customers
Rediff.com11 Sep 2018'More than one brand in a showroom is too risky because customer loyalty in this market is low. Most people don't drive different cars made by the same manufacturer for a lifetime, they experiment.'
Coastal zoning nods hold up Tatas' plans for Sea Rock hotel
Rediff.com28 Aug 2018'Following all the approvals, three years are needed to build such a complex, especially with the challenges that such a great location brings with it,' a Taj spokesperson said.
Is Mahindra Roxor a copy of Fiat Chrysler's Jeep?
Rediff.com4 Aug 2018FCA has alleged that the Roxor, which M&M imports in the US from India as knocked-down kits, was "a nearly identical copy of the iconic Jeep design", adding that the product was modelled after the original Willys Jeep.
Why ICICI Bank selected Sandeep Bakhshi to fix its crisis
Rediff.com29 Jun 2018Of the existing set of potential leaders, Bakhshi was clearly the only choice as he beat out other high-level candidates that included executive directors Anup Bagchi, Vishakha Mulye, NS Kannan, and Vijay Chandok who were lacking the all-round game that Bakhshi has.
Under new boss, Ginger hotels to expand in asset-light mode
Rediff.com21 Jun 2018The renovations at the old hotels will be complete in two and a half years and tariffs will range between Rs 2,500 and Rs 4,000
Lamborghini races to the top in India's super sports cars segment
Rediff.com21 Jun 2018Buoyed by the success in a tiny but exclusive market, Lamborghini India, which operates dealerships in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru, is going to roll out another two, in Kolkata and Chennai, in the near future.
Only 25% of India's workforce is female, says McKinsey report
Rediff.com20 Jun 2018The report suggests India in the longer term needs to create far more jobs in the formal organised sector -- 97 per cent of all female worker activity is in the informal sector
The judge who will decide Chanda Kochhar's fate
Rediff.com19 Jun 2018'It's still very early. I have just been handed over the matter and therefore I haven't formed any views on it as yet,' Justice B N Srikrishna tells Pavan Lall.
BMW eyes top spot in luxury car segment with 16 launches in 2018
Rediff.com31 May 2018The challenge for BMW is to overtake Mercedes-Benz, which bounced back three years ago to become king of the hill.
How Samsonite plans to expand market share
Rediff.com18 May 2018Samsonite's factory in Nasik currently makes around 80,000 units a month and plans to go up to 100,000 units
Why India is a prime destination for PE investors
Rediff.com10 May 2018The first quarter of 2018 saw infrastructure and real estate drive investment worth close to $8 billion across 180 deals
What the future holds for Biocon
Rediff.com6 May 2018'The obvious opportunity is biosimilars, which are simpler but more expensive,' says Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of Biocon.
How Tata Trusts uses big data to gauge consumption, production
Rediff.com2 May 2018In keeping with the Trusts' objectives, the initiative was underpinned by an attempt to determine how over-nutrition was impacting citizens at a mass scale.
The reinvention of Raymond
Rediff.com2 Apr 2018Change is being led by a transformation on the digital front. Pavan Lall reports.