Shoppers Stop is looking to open four new stores this year and plans to invest Rs 120 crore.

CPPIB is looking to partner with RMZ because the latter is aggressive on both new developments and acquisitions.

With Pirojsha Godrej at the helm, Godrej Properties posted a fourfold jump in profit in the third quarter of the current financial year, probably the only real estate company that did so well in that quarter.

The logistics segment is becoming a hot favourite of private equity, of late.

The largest e-commerce entity of China is setting up its first India office -- an indication that it intends to capture a pie of the growing e-commerce market here. Raghavendra Kamath & Alnoor Peermohamed report.

Looking for a way out, property developers deal in banned notes.

A fourth of the property market is cash-based and this has affected home sales after high value notes were scrapped.

At 9.5% of sales, Zara offers the best revenue share to Mumbai's posh Oberoi mall. This is the highest revenue share offered by any fashion retailer for an anchor position in a mall.

The group has tied up with property developer Ireo for an office complex and M3M Group for a residential project in Gurgaon

The reason for Trent's success is rooted in its slow and steady approach to expansion. Unlike others, Trent, led by Noel Tata, ensured that each store was profitable before it went on to the next, says Raghavendra Kamath.

"Online portals are also bleeding heavily and have huge accumulated losses. There is pressure from investors to cut down on discounting."

Younger brother Surendra wants to re-invest his share in real estate and education

Draft prospectus to be filed next week; second trust, with Panchshil, in a few months

Pallon has already joined the boards of some of the unlisted companies such as Afcons

The latest trigger has been Future group's buyout talk with the retail unit of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's family-owned Heritage Foods

Future Group said customer acquisition costs, fulfilment costs and other expenses in e-commerce add up to 50 per cent of overall business costs, making it unviable

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has stringent processes and systems, which are proving to be a stumbling block

The company has a network of 4,000 distributors, 10,000 stores and 100 mega marts.

Patanjali Ayurved, founded in 2007 by yoga guru Ramdev, is targeting Rs 10,000-crore (Rs 100-billion) revenue in 2016-17

Aggressive acquisitions & deep pockets fuel real estate competition; experts suggest future partnership