Birla's retail venture: Less is more

After closing down over 100 stores, the Birla group's retail venture is pushing private labels and slashing costs to achieve break-even.By his own admission, the last 30 months have been one of the......

Mid-size retailers still feel the slowdown pinch

Rustomjee Business School, promoted by realtor Boman Irani, stands tall on S V Road in Mumbai's Dahisar area. Just a year ago, it was the site of an equally impressive Mega Mart promoted by Vishal......

Retailers mull new strategies for small stores

Large retailers are trying to make their small food and grocery stores viable by trying out new ideas. While some like Reliance Retail are converting most of these stores into a deep-discount value......

Retail dream fades for many executives

With retailers downsizing operations, many senior executives from fast-moving consumer goods and telecom who had jumped on the retail bandwagon a couple of years ago are making a quiet comeback.......

Skin is in!

A few years ago, Shah Rukh Khan was quoted as saying, 'When a film flops, people come up with 85,000 excuses -- from the colour of the hero's socks to the cracks in the Great Wall of China.'......