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Amazon Opens Its Largest Campus Worldwide, in India

21 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

21 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

The Seattle-based company is making an ambitious push in India, the last major retail frontier still primarily reliant on small-scale neighbourhood and mom-and-pop stores.

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Amazon Opens Its Largest Campus Worldwide, in India

The Seattle-based company is making an ambitious push in India, the last major retail frontier still primarily reliant on small-scale neighbourhood and mom-and-pop stores.

Global Currents

Luxury Brands Need Better Strategies for Bollywood. Here’s Why.

21 August 2019 • By Sujata Assomull

Global Currents

Luxury Brands Need Better Strategies for Bollywood. Here’s Why.

Global brands are hungry for a bigger slice of India’s $30 billion luxury market but they aren’t exploiting the country’s colossal film industry to its full potential.

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Ambani’s Reliance to Buy Google-Backed Indian E-Commerce Startup

5 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

5 August 2019 • By Bloomberg

The Indian multinational conglomerate will invest up to $42 million for a majority stake in the google-backed retail startup Fynd.

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Ambani’s Reliance to Buy Google-Backed Indian E-Commerce Startup

The Indian multinational conglomerate will invest up to $42 million for a majority stake in the google-backed retail startup Fynd.

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Amazon in Talks to Buy Stake in India's Reliance Retail

1 August 2019 • By Reuters

1 August 2019 • By Reuters

The e-commerce giant is in exploratory talks with India's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer to buy an up to 26 percent stake in India's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer.

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Amazon in Talks to Buy Stake in India's Reliance Retail

The e-commerce giant is in exploratory talks with India's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer to buy an up to 26 percent stake in India's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer.

Global Currents

A Humble Fabric Helped India Fight British Rule. Now It's Big Business.

12 July 2019 • By Phyllida Jay

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A Humble Fabric Helped India Fight British Rule. Now It's Big Business.

From Levi’s and Gap to Issey Miyake, global brands are tapping the business potential of khadi, the fabric promoted by Mahatma Gandhi during India’s struggle for independence.

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Walmart Criticises India's E-Commerce Rules, Warns of Trade Impact

11 July 2019 • By Reuters

11 July 2019 • By Reuters

The American retail corporation is siding with the US government in strongly opposing India's e-commerce rules in a failed lobbying attempt.

Walmart Criticises India's E-Commerce Rules, Warns of Trade Impact

The American retail corporation is siding with the US government in strongly opposing India's e-commerce rules in a failed lobbying attempt.

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Zara's Indian Partner Is Building Its Own Cheaper Fashion Chain

23 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

23 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

After 10 years running Zara stores in India, Tata Group is building its own apparel empire, at half the price.

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Zara's Indian Partner Is Building Its Own Cheaper Fashion Chain

After 10 years running Zara stores in India, Tata Group is building its own apparel empire, at half the price.

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Faces Legal Spat With Start-Up

4 June 2019 • By Reuters

4 June 2019 • By Reuters

India's answer to Amazon finds itself in a legal tussle over alleged predatory discounting of GOQii wearable tech pieces.

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Faces Legal Spat With Start-Up

India's answer to Amazon finds itself in a legal tussle over alleged predatory discounting of GOQii wearable tech pieces.

The BoF Podcast: Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Deepika Padukone on India's Astonishing Wedding Industry

1 June 2019 • By BoF Team

1 June 2019 • By BoF Team

To mark the recent launch of BoF's latest print issue celebrating 'Modern Entrepreneurs," Imran Amed sits down with leading Indian bridal designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee and actress Deepika Padukone to discuss India's $50 billion bridal market.

The BoF Podcast: Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Deepika Padukone on India's Astonishing Wedding Industry

To mark the recent launch of BoF's latest print issue celebrating 'Modern Entrepreneurs," Imran Amed sits down with leading Indian bridal designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee and actress Deepika Padukone to discuss India's $50 billion bridal market.

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Big Modi Victory Pushes Indian Stocks to Best Week in Two Months

24 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

24 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi cruised to his second successive landslide victory, Indian equities climbed, sending key gauges to their best weekly gains in more than two months.

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Big Modi Victory Pushes Indian Stocks to Best Week in Two Months

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi cruised to his second successive landslide victory, Indian equities climbed, sending key gauges to their best weekly gains in more than two months.