Till about 5 years ago, whenever I read the term “LED”, the first thing that came to my mind was a fancy imported television. When I came across this term in the beginning of 2011, the first thing to cross... Read More.
Stiff competition from the industry and increasing demands from consumers are forcing retailers worldwide to re-evaluate their strategies and operating models. The typical knee-jerk reaction for most retailers is heavy capital investment and augmenting their staff. With the help of... Read More.
All of us have received gifts at some time or the other – on birthdays perhaps? All gifts are fun to open, but once in a while we have received something that was exactly what we wanted – the perfect... Read More.
For quite some time now financial experts have been predicting that the M&A scenario in India will significantly improve. Investment bankers have already run the ‘India growth’ story ragged and investment banks are again on a hiring spree expecting an... Read More.
Recently, I read an interesting quote-”Third world war will take place over water.” I was really surprised to read it as I always thought that the next war could be over fuel or uranium. But soon after that, when I... Read More.
When the earth completes a revolution around the sun, it reaches the same place from where it started - but is it exactly the same? Not only has time progressed, it is the beginning of yet another year with countless... Read More.
How can small businesses in India do competitive intelligence (CI)? I had the opportunity to discuss this with a group of small businesses at the TiE breakfast event in Pune last month. Small businesses have limited resources at their disposal and... Read More.
No other industry has adopted a new technology with as much gusto as the utilities industry when it embraced the ‘Smart Grid’ network. It is easily the most disruptive technology to hit the market since the upgrade of utilities’ legacy... Read More.
Whether we’re considering specialty retailers, grocery chains, general merchandisers or online retailers, the retail industry today converges around the following challenges – post-recession growing pains (including unique challenges in mature and emerging markets), price sensitive markets, low buyer switching costs,... Read More.
India has a reputation for its complex policies, despite a professed liberal attitude. The best example of this has been the protectionist clauses espoused by Press Note 18 (of 1998) and Press Note 1 (2005). These press notes are not laws... Read More.
