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Winds of change are brewing at one of India’s best-known companies—the Rs 14,000-crore biscuits major Britannia Industries.
Updated : Mar 17, 2023

A freshly baked strategy: Behind Britannia Industries' plan to pivot from biscuits to a food player

In a way, the move makes eminent sense as the Indian foods sector has several high-growth segments.

The young, aspirational Indian woman is now a key player in powering India’s growth in the years ahead. And she has enough role models to follow.
Updated : Mar 03, 2023

Most Powerful Women in Business 2023: India's trailblazers

The young, aspirational Indian woman is now a key player in powering India’s growth in the years ahead. And she has enough role models to follow. It is in this context that Business Today’s much-awaited annual The Most Powerful Women in Business list assumes even greater significance.

With a massive $107-billion growth plan lined up for the next 10 years, the Hindenburg report has hit Adani like the proverbial iceberg it never saw coming. The question now is, how will Adani fund his ambitious growth plans?
Updated : Feb 17, 2023

Gautam Adani faces his biggest challenge yet. Can he survive?

With a massive $107-billion growth plan lined up for the next 10 years, the Hindenburg report has hit Adani like the proverbial iceberg it never saw coming. The question now is, how will Adani fund his ambitious growth plans?

As Business Today celebrates its 31st Anniversary this year, we bring you various aspects and views on what we call “Mission 2047: Road to India@100.”
Updated : Feb 05, 2023

An ocean of opportunities: The road to India@100

As Business Today celebrates its 31st Anniversary this year, we bring you various aspects and views on what we call “Mission 2047: Road to India@100.”

Under the watchful eye of the Reserve Bank of India, banks are now raring to grow, and grow fast.
Updated : Jan 20, 2023

Engines of economic growth: Indian banking sector's dramatic turnaround

Under the watchful eye of the Reserve Bank of India, banks are now raring to grow, and grow fast.

Ray and his top team are now putting together a sharp-focussed, contra marketing strategy that seeks to ensure that its core strengths are best juiced to ensure maximum growth.
Updated : Jan 06, 2023

Coke's Indian formula: How Coca-Cola India boss Sanket Ray is rewriting the company's growth story

Ray and his top team are now putting together a sharp-focussed, contra marketing strategy that seeks to ensure that its core strengths are best juiced to ensure maximum growth.

Meet the brand new kids of the MF block
Updated : Dec 23, 2022

How the new kids on the mutual fund block are giving legacy firms a run for their money

As new investors come into the markets in droves, bolstered by the rising stock indices and armed with apps that allow them ease of trading on smartphones, a slew of new players is lining up to enter the mutual funds (MF) sector.

The Japanese company is on the verge of securing pole position in this battle of the giants.
Updated : Dec 09, 2022

Japanese giant Honda is on the verge of becoming number 1 in India's two-wheeler space

A riveting battle for the top slot is playing out in the Indian two-wheeler market. Twelve years after erstwhile partners Hero Group and Honda decided to split, the Japanese company is on the verge of securing pole position in this battle of the giants.

The BT500, the definitive listing of India’s most valuable companies by average market capitalisation (during the period October 2021 to September 2022), is specially significant this year.
Updated : Nov 25, 2022

BT 500: The champion companies of the bourses

The BT500, the definitive listing of India’s most valuable companies by average market capitalisation (during the period October 2021 to September 2022), is specially significant this year, coming as it does amid enormous uncertainty in the global economic environment, rising interest rates, steep inflation and recessionary headwinds being faced by some of the world’s biggest economies.

The story of Invest India is the story of emerging India's economic prowess
Updated : Nov 11, 2022

Invest India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Unicorn

Invest India’s strategy is to woo the foreign investor aggressively, showcase the country as the preferred investment destination, and then ensure the investor is able to set up shop by helping secure all approvals.

This year’s rankings—where the top 11 ranks are unchanged from last year’s—show the ability of India’s top B-schools to adapt to the changing times and remain institutes of choice.
Updated : Oct 27, 2022

How India's B-Schools are adapting to the changing times

This year’s rankings—where the top 11 ranks are unchanged from last year’s—show the ability of India’s top B-schools to adapt to the changing times and remain institutes of choice.

The big moonlighting debate has taken India's IT sector by storm
Updated : Oct 14, 2022

The moonlighting debate: What does the road look like for India's IT sector?

Ever since Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji tweeted about the issue in August, calling it “cheating—plain and simple”, India Inc. has been on fire with opinion divided around not just about the ethicality of moonlighting, but also what constitutes it. Where does India's much-valued IT sector go from here?

By all accounts, the UPI interface is fast proving to be a massive game changer in the payments space.
Updated : Sep 16, 2022

The world on a QR code: How UPI disrupted the payments space

There is a massive disruption which is being witnessed in the payments space thanks to UPI. From the vegetable vendor to the coffee shop to the upmarket restaurant in a five-star hotel, the QR code is everywhere, reducing the dependence on debit cards and cash, with even credit cards set to be disrupted in the near future.

In many ways, India’s growth story has also been the story of the rise of its business families.
Updated : Sep 05, 2022

What the Rise of Family Businesses Says About India's Growth Story

In many ways, India’s growth story has also been the story of the rise of its business families. It is well known how India’s storied business families set up the basic structure of Indian business over the past 75 years and even earlier. Today, no mention of India’s business and corporate environment can be complete without acknowledging the contribution family-owned businesses are making in powering the country’s economic growth.

Under the stewardship of Sanjiv Puri, ITC has been in the midst of an aggressive strategic plan that has already seen it emerge as India’s third-largest FMCG player, after Adani Wilmar and Hindustan Unilever.
Updated : Aug 22, 2022

ITC: The Making of an FMCG Behemoth

Under the stewardship of Sanjiv Puri, ITC has been in the midst of an aggressive strategic plan that has already seen it emerge as India’s third-largest FMCG player, after Adani Wilmar and Hindustan Unilever.

With a huge millennial population that is keen to  live well, India is a lucrative market for IKEA.
Updated : Aug 05, 2022

Why IKEA is Betting on India

Four years and five stores later, IKEA, which in a sense was testing the Indian waters so far, has decided to amp up its India play. The reasons are not far to seek. With a huge millennial population that is keen to live well, India is a lucrative market for IKEA.

A fundamental change in the landscape of Indian cinema is underway -- the rise of movies from South India, which has changed the tenets of success in Indian moviemaking.
Updated : Jul 22, 2022

Southern Invasion: How South Indian Cinema Took Over Bollywood

The Hindi film industry, with its marquee production houses, megastars and marketing prowess, is proving to be a feeble competitor to the movies emerging from South India. Our cover story this fortnight explores this rise of movies from South India which has changed the basic, and accepted, tenets of success in Indian moviemaking.

Tata Steel's big bet on India
Updated : Jul 11, 2022

Tata Steel’s Game Plan for India

Tata Steel, the storied steelmaker, which thus far had been focussing on a mix of domestic and overseas operations, is now in the midst of executing a growth strategy that accords a laser-sharp focus on India. Will the steel behemoth chart a new success story in this decade?

From the highs of 2021 to the lows of 2022, Indian start-up ecosystem has seen a dramatic reversal in fortunes.
Updated : Jun 24, 2022

How the Funding Winter Has Affected Indian Start-ups

The dramatic change in the fortunes of India’s start-up ecosystem in recent months has become the cause for much concern in entrepreneurial circles. What exactly went wrong?

The road ahead for Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal
Updated : Jun 10, 2022

Ola’s Testing Ride

From technical glitches to customer complaints to top-level exits, Ola Electric has been beset by problems ever since production at its sprawling factory in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, got under way. What is the road ahead for founder Bhavish Aggarwal?

The Citi retail banking acquisition is an important step for Axis since it comes with high-quality, premium customers from the top 18 cities and powers the retail banking business of the bank.
Updated : May 27, 2022

Axis Bank Aims for the Top Spot

After acquiring the consumer banking business of Citi, Axis has its eyes firmly set on becoming No. 2 among private sector banks by balance sheet size, a spot currently occupied by ICICI Bank. In this latest issue of BT, find out how.