The irony is that the home-grown retailers are starved for cash and need capital and at the same time global giants are finding ways of investing in multi-brand physical retail companies.

Protests against high petrol and diesel prices paralysed many parts of the country earlier this month.

Rana Kapoor to retire as Yes Bank MD and CEO by January 2019; Samara-Amazon bags Aditya Birla Group's retail chain; Gujarat Assembly increases MLAs' salary by at least Rs 45,000; and Alibaba's Jack Ma warns US-China trade war could drag for 20 years. Watch more in this episode of Business Wrap.

The instant credit facility is a part of Flipkart's strategy to drive its gross merchandise volume by \"15-20 per cent\" by launching affordability instruments in the next 24 months.

Apnidukaan.com is in the business of selling kitchen appliances, electronics and furniture. The owners are now in the process of asking Amazon to remove all references to Apni Dukaan.

Income tax officials inspect books of Jet Airways in Mumbai, Delhi officesThe Income Tax Department on Wednesday swooped down on the premises of Jet Airways in Mumbai and Delhi to carry out an inspection of the books of the crisis-ridden airline for alleged falsification of accounts and siphoning of funds. As many as 50 tax officials are reported to have been pressed into action for the survey operation under Section 133A of the Income Tax Act at the Naresh Goyal-led airline's And...

The IPO is of 99,05,157 shares with a price band of Rs 470-475 per share. The government is selling 10.5 per cent stake or about 99.05 lakh equity shares, including 5 lakh shares to employees.

Once the process is complete Samara Capital and Amazon plan to rapidly expand the chain which was put on hold due to its burgeoning debt.

Ahead of festive showdown, Flipkart pumps in Rs 3,463 crore to boost salesFlipkart is aiming at achieving 50 per cent of all smartphone sales during the upcoming festive month. Keeping the ambitious plan in mind, Flipkart has pumped in Rs 3,463 crore into its online marketplace, Flipkart Internet. This is the first biggest capital infusion by the Walmart-backed e-commerce giant ever since the US-based retail behemoth acquired a majority stake in the company. RCom to exit tele...

This is the first capital infusion by the Walmart-backed e-commerce giant ever since the US-based retail behemoth acquired a majority stake in the company.

The BJP-led NDA government probably had the right intention when they knocked on the doors of Ravi Venkatesan, former chairman of Microsoft India and P S Jayakumar, an ex-citibanker turned entrepreneur, for helping them in conducting an experiment of sorts with Bank of Baroda.

Reliance Capital executive director Anmol Ambani, the elder son of Anil Ambani, said at the company's annual general meeting (AGM) that the group plans to list Reliance General Insurance in this financial year. Here are key highlights

With 2019 general elections less than a year away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal mobile application NaMo app has begun the sale of Brand Modi merchandise.

For SMBs to be competitive in the national and international arena, they need to have access to new production and management technologies.

Trump warns if China takes retaliatory action against US farmers or industries, it will immediately pursue phase three, which is tariffs on approximately $267 billion of additional imports.

The merger of Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda will create new challenges for the amalgamated bank.

Despite steps such as withdrawing withholding tax on Masala bonds, allow some breathing space to foreign portfolio investors, and check non-essential imports and promote exports in order to arrest the decline in rupee, the local currency fell over 50 paise below the 72 level per dollar mark in trade today.

Gender diversity is missing in large areas of the financial services industry. There is no easy way out.

Companies need to imbibe a service-oriented culture as customer empathy and engagement matter most in the long run.

Lessons from the failure of some of India's biggest business names.