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UK celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to open his first restaurant in India. Jamie’s Pizzeria, a 60 seat restaurant serving pizzas, salads, sides and desserts, will open in Delhi this autumn. “I can’t tell you how excited I am to be bringing Jamie’s Italian and…
Indian retailer Kalyan Jewellers is planning an IPO to raise capital for expansion internationally. The company has plans for six stores in Qatar and an undisclosed number in Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Chairman and MD T S Kalyanaraman has not revealed…
AirAsia has expanded its route network from its main base at Kuala Lumpur (KUL) with the addition of a new service to Goa (GOI) in India. The thrice-weekly service (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) on the 3,360-kilometre route launched on 27 August and will…
British footwear brand Clarks says it sees Asia Pacific growth as a “a key strategic focus” for the company. The 190 year old, £1.5 billion business, plans to open 100 stores in the region in the next 12 months. “As we celebrate a significant birthday, we are…
The China grocery boom is accelerating – but India and the so-called MINT countries are chasing. Chinese grocery sales are set to grow by a third between now and 2020 and reach US$1.5 trillion per year, according to new forecasts from IGD. While China will…
Fashion denim brand G-Star Raw says it is considering forays into Malaysia and Vietnam after a successful debut in India. G-Star recently opened its first Indian store in Mumbai’s Palladium Mall and plans a network of up to 35 stores by 2020 in partnership…
Indian online tea retailer Teabox the global eCommerce tea company, has launched the world’s first ‘Personalized Tea Subscription Service’. The program is powered by Teabox’s patent-pending ‘machine-learning technology’ that it says personalises and matches…
US retailer The Children’s Place has opened its first store in India. The brand has entered the market in partnership with Arvind Lifestyle Brands, opening its first store in Bengaluru. The Children’s Place operates about 1200 stores internationally and…
This year’s Diwali is set to usher in loads of surprises for the high-flying Surtis. Air India is preparing to introduce daily evening flight between Delhi and Surat by deploying the 168-seater Airbus-320 from October 1. This will be over and above the…
The Department of Tourism (DOT), Philippines has welcomed about 31,245 Indian tourists during the first five months of this year, recording an increase of 27.40 per cent, compared with 24,525 tourist arrivals from India from January to May 2014. The…
Amazon India has launched a luxury Beauty Store on its eCommerce portal. “We are excited to offer a wide selection of handpicked luxury beauty products. Customers can now order their favorite luxury beauty brands from the comfort of their homes with…
AirAsia India on Monday introduced a flurry of offers both for domestic as well as international routes, to mark the group’s milestone of flying 300 million travellers. AirAsia had announced last week that it would come up with something ‘big’ to mark the…
Much of the attention surrounding Apple‘s iPhone is focused on the company’s two most important markets: the U.S. and China. And rightly so — Apple brings in the most revenue from its U.S. sales, while China is the company’s largest smartphone market. But…
Global turmoil may have forced many foreign banks to exit non-profit making India businesses but Singapore-headquartered DBS Bank has a different story to sell: retail banking. The lender is now planning to expand its retail footprints through remittance…
Online retail major Flipkart on Friday launched its financial assistance programme Growth Capital Initiative for sellers across the country. The company has tied up with leading banks and financial institutions such as Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, NeoGrowth,…
Following IKEA announcing the purchase of 13 acres in Hyderabad for its first store in India on Friday, it’s the turn of another Swedish chain, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M), to go for a big rollout in the country. H&M, rival to another European fast fashion brand,…
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