Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Anand Kumar

Online and offline brands offering retail therapy now have a new category: experiential zones

Online and offline brands offering retail therapy now have a new category: experiential zones. For many brands and retailers today, stores are a thing of the past, it seems. They want the passersby to step, not into an old-fashioned shop,...

Trades protest as online stores eat into pre-Diwali traditional sales

The Delhi-NCR chapter of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said they would now demand protection of traditional retailers from the Union government. Noida: With traditional sales dipping significantly in the pre-Diwali season this year due to massive online festive discounts, shopkeepers and...

Offline stores witness surge in footfalls this festive season: Study

The study and its findings are a result of the data collected during Diwali 2019, in comparison with Diwali 2018, by Capillary Technologies from 62,000 consumers across stores in India. New Delhi: Offline stores were the preferred shopping channel for consumers during the festive season with...

Shorter shopping season means a more intense scramble

That means customers will have less time to shop and retailers will have less time to woo them. Black Friday once again kicks off the start of the holiday shopping season. But with six fewer days, it will be the shortest season...

Over 50% Indians fell prey to discount scams. Tips to stay safe this holiday season

A new trend that hit unsavvy consumers hard this festive season was through phony gift cards. A total 39.3% Indians were directed to a site, were they were asked to input personal information such as name, telephone number or...

Indians consumed less groceries but shelled out more

India’s economy expanded 4.5% in the September quarter, the slowest in more than six years, pulled down by manufacturing, which contracted 1% in gross value added against a 6.9% increase a year earlier. Consumer goods have been hit by...

Sewelo: Louis Vuitton shows off world’s second-largest uncut diamond

Glinting, blackened 1,758 carat jewel displayed at it's Place Vendome store in Paris 1 of 9 Louis Vuitton made a splash as it showcased its latest purchase on Tuesday: the world’s second-biggest rough diamond.Image Credit: AFP 2 of 9 The LVMH-owned brand, which...

Rihanna hails ‘carte blanche’ at LVMH with new fashion line

Rihanna said Thursday she had been given complete freedom to design her first fashion line for French luxury powerhouse LVMH, which is banking on the pop diva to find a new market of millennials beyond the reach of its...

Burberry fashions rising profit despite sluggish sales

Burberry, the luxury British fashion house, announced Thursday a rise in annual net profit on lower restructuring costs -- but its share price frayed on sluggish Asian sales, notably in China. Profit after tax jumped 15.6 percent to £339.3 million...

Meditate with Urmila: Three categories of thought

Nature has given us the gift of intention to mould any thought and change any experience Thoughts are functions of the mind. As thoughts generate in the mind, they go on to impact the body and bodily functions. For example, when...

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