Kolkata | New Delhi: There’s a V-shaped demand recovery in major consumer goods segments but that V may not last long. Across phones, consumer durables, apparels, shoes — in both online and offline stores — demand is close or equal to pre-lockdown levels. In certain products, the buying-spree is remarkable. […]
If you pursued a marketing degree in the last fifty years, you’re probably more than passingly familiar with The Five P’s: Product, Price, Place, Promotion, and People. They’re the traditional pieces of the marketing puzzle that, when put together, should reveal your go-to-market strategy by answering the questions: What am I […]
August’s retail sales could be muddied by the negative payback from Amazon Prime Day promotions that sent July sales sharply higher. Friday’s August retail sales report is the last big economic report before the Fed begins its two-day meeting Tuesday. Economists expect a gain of just 0.2%, after a much better than expected […]
Troubles for the real estate sector are far from getting over. While the sector struggles to recover amid liquidity squeeze after non-banking financial companies such as IL&FS and DHFL defaulted on loan payments, the recent directive by National Housing Bank (NHB) has dealt another blow. NHB has directed Housing Finance […]
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the UK subsidiary of Tata Motors, on Tuesday reported a decline of 12.2 per cent on year-on-year basis in retail sales in May at 42,370 units hit by weak demand in China, overseas market and Europe. The Britain’s largest carmaker had posted a fall of 13.3 […]
Car sales went down 26% to 1,47,546 units Domestic passenger vehicle sales declined 20.55 per cent to 2,39,347 units in May from 3,01,238 units in May 2018. Domestic car sales were down 26.03 per cent to 1,47,546 units as against 1,99,479 units in May 2018, according to data released by […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook greets shoppers at a Palo Alto Apple store on Sept. 21, 2018 for the release of the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max. Apple’s stock climbed 6.8 percent Wednesday after the company reported that iPhone sales — once considered the most important metric for the company […]
China’s push to encourage lending to smaller companies has created a business opportunity for large financial technology companies. As Beijing struggles to balance a crackdown on high debt levels with maintaining growth, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have both publicly announced support for privately-run companies. The central bank […]
