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Panasonic aims to capture 8 per cent smartphone mkt share in India
May 17, 2013 at 13:47 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Electronics product company Panasonic today said it is aiming to capture 8 per cent market share in the country's smartphone segment within a year. "We expect to capture 8 per cent smartphone market share in India within a year," Panasonic...
Panasonic aims to capture 8% smartphone mkt share in India
May 16, 2013 at 20:32 | Source: Financial Express
Electronics product company Panasonic today said it is aiming to capture 8 per cent market share in the country's smartphone segment within a year. �We expect to capture 8 per cent smartphone market share in India within a year," Panasonic India, ...
Panasonic launches quad-core smartphone P51 in India for Rs 26,900
May 16, 2013 at 13:37 | Source: FirstPost
Panasonic India today announced the launch of the P51, Panasonic smartphone, as part of its foray into the mobile phone segment in India. The phone is priced at Rs 26,900.The Panasonic P51 is an Android device running 4.2 version of Jelly Bean with a...
Handicrafts sector bucks overall export trend
Apr 12, 2013 at 17:27 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, April 12: Strong demand from the US, Europe, Australia and Latin America boosted handicrafts exports by 22.15 per cent to $3.30 billion in 2012-13 defying an overall downturn in exports. Exporters are hopeful that the sector would grow by...
Mom & pop stores upgrade staff
Mar 28, 2013 at 04:15 | Source: DNA India
Mom pop stores, those family-run neighbourhood outlets for everything under the sun, are adding value to their staff in order to stand up to organised retail giants. Training courses for staff like sales associates are in. Besides retail selling skil...
Apple pursuit lands 20,000 Chinese students in debt
Mar 21, 2013 at 15:32 | Source: DNA India
Over 20,000 college students have taken high-interest loans to buy fancy electronic products, mostly Apple devices, in central China s Wuhan city. From the start of January 2012 to the end of February 2013, the students have applied for loans of 160 ...
Mixed reactions to apparel expos in South Africa: AEPC Chairman
Mar 20, 2013 at 03:47 | Source: Economic Times
JOHANNESBURG: Exhibitions in Johannesburg and Cape Town in the past week by 42 members of the Apparel Export Promotion Council of India evoked different responses, according to the chairman of the Council, Sudhir Sekhri. "The response in Johannesbur...
'Mixed reactions to apparel expos in South Africa'
Mar 19, 2013 at 19:46 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Johannesburg, Mar 19: Exhibitions in Johannesburg and Cape Town in the past week by 42 members of the Apparel Export Promotion Council of India evoked different responses, according to the chairman of the Council, Sudhir Sekhri.“The response i...
Oil looks to extend rise to 4th straight session
Mar 12, 2013 at 23:32 | Source: Market Watch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures climbed Tuesday, with weakness in the dollar helping prices top $93 a barrel, as traders digested news that OPEC left its forecast for oil-demand growth unchanged and awaited weekly updates on U.S. p...
Sony targets Rs 3,500-cr sales from Xperia
Mar 07, 2013 at 08:47 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, March 6: Sony India on Wednesday said the company targets to achieve Rs 3,500 crore from sales of its Xperia smartphones in the next financial year. The company launched the latest Xperia Z smartphone at Rs 38,990 that operates on the And...
Retire Here, Not There: Hawaii
Mar 04, 2013 at 21:11 | Source: Market Watch
There’s the Hawaii almost everyone imagines: Sunny beaches, palms, Pacific Ocean views, laid-back living. There’s the also the equally inviting Hawaii that’s less well known: Volcanoes, snow-capped mountains (yes, there is skiing in Hawaii), r...
Feb 23, 2013 at 18:01 | Source: Business Today
Henrich R. GreveRyanair is a European low-cost airline that has grown a lot since it was formed in 1984. It now flies more than 300 aircraft across all of Europe. More unusually, for an airline, it is profitable. Its path to success is that it learn...
US private sector job gains offer hope for labor market
Jan 04, 2013 at 05:36 | Source: Economic Times
WASHINGTON: US private-sector employers shrugged off a looming budget crisis and stepped up hiring in December, offering further evidence of underlying strength in the economy as 2012 ended. While other data on Thursday showed an increase in the num...
US breaks $1bn for first time in online Black Friday shopping
Nov 26, 2012 at 17:27 | Source: Economic Times
NEW YORK: US shoppers spent heavily online on the crucial Black Friday shopping day, for the first time topping a billion dollars in online sales in a single day, analysts and retailers said. The four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend is the kickoff ...
Wednesday’s big movers; Facebook stock defies logic
Nov 15, 2012 at 03:12 | Source: Market Watch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Cisco Systems Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. made big moves during U.S. trading Wednesday, while Facebook Inc. was a top trending ticker. Top tickers trending $FB: Defying conv...
Tiny retailers work around the big-format threat
Oct 08, 2012 at 03:38 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Octogenarian Kashinath Chunder moved to Manicktala, a north Kolkata locality, last year after his daughter bought a new flat there. He isn’t complaining about the lack of malls or large-format retail stores in the area. His happiness lies in t...
As RS opposition leader, Manmohan Singh opposed FDI in retail
Oct 03, 2012 at 12:46 | Source: DNA India
Eight years ago Manmohan Singh had assured the Federation of Associations of Maharashtra that the UPA will not allow foreign direct investments (FDI) in the retail sector. A copy of the letter written to the PM dated December 20, 2004 exposes the fli...
The fault lines of Anti-Japan fury in China
Oct 02, 2012 at 11:52 | Source: Market Watch
QINGDAO, China ( Caixin Online ) — Recent anti-Japan fury spurred angry crowds to march through streets in cities across China. The protests sometimes turned violent, as when a vicious rampage in Xi’an, in the northern province of Shaanxi, left ...
Retail survival, a la Europe’s small stores
Oct 02, 2012 at 00:56 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
I was in Paris recently and while strolling down the ancient cobbled boulevard Haussmann, tracked down Les Caves d'Augé, the oldest wine store in Paris. This charming 1850 boutique is stocked with great French wines and credited to be the oldest wi...
Oct 01, 2012 at 10:06 | Source: Business Standard
Bharti Enterprises has had a joint venture with Walmart in the wholesale trade for years in India. Karan Thapar talks to the company s vice-chairman and managing director, Rajan Bharti Mittal, on CNN-IBN s Devil s Advocate programme, in the wake of t...
From DJ EU Officials Spain Aid Cap Of 100 Bn Euros 'should Be Enough'
