More clarity on retail FDI this week

Tesco, Carrefour do not represent the entire spectrum of multi-brand retail businesses It is ironical that after years of heated discussion on the opening of India's multi-brand retail to foreign investors there are no serious investment proposals ...

For some years, Marks & Spencer and Interflora have been locking horns over Marks & Spencer's purchase and use of Interlflora as a keyword. By Lee Curtis The parties have traipsed through a number of courts during their odyssey but the most recent ...

E-commerce company Groupon India today joined hands with Tata group multi-brand retail chain Croma to sell electronic products across the country.

From Thailand's retail brand Lotus Art to French sport retailer Decathlon and Japan's fast fashion brand Uniqlo, global retailers are knocking at the doors of the Indian Government for its approval to set up shops here. While companies may sooner or ...

CNBC-TV 18's Rituparna Bhuyan reports that the department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP) is working on a series of clarifications on the multi-brand retail FDI policy.

The mandatory $50-million (Rs 250-crore) back-end investment to be made by foreign multi-brand retail chains, such as Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco, would not be restricted to greenfield (new) facilities alone.Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion Secretary Saurabh Chandra told Business Standard that a foreign retail chain was free to buy a brownfield (existing) facility but it would need to invest at least $50 million “towards creating additional back-end infrastructure ...

Wee stores will offer products in different categories like apparel amp; lifestyle, personal care, food amp; beverages, home appliances, beauty amp; cosmetics and more

BJP has conveyed to the US that it is still firm in its opposition to FDI in multi-brand retail, a proposal which the government has decided to go ahead with after getting an approval from Parliament.

Rollback of FDI in multi-brand retail will be the top priority of NDA coalition if it is voted to power in the next general elections, BJP President Rajnath Singh said here today. A serious danger has emerged on the economic front under the Congress-led UPA ...