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Saturday, August 9, 2025
TopicRetail

Topic: retail

Centre considers dramatic MRP overhaul to limit ‘irrational pricing’. What it’d mean for buyers, sellers

Govt looks for a formula that limits 'irrational pricing', where the MRP of a product is hiked and then reduced in the name of a discount/sale, giving consumers the illusion of savings.

How Crossword Bookstores turned the page in a struggling book retail market

Since its 2021 acquisition by ABH, Crossword has gone back to ‘book-first’ roots, expanding its footprint & turning a profit by tapping into social media trends, coffee chain tie-ups

Traders’ Welfare Board meets in Delhi, discussions on welfare schemes & retail trade issues

It discussed the opening of an open VC link on the website of the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).

H&M got penalty notice because cardigan didn’t mention size in metres. 5 yrs on, HC quashed complaint

HC observes items did not fall into category of ‘pre-packaged commodity’ to which the rules apply & are 'sold as loose articles and the customers are free to try or inspect the same'.

RBI seeks more rate transparency in floating rate retail loans

The central bank said it found 'several' instances of 'unreasonable elongation of tenor' of floating rate loans by lenders without proper consent and communication to the borrowers.

How The Coupon and Cashback Industry Is Influencing India

The coupon and cashback industry have a huge impact on India's rapidly evolving e-commerce and retail ecosystem.

SubscriberWrites: AI Revolution will Disrupt Retail Industry in India

Embracing AI technologies will be crucial for retailers in India to stay relevant in the rapidly evolving market and elevate the shopping experience for Indian consumers.

Squeeze of doing business: Indian retailers face over 3,000 regulations, a third bring risk of jail time

Retail chains have to comply with 3,182 regulations, of which 37.5 contain an imprisonment clause for non-compliance, claims report by regulatory solutions firm TeamLease Regtech.

Reliance reports flat profit amid export taxes and weak refining margins

The Indian government's decision to levy windfall tax on exports of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuels hit profit by 40.39 billion INR, Reliance said.

SBI to raise interest rates on retail term deposits upto 80 points

SBI had raised interest rates on saving bank deposits above 100 million rupees by 30 basis points earlier this week.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

We were given free hand, no restrictions placed on us: IAF chief on Op Sindoor

New Delhi: Indian Air Force chief Air Marshal A.P. Singh Saturday made it clear that there were no restrictions imposed by the political class...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.