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Friday, October 31, 2025
TopicShopping sales

Topic: Shopping sales

Brands desperately hoping Black Friday discounts will bump up sales. But there’s a downside

The more that shoppers buy online, the bigger the problem with returned goods. One in ten even admit to buying clothes solely for the purpose of taking a photo.

Why shopping is going to be a lot more painful in 2022

Even if cases peak relatively soon, there are other perils ahead — from lockdown savings being exhausted just as prices are rising to tighter monetary policy & higher borrowing costs.

The big Diwali festive shopping season wasn’t all that big, report says

More than 90% storekeepers in Mumbai indicated footfalls were lower than last year’s festival period, Bank of America Merrill Lynch report says.

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Indian middle class is fed up with being paunchy and plump. Ozempic and Mounjaro are big hits

The instant success of weight loss drugs in India tells us how quickly the country is changing. And for once, the change is for the better.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.