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Monday, February 23, 2026
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.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.