 Can
Shoppers' Stop Bounce Back?
Two bad years of goof-ups
in expansion, buying, and ERP implementation have pushed India's
best-known retailer into the red. Although operational glitches remain and
some existing stores are underutilised, CEO B.S. Nagesh is talking of more
investment in another round of expansion. Is he stretching the retail
chain thin? Can Nagesh keep his promise of profits in 2003?Editorial
The MNC Retreat
Features
Out
There In The Cold
Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee lost out on an opportunity to make an economic ally of the US
during his recent visit to the country. And despite his tough posturing,
Commerce and Industry Minister Murasoli Maran lost more than he won at the
WTO talks in Doha. Courtesy the duo, India's political and economic
isolation may have just begun.
A
Golden Example
Thanks to a dynamic
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, B.C. Khanduri, the
National Highway Development Project is going full steam ahead. The way
the authority has gone about handling the critical project could provide a
lesson or two to other government departments in project management.
Disinvestment's
Daring Duo
With a mixture of reason,
diplomacy, political savvy, and plain pugnaciousness, Disinvestment
Minister Arun Shourie and his bureaucrat secretary Pradeep Baijal have set
out to meet the government's ambitious disinvestments targets, and rake in
a staggering Rs 80,000 crore over the next six years.
Rise
Of Apparel's Also-Rans
It's the untold story of
the garment industry's mini-superstars. Small and medium enterprises that
have successfully transformed themselves from private label exporters to
national brands. Sure, the surge in ready-to-wear market is making it
easier for them to ride the wave. But they have what it takes to fight the
big brands.
Storm
In A Coffee Cup
Arch rivals Hindustan
Lever and Tata Tea (Coffee, too) are slugging it out for supremacy in the
beverages market. The provocation is the negative rates of growth in the
Rs 3,500-crore market, where consumers are either downtrading to cheaper
brands or cutting down consumption, or both. Consumers are cheering.
Trends
Leader: Nostra-hack: The Next Four Months
Viewpoint: "India
has labour cost advantages"
Memo: The
To-Do List Knows Your Location
Grasim: Cement's
New Czar
Personal Finance
In
The Bag
Are mutual funds aimed at
children's education fund for you? Find out.
Inside
Postal Schemes
Not many people know, but
Post Office schemes make great investment vehicles.
BT
dot.com
The Death of Indya.com
The star that burned most famously
on the dotcom firmament has died. In its new avatar, it will just be an
adjunct to Star TV.
What's
Hot
The only two survivors left in
the online auction market embrace each other in a bid to stave off the
tough times. The new baazee begins.
Case Game
The
Case Of Sales Promotion
Should V.K. Appliances continue
with its sales promos to ratchet up revenues? A
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Managing
All In A Day's Work
Infosys receives more than a thousand job
applications each day. How does it cope?
Back
Of The Book
Schmooze Stops
All the places the rich and
powerful go to dine and strike deals.
Plus: Treadmill
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