Coffee In A Land Of Tea: Starbucks Arrives In India
October 21st, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a report on Starbucks’ entrance to India: In few countries would the opening of a coffee shop be treated as headline news, but that’s exactly the treatment Starbucks’ 4,500 square foot flagship Indian store in Mumbai received on Friday. Throngs of journalists converged on the restored heritage building owned by the […]
Read more »India’s Emerging Cities
October 19th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, a look at India’s emerging cities: India’s established metropolises are saturated with investment activity. Now, tier-two and tier-three cities are emerging as investment destinations and a new report from Cushman and Wakefield explains how much money is going into what – and where. India’s 2011 census recorded 53 urban centres, each […]
Read more »India: Common Consumer Market Pitfalls
October 19th, 2012
Via Harvard Business Review, some thoughts about common misconceptions about India’s consumer market: Procter & Gamble’s India sales grew by over 21 percent in the second quarter of this year. India’s largest consumer products company, a unit of Anglo-Dutch Unilever, PLC, reported that its sales were up 9 percent. Michigan’s Amway registered an annual growth […]
Read more »India’s Growing Investment In East Africa
October 11th, 2012
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a report on India’s growing investment interest in East Africa, particularly given the region’s petroleum potential: India’s largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company, GAIL, announced Oct. 10 that it was working toward establishing Africa as a major supplier of natural gas. Although India’s state-level spending has diminished in recent years in […]
Read more »Indian Retail: Clicks Over Bricks?
October 5th, 2012
Via Project Syndicate, some commentary on the evolving Indian’s retail environment: After years of debate, India’s government recently announced that will open the country’s retail sector to foreign investment. The move was met with howls of protest from those who argue that the entry of large hypermarket chains like Carrefour and Walmart will devastate the […]
Read more »India: Venezuela’s New Petro-Amigo
September 27th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, an interesting look at the blossoming relationship between India and Venezuela: Venezuela’s gigantic oil reserves are coveted the world over – especially the Orinoco extra-heavy crude belt, which is one of the planet’s few remaining largely untapped reserves of hydrocarbons. Investment conditions in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela may not be ideal, but […]
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