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What to expect in 2019 for footwear retail?
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GST offered a level playing field
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How GST Suvidha franchises relieving burden of small traders?
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Simple step to learn how to register for GST
As per the GST rules, the business with a turnover greater than INR 20 Lakh, is liable to register for the new tax regime. In some states, the…
Top 5 GST rules that retailers must know!
The GST taxation has brought a lot of changes in the pricing strategy of the commodities and product. This new tax amendment has made business very…
This is how robotics technology is enhancing the end to end structure of warehousing
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GST Roll Out Still Needs Clarity, WYDR Survey Finds
Manufacturers and retailers across India are still grappling with issues related to GST nine months after the latter’s rollout, a new survey by…
Blockchain Tech Can Resolve Inefficiencies In Indias Current Trade Finance System: ASSOCHAM-Deloitte study
Implementing digital technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and robotic process automation can resolve…
Why Indian Biscuit Industry is Not Shining?
Biscuits are common product of consumption for rich and poor alike. As per Indian biscuit manufactures association (IBMA) data, India produces 5000…
GST rollout- Less time to prepare, more clarity needed
Weeks after the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) – the institutional mechanism under GST to check unfair profit-making activities by the…
These 5 consumer durables trends will change the game this year
In the next decade, India will climb seven spots up to clinch 5th position in the world’s largest consumer durables market. By 2020, the market in…
FMCG sector slowly recovers from GST shocks, future to be better: Report
Less than a year after Goods and Service Tax (GST) came into full effect, most FMCG companies in India have seen an improved revenue growth, while…
Bespoke tailoring marks a comeback in the Indian Fashion Entity
History of bespoke dates back decades ago during the advent of clothing and tailoring. Bespoke has been in India since generations and the majority…
India's footwear industry stepping towards a bigger and brighter future
They say the first thing that someone notices about you is your feet and your footwear, so why not invest in the best pair of footwear that would…
How B2B has the power to accelerate the adoption of digital payments in India?
In the last one year, India has witnessed iconic economic reforms such as the demonetization drive and passing of the GST bill. These initiatives…
How jewellery retailers are preparing for upcoming wedding season?
Goods Service Tax (GST) has changed the way transactions and billings of the major gold and jewellery shops across the country. After a lot of…
INDIAN RETAIL – PICTURE ABHI BAAKI HAI MERE RETAILERS
The Indian Retail Industry is poised to grow exponentially in next 10 years. The demographics of our country are screaming loudly about the…
How GST has impacted the textile industry?
The textile industry in India traditionally, after agriculture, is the only industry that has generated huge employment for both skilled and…
India Represents Huge Potential for Small Domestic Appliances despite GST
The volume and value sales of consumer appliances in India increased strongly in 2016. According to a recently published report by TechSci Research…
Why Diwali 2017 is not happening for retailers?
Diwali is one festival that retailers wait anxiously thorough out the year. But this time things are not going as usual. This year Diwali seems to…
India Tops Global Retail Development Index In 2017; Overtakes China: Study
CBRE South Asia Pvt. Ltd, India’s leading real estate consulting firm, today announced the findings of its latest India Retail MarketView Report –…
What is jewellery retail upto post GST
The new GST tax regime that was launched on July 1, came up as the biggest fiscal reform since India opened up its market in the early 90s. Under…
Warehouse management is a big requirement for a developed retail system
The retail market across India is booming, in terms of position in global ranking aiming all the retail markets of the globe. It is ranked the…
How new GST regime has impacted retail sector?
GST is much more than just a tax reform. It’s a whole new way of conducting business. It’s been over a month now of the GST implementation and it…
GST could be a boon for retailers who play by the book
The Indian economy is retail centric, the retail industry accounts for about 10% of the GDP of the country. According to Deloitte India, the Indian…
Lesser known insights into the sleeping giant that is Indian footwear industry
When it comes to footwear, being industry specific is not what occurs to consumers at the first go. Yet, the facts underlying the functioning of…
How GST has impacted ongoing EOSS?
The new GST regime has replaced the complicated structure of indirect taxes. Well, at one hand it has helped the retailers in terms of easy…
GST & its Impact on the Economy, A Distinctive Study Of The Retail Sector
Goods & Services Tax (GST) is one of India’s biggest tax reforms since independence. It will subsume virtually all indirect taxes levied by…
How retail is going to change from July 1..?
Tomorrow is going to be a historic day when Goods and Services Tax (GST) will finally come into effect. This much awaited tax reform would be one…
How GST will bring more transparency in retail business?
GST is no ordinary tax reform. It is one of a kind reform, which is poised to change the scenario of taxation in the country, and legitimately its…
How EOSS would be effected due to pre GST sale?
With the much awaited launch of GST (Goods and Services Tax) making all the headlines, there has been a lot of skepticism regarding its impact on…
Jo Malone and Molton Brown will be shortly opening at Select CITYWALK
The goods and services tax (GST) will be implemented from 1st July 2017. There are expectations that the immediate benefit of GST would be felt…
How GST will effect e-retailers?
Indirect taxes in India have driven businesses to rebuild and demonstrate their production network and systems owing to variety of assessments and…
How GST Bringing a sea of change in FMGC sector?
Government is incessantly coming up with ways to ensure an encouraging business climate in India and one of their initiatives is the GST, one of…
GST will boost the growth of brick and mortar retailers!
  Operating margins of organized brick & mortar(B&M) retailers are expected to improve by 100 basis points (bps) from about 6% over next…
Impact on Working Capital for SMEs Under GST
GST, a comprehensive indirect tax system, is a few months away from rollout. Businesses need to understand the implications of GST on various day to…
How are warehousing occupiers approaching the GST
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is likely to be legislated in 2017. Over the years, the GST has faced innumerable challenges due to issues regarding…
How GST will impact the mobile hand-set companies
Indirect taxes, as with any other industry, play a pivotal role as a catalyst in the growth of the mobile handset industry. Current regime the…
How retail industry will be benefitted with GST roll-out
In the one of the historic developments, last year Rajya Sabha cleared the amendment bill on GST.  Once came into force, the Bill has power to…
Reform expectations from Union Budget 2017-18 in pharmaceutical e-commerce
Indian pharmaceutical retailing is in a very interesting situation today. The tools to develop remarkable new solutions are materialising, in part…
What can the retail industry expect from Budget 2017
This financial year is about to end on a heavy note with the ban on high value currency notes, leading to chaos and cash crunch across the country.…
Budget 2017: Expectations and relevance for e-commerce industry
There has been a focus on startups and ensuring a stable environment for new ideas. In the last few years govt is conscious of the innovation,…
Pre-budget expectations from upcoming Union Budget 2017
 With the recent demonetisation, the pre-budget expectations will naturally vary across different sectors. The sudden decline in money supply has…
The e-retailer's wish list for Union Budget 2017-18
With the government stepping up focus on economic reforms and development, everyone is eagerly awaiting the Union Budget 2017-18. Among the key…
An insight to what’s instored for the e-Distribution space in 2017
2016 has been a defining year for retail industry in India. From the demonetisation move of the government that gave impetus to online and cash-…
GST Bill and Its benefits
The Goods & Services Bill (GST Bill) was passed in the Rajya Sabha earlier in August 2016. The GST Bill, which is considered as one of the…
GST gets the assent from the President to become a law
Finally, all the speculations about GST (Goods and Services Tax) are over, after President, Pranab Mukherjee signing the bill to become a law.…
The toughest problem that the retailers are facing in terms of brands is counterfeiting: Raghu Pilaka
Ease of criminalisation of counterfeiting and not criminalisation of retail is what the retail industry is indeed in desperate need of amid its…
Philips to back localization by increasing the slab to 75% from 50%
Philips, Dutch appliances, healthcare and electrical products maker, has decided to increase the localization slab to 75 per cent from 50 per cent…
GST - How will it change the dynamics of the Logistics industry in India
The business community of India finally breathed a long held sigh of relief as GST(Good and Services Tax) bill was passed in the Parliament. A…
Godrej consumer products register 12% increase in net profit
Godrej consumer products are moving fast in the market and the result reflects in company’s profit figures. As per the company’s data, Godrej…
Why the newly proposed GST norms are giving e-tailers sleepless nights?
The blue-eyed boys of the India growth saga, e-commerce companies lately seem to be facing a rough ride. The latest in the slew of setbacks is the…
Union Budget 2016: Industrialists insist slash in Corporate Tax & hike in Excise Duty
As Union Budget 2016 is around the corner, main expectation of city industrialists and businessmen is a hike in the excise duty limit, taking it up…
Union Budget 2016: Focus should be implementation
The definition of a start-up should be from date of commencement of business and not from date of incorporation of company, says Neeraj Mittal, JMD,…
Here's the retail industry wish list for Budget 2016
Most Retail players want a balanced Budget that broadens and pushes the overall economic growth, including cutting down on multiplicity of taxes and…
Here are the budget expectations from the eCommerce sector!
India is set to release the budget for 2016-17 the current financial year on February 29, 2016. The recent initiatives by the Modi government…
Budget Wishlist: Startups, Ecommerce & Corporates Expectation from Budget 2016-17
Indian retail sector is currently the tumult of country’s economic growth. Retail in India has seen significant leaps and bounds over the last two…
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GST framework and its impact on retail investment and operating structures
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a comprehensive tax levied on manufacture, sale and consumption of goods and services at a national level. Under GST…
Emerging retail trends that will pave the runway
The Organized retail sector in India had seen an exponential growth in the past. In 2015, it is estimated that India had 100 million square feet of…
Retail sector's expectation from forthcoming Budget
The Retail sector is currently the hotbed of economic growth. Retail in India has grown dramatically over the last two decades, with rising…
Lok Sabha gives a green signal to GST Bill
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How GST will benefit e-commerce companies
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GST likely to be introduced shortly: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Making earnest attempt to implement GST: Commerce Minister
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