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Red tape, graft mean India not such a super market for Wal-Mart

August 24, 2021 at 12:49 p.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Wal-Mart's India expansion is stalled. When India announced last September that it would allow foreign supermarket chains to take majority ownership of their Indian operations, it marked...

Uniqlo brings fashion back to the source in Bangladesh

August 24, 2021 at 12:51 p.m.

DHAKA (Reuters) - On a bustling Dhaka street full of buyers looking for deals on export rejects and designer fakes, a flight of stairs leads up to an anomaly in...

Insight: “Speed money” puts the brakes on India’s retail growth

August 24, 2021 at 9:07 a.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Hong-Kong entrepreneur Ramesh Tainwala spent 18 months operating branded clothing retail stores in India before deciding it was impossible to succeed without paying bribes. Tainwala, a 55-year-old...

Exclusive: How Wal-Mart got a foot in the door of India’s retail market

August 23, 2021 at 6:50 p.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc prepared its entry into India's supermarket sector in 2010 with a $100 million investment into a consultancy with no employees, no profits and a...

Exclusive: How Wal-Mart got a foot in the door of India’s retail market

December 25, 2018 at 7:45 a.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc prepared its entry into India's supermarket sector in 2010 with a $100 million investment into a consultancy with no employees, no profits and a...

No express lane for Wal-Mart, rivals in India

August 23, 2021 at 2:26 p.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - For five years, Raj Jain fought to bring Wal-Mart to India. After finally getting his wish on Friday, now comes the hard part for Jain, country head...

No express lane for Wal-Mart, rivals in India

August 22, 2019 at 5:51 a.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - For five years, Raj Jain fought to bring Wal-Mart to India. After finally getting his wish on Friday, now comes the hard part for Jain, country head...

India’s cigarette giant makes a healthy choice

May 13, 2019 at 8:22 p.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest cigarette maker is going on a health kick. ITC Ltd sells 80 percent of the cigarettes in the world's second most populous country where 275...

India’s cigarette giant makes a healthy choice

August 23, 2021 at 1:39 p.m.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest cigarette maker is going on a health kick. ITC Ltd sells 80 percent of the cigarettes in the world's second most populous country where 275...

Analysis: India’s online grey market for U.S. clothing brands

August 23, 2021 at 11:43 a.m.

MUMBAI/CHICAGO (Reuters) - While India's politicians dither over rules allowing foreign retailers into the country, some online stores are already selling discounted clothing from companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch...

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