Look at the picture on the left taken from today’s TT. If the dress the man wears seems familiar, so it is, never mind he is standing waist-deep in water. Well, it happened yesterday in Bangur, the perennial water-logging destination that never escapes the fury of a downpour. As you can rightly guess, living in […]
Reliance finds support from farmers
It is amazing how news items are picked up by renowned web publications far and away. Let me refer to the recent farmer’s stir in Nadia, where the stirrers demanded that Reliance resumes its farm products’ purchase. The protest in terms of quantum of people was not significant, but it carried a very important message. […]
Gitanjali’s retail foray
Move over gold. All that glitters is now more of diamond than gold. Over past decade or so diamond jewelry has carved out a niche for itself, and now the niche is expanding like never before. Brands like Nakshatra and Asmi now have pan-Indian presence, and the range spreads from economically priced to high priced. […]
Stalemate at Metro Cash-n-Carry
Retailing is the loudest buzz in today’s Indian economic progress. Keeping with the rush of setting up large format stores, the German retail giant, Metro Cash-n-Carry started its first serious foray in Kolkata bang on EM Bypass about 2 km south of Ruby Hospital at Singhabari. The construction of the outlet began over a year […]
Trouble at Big Bazaar
The place looks like a mini-jungle of two-footed men and women – shout, jostle, furtive looks, nonchalance all combined for good measure. It’s the place where customers are helped, pushed away in a corner that comes on the right just as you get inside the main entrance at Big Bazaar, Hiland Park. This Sunday evening […]
Reliance paves the way
That the realty investment in Kolkata has taken an upswing is already acknowledged, what with large projects of all hues coming up allover the city and new ones debuting every other day. But it took Reliance’s first-move initiative that the dilapidated KMC markets at vantage points in the city are now looked at with renewed […]
Things to come
While politicians brag about their ‘people’ power, which in many cases is nothing other than protecting their turf, the businessmen, who have the ‘money’ power, go about doing their bit in perfect silence. The recent winning of the rights to make over Park Circus market by the Reliance group is an example. Reliance won the […]
Fishy tale and Hilsa
Dead fish off Australian coast – not a pretty sight! [Image source]It’s that time of the year when the leases of ponds are renewed, and if there is going to be a change, the old leaseholder tries to drain out all the fishes before transferring the lease. The new leaseholder releases fresh rounds of baby […]
South City Mall
The Destination Mall – biggest in India thus far! [Image source]Come July, and Kolkata will be witness to opening of one of the largest integrated malls in the country. It’s the South City Mall, being billed as the city’s first ‘destination mall’. And why not! South City Mall will be home to 4 anchors, each […]
Metro’s plans
You may say Metro Cash-n-Carry’s city entry is jinxed as its debut large-format store in Singhabari off EM Bypass just after Ruby Hospital is lying half-finished because of a court case over the plot it’s coming up. But that hasn’t prevented the German behemoth to unleash its other plans that includes setting up an academy […]