Mumbai: Walmart Inc. is making friends in India with the kind of competitors that it spent decades putting out of business in the US—mom and pop stores. These unlikely allies are part of the latest attempt by the Bentonville, Arkansas-based behemoth to crack India’s giant
The luxury travel industry is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 7% between 2017 and 2021. Just look at Virtuoso , a bespoke luxury travel agency network: This company reported revenue growth of almost 90% in just five years, with a growth of
I started working at The Harbour School a year and a half after it was established. I remember when it was an exclamation point (that’s putting it mildly) for people that I was perfectly happy for my children to learn in classrooms with other
Climate change is changing life in areas such as the mountains of Tibet. ISTOCKPHOTO/RACHEL KRAMER Changlin Xu grazes 140 yaks in the mountain pastures of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In previous decades, he could count on losing a quarter of his animals to harsh
Saree is such a heritage piece and an integral part of an Indian wardrobe. Tapping into the traditions of an indigenous saree or diving into the contemporary concept one, everyone’s encounter with this drape has been different. This season Lotus Makeup India Fashion Week paid a
Mumbai: After a lavish wedding ceremony of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta, the Ambanis are now hosting a grand post-wedding celebration for the newlywed couple which is being attended by all the Bollywood celebrities and eminent personalities. Akash and Shloka arrived hand-in-hand at the celebration
Edgy and painfully urgent … George Benjamin conducts Ensemble Modern. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian George Benjamin’s pair of concerts with Ensemble Modern, presented under the auspices of the Wigmore Hall, were split between the hall itself and the Roundhouse. Both featured Benjamin’s own music.
Grab the nearest electronic device and all the information you’ll ever need about nearly any product or service can be at your fingertips within seconds. According to one survey, today, about half of e-commerce traffic comes from mobile users, and 56% of online shoppers will pull
She has no background in design or fashion. Yet her carefully crafted brand of artisanal jewellery, Maya, speaks volumes for her sound, skillful engineering. Meet trailblazer Rosalind Periera, who has been shaping the lives of thousands of underprivileged artisans through her initiative while reviving
Traditional concepts of pairing white meat with white wine and red meat with red wine might still work in western countries but in India, it becomes essential to match the intensity of the food with the wine, says one of the country’s youngest sommeliers.
