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After weeks of anticipation, organisers of the World Retail Congress 2009, have announced the much awaited shortlist of contenders for “World Retail Awards 2009.”
Established in 2007, the World Retail Awards recognise the outstanding innovation and creativity delivered by retailers across the globe. These Awards help set benchmarks of excellence in the key [...]

Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards, given in recognition of excellence in food retailing in India, are the most eagerly awaited awards of the food industry. The awards for 2009 were announced at the recently concluded annual conference of Food Forum India 2009.
The Coca-Cola Golden Spoon Awards 2009 winners are decided on the basis of a comprehensive [...]

Apple, the inventor and retailer of such iconic products as iPhone, iPod, iMac desktop computers, and MacBook notebooks, among others, has topped the Fortune list of the most admired companies in the world. What is most admirable, however, is the fact that top raking has come second time in a row.Fortune has compiled a list [...]

Amit Burman, Vice Chairman, Dabur India Limited, and Chairman Lite Bite Foods, was honoured with the prestigious Asia Retail Congress ‘Young Retail Achiever of the Year’ 2009 award for his contribution towards the food retail industry in India. He was presented the award at a glittering ceremony organised in Mumbai by [...]

The FMCG and retail giant ITC’s two way agri-retail and development initiative that facilitates flow of goods and services to and from largely inaccessible rural markets, won top honors at the recently held International Conference on Sharing Innovative Agribusiness Solutions 2008.
The two-day conference was organised by UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) at Cairo (Egypt) on [...]

Dewang Mehta Business School Awards, which recognise talent and leadership amongst the Business Schools across India, were recently presented in an award function held at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai.
Gibson G. Vedamani, Chief Executive Officer, Retailers Association of India (RAI), was chosen by a jury consisting of 25 prominent industry leaders, as the [...]

The recently published Forbes 400 lists America’s wealthiest persons who between them own assembled net worth of $1.57 trillion ($1,570 billion) having an average networth of $3.9 billion. The list is based on the wealth valued as on 29th August, 2008.
Microsoft’s Bill Gates ($57 billion) has snatched back the top position from Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffet ($50 [...]

R.Subramanian, Founder, Promoter, and Managing Director of India’s largest (in terms of number of stores), no-frills, small format, discount retail chains that among others are selling food, grocery, pharmaceuticals and mobile phones, is a harried person, who is presently in the eye of many storms.
While, Subramanian is single-handedly and simultaneously fighting a number [...]

A number of ‘modern retail brands,’ all of which are quite young in terms of either their launch or geographical spread, have begun catching imagination of Indian consumers. They have entered the prestigious listing under ’services’ category this year of the “Most Trusted Brands” list of the Economic Times.
In the next few [...]

“We are honoured to receive this esteemed award at such a competitive forum, the team has worked hard to make The MobileStore the most loved and preferred brand in the telecom retail space. The award establishes the supremacy of The MobileStore brand in the telecom retail space not just in India but [...]