Palo Alto, CA-based business intelligence and big data analytics platform ThoughtSpot expanded its engineering operations by establishing an India Engineering Center in Bangalore. This research and development hub is ThoughtSpot’s first in the Asia Pacific region and third globally, complementing offices in Seattle, Washington and its Silicon Valley headquarters. The Center will accelerate the development...
Amazon Attributes Success in India to 'Glocalization'
In India since June 2013, Amazon took nearly three years to reach a seller base of 100,000. However, within twenty months, this base increased three-fold. Amazon’s strategy in India is 'Glocal'– the ability to think globally but act locally – adopting global principles of selection, pricing and convenience, while creating...
Reverse Innovating in India, for India and the World
In India, GE innovates on products and services that are relevant to the Indian market, and these innovations are then taken to global markets. This concept is being adopted by many U.S. and European multinational companies in the country. To solve the challenge of electrification of rural households, GE created...
Gap Launches India-Specific Product Line
San Francisco, CA-based Gap Inc., along with its India joint venture partner Arvind Lifestyle Brands, rolled out a range of products customized according to the fit, color, and design preferences that appeal to Indian consumers. Parag Dani, business head for Gap at Arvind Lifestyle Brands India, explained that the range was...
India's JVs Will Manufacture Rifles For Export
During DefExpo 2018, the defense exhibition that took place at Chennai this month, companies from India signed joint ventures with foreign arms manufacturers to make some of their products in India. Utah-headquartered Desert Tech partnered with Nagpur, India-based Neco Group. The joint venture Neco Desert Tech Defense, will make rifles that...
India's Renalyx Innovates End-to-End Renal Care System
Bangalore-based Renalyx Health Systems has developed an end-to-end renal solution that screens chronic kidney disease, has an in-built renal information management system, and offers a connected dialysis machine. Sixty to seventy million people in India suffer from chronic kidney disease caused by diabetes and/or hypertension. Patients in the final stage,...