Valvoline Cummins Ltd. (VCL), a joint venture between Ashland Inc. and Cummins India Limited, opened a center for R&D and Product Development along with a training facility at its Ambernath plant, close to Mumbai according to Dr. Frances E. Lockwood, Senior Vice-President and Global Chief Technology Officer, Ashland Consumer markets....
British Luxury Barber Enters India
Britain-based Truefitt & Hill, one the oldest barber shops in the world, opened its first door in India here with a promise to "introduce a new level of indulgence for the metrosexual man." An Indian firm Lloyds Luxuries, owned by 21-year-old Krishna Gupta, has won the master franchise to start...
German Retailer Metro to Expand by 210 Percent in India
Europe's fourth-biggest retailer, Metro AG, said it wants India to become one of its "focus expansion countries", alongside Russia, China and Turkey. "We have seen continuous like-for-like growth recently in India. Now we decide to inject extra momentum into our expansion course there," Metro CEO Olaf Koch confirmed. The company...
Covidien creates India training center
Further developing its capabilities in India, Covidien PLC has opened a training and education center in India. Quoted in MarketNews Brian D. King, President Emerging Markets said “The Covidien Center of Innovation India in Mumbai offers clinicians training on advanced procedures and techniques using leading equipment and technology. The top...
Amazon Pilots In-Store Delivery in Mumbai and Delhi
Amazon India has launched a pilot program to test in-store pick up service in India's two largest cities. In Mumbai and Delhi, the company has partnered with state-owned oil marketing firm Bharat Petroleum. BPCL operates a retail chain known as In&Out at some of its gasoline stations across the country....
Joe Biden envisons half-trillion dollar trade between USA and India
While acknowledging the need to remove trade barriers on both side, American Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the rising bilateral trade between India and the United States. Speaking at the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai last week, he told business leaders, “Our bilateral trade has increased fivefold to $100 billion...