Business
Forbes India
Perfect Match
As IPL gets bigger in scale and viewership, marketing tie-ups with the tournament are fetching greater visibility and returns for brands across sectors
10 min |
April 9, 2021
Forbes India
‘WE ARE NOT AN EMPTY CALORIE COMPANY'
There is more to Suresh Narayanan than just being chairman and managing director of Nestlé India. He is a timekeeper. After joining the world’s largest food company in 1999 as executive vice president for sales in India, he was elevated to managing director in August 2015 when the Swiss multinational found itself in crisis management mode in India. Narayanan didn’t have the luxury of time to save the blockbuster product of Nestlé India, Maggi noodles, which regulators banned for allegedly excess lead content. Every second was used judiciously to restore the brand’s credibility and trust. “It was an existential crisis,” he recalls. Apart from firefighting on a war footing, Narayanan looked at the silver lining. “In every crisis, there is an opportunity.”
5 min |
April 9, 2021
Forbes India
Electric Ambitions
Bhavish Aggarwal’s Ola Electric is setting up a two-wheeler manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu to herald an EV revolution that is likely to make it a frontrunner in the segment
10+ min |
April 9, 2021
Forbes India
Rising Inflation Could Hurt Economic Recovery
If inflation proves to be sticky, rising costs of capital for the government, companies and individuals could also restrict infrastructure spending and slow down private sector capex cycle
4 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
Vaccine Rollout: Why India Needs The Private Sector
Besides bringing in more inoculators, the private sector can be instrumental in reducing hesitancy and help speed up the current laggard pace of vaccinations
9 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
Speaking The Same Language
The recent success of The Great Indian Kitchen on Neestream puts the spotlight on single-language OTT platforms that cater to a niche, but growing audience base. Can they take on the streaming giants in India?
9 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
Betting On Bitcoins
Startups believe India can become a thriving hub for crypto innovation and have started a campaign to lobby the government to reconsider its proposed ban on cryptocurrencies
8 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
PUTTING EMPLOYEES FIRST
As Covid-19 brought with it fears of salary cuts and job losses, companies went out of their way to assuage them and look after the well-being of their staffers. As part of the Forbes India-Kincentric Best Employers 2020 package, we look at 15 companies that led from the front to safeguard the physical and mental health of their teams during the pandemic
10+ mins |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
The Vaccine Warrior
As Bharat Biotech's Covaxin shows an interim efficacy of 81 percent, Forbes India traces the career of its founder Krishna Ella—a farmer’s son—whose entrepreneurial journey has seen a successful track record of developing vaccines in India for the world
10+ min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
In With The Old
Used clothing is the hottest trend in apparel, and big brands are happy to make the profits—but avoid the headaches—by outsourcing the grimy work to tiny Trove, which looks set to grow big
6 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
Tata Motors 2.0
How outgoing MD & CEO Guenter Butschek guided Tata Motors’ India car business out of its misery by ensuring a diversified portfolio, launching attractive products, and addressing quality and cost issues
8 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
Pole Position
Four women pilots break the glass ceiling, steer Air India’s inaugural longest flight and maiden route over the North Pole
7 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
Giving Due Credit
Six years after exiting his ride-hailing service venture TaxiForSure, Raghunandan G starts neobank Zolve—a branchless, digital banking services provider that offers access to local credit and insurance at affordable rates to those who traverse the globe
6 min |
March 26, 2021
Forbes India
Can Koo Be King?
Forbes India delves deep into the new bird app and its content moderation policy to find out if the migration from Twitter will stick
10+ min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
Tech For Health: The Practo Way
With Covid-19 becoming a tipping point for business, the startup that helps people find and consult with doctors is doubling down on expanding and deepening its tech platforms
10 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
From Noun To Verb: Can Dunzo Do A Zoom?
It has raised close to ₹880 crore in six years, earned ₹27.5 crore and lost ₹338.4 crore. Critics may scoff, but Dunzo’s backers are not complaining, and co-founder Kabeer Biswas is chilled out
10 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
Bitcoin Gets A Shot In The Arm
Tesla’s $1.5 billion investment in cryptocurrency will encourage more corporates to gamble with it. Experts say India needs to join before it’s too late
10 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
EARNING HIS STRIPES
Following the success of The White Tiger, newcomer Adarsh Gourav finds himself in haloed territory of global award nominations
6 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
Forbes INDIA Leadership Awards 2020-21
In a year when business leaders were forced to overhaul their strategies from growth to survival mode, the Forbes India Leadership Awards honour those who successfully navigated the pandemic by innovating and leading from the front
10+ mins |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
‘COVID-19 SPED UP EXISTING TRENDS IN THE MARKET'
Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of the Bvlgari Group, on the impact of the pandemic on the luxury sector
5 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
How LTI Came Into Its Own
With Sanjay Jalona at the helm, the IT services company is winning against bigger rivals, stepping out of its larger parent’s shadow, and forging an identity for itself
9 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
Valuations of Consumer Companies in Slow Lane
Despite a bright business outlook, FMCG companies have not outperformed the markets
3 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
‘If You Don't Understand Technology or Data, You'll Become Obsolete'
Raja Rajamannar, CMO at Mastercard, talks about his book Quantum Marketing, and how marketers can stay relevant in the future
4 min |
March 12, 2021
Forbes India
Will India's Vaccine Diplomacy Work?
Though its setbacks in South Asia need specifically defined strategies, sending vaccines to neighbouring countries offer an opportunity to improve ties
9 min |
February 26, 2021
Forbes India
MIGHT OF WHITE
How Raj Super White, a white perfumed laundry soap—the flagship product of parent company Raj Group—helped the Bansals whitewash Rajasthan and Punjab
7 min |
February 26, 2021
Forbes India
Tatas' (Second) Retail Tryst
As Tata Sons puts in place plans for an aggressive retail rollout, it would also need to put in place firm guardrails
10+ min |
February 26, 2021
Forbes India
Grin and Beer it
How fledgling beer brand Simba survived a torrid pandemic and summer last year by focusing on South India
4 min |
February 26, 2021
Forbes India
HOT AND SPICY
Kanpur’s Goldiee Masale lords over the Hindispeaking belt in North and Central India. What’s next for this Salman Khan-endorsed spices brand?
5 min |
February 26, 2021
Forbes India
Blue Chip
How the Rajkot-headquartered Balaji Wafers built formidable fortresses in four states that national foods giants haven’t yet been able to breach
9 min |
February 26, 2021
Forbes India
BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES - Privatisation Plans Raise More Questions Than Answers
The government will have to complete complex, lengthy processes before selling stakes
3 min |