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Rise of Oligopolistic Dominance As debt-laden distressed companies fall by the wayside, some cash-rich large companies are practically monopolising their sectors Illustration by Siddhant Jumde During the 26th meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), one of the MPC members - Jayant R. Varma, Professor, Finance and Accounting, IIM Ahmedabad - made an interesting observation, which many in government institutions would barely admit to. "Anecdotal evidence suggests that in several sectors which are characterised by an oligopolistic core and a competitive...

NEW DELHI - As India moves to roll out one of the world's biggest vaccination drives, an app called CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Work) will be the "backbone" of the exercise to vaccinate its vast population. The vaccination drive comes with a whole set of challenges, including the seamless movement of the vaccine from the source to the vaccination centres, storing it at the right temperature throughout and identifying beneficiaries in order of priority, all of which can be difficult even in countries with smaller populations. But India, not lacking in technological prowess, is banking on...

During the lockdown period there was definitely a change in consumer behaviour when it came to buying a lot of products in bulk. Has this continued even after things eased out quite considerably? In terms of what trends have continued post the lifting of lockdown, online shopping is going to be there. It got a boost, especially online grocery shopping. Other categories that have been growing include online shopping for fashion, lifestyle, consumer goods, electronics and mobiles. But grocery shopping is certainly going to stay. Coming to ordering food, that trend is continuing as far as the p...

Appoints Kunal Dubey as Head of Marketing and Lucky Saini as Head of Brand. Dubey and Saini bring creative experience of working together with several brands in the last six to seven years

Kunal Dubey (left) and Lucky Saini Vedantu, a player in the live online tutorial marketing in India, has announced the appointment of Kunal Dubey and Lucky Saini.   Dubey joins as head of marketing while Saini is head of brand. The duo have been working together for the last seven years, most recently at Dentsu Slingshot.       Singhal said, “As we enter our next phase of unstoppable growth, Kunal and Lucky’s diverse experience in the internet, startup and advertising ecosystem will propel our brand to greater heights. While Kunal will build a high-performance marketing team an...