E-commerce giant Amazon isn’t shying away from a fight. Even if it means taking on a biggie like Reliance. But does it have the stomach for a bruising, multi-pronged battle?
Old men tell stories of a time when Safari suits were all the rage. Starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when Reliance Industries had just listed and was certainly not the conglomerate it is today, it managed to survive withering media trials and get the better of companies, often older, that summoned up the courage to compete with it.
A story that’s still recounted with relish among business folk is that of Nusli Wadia-led Bombay Dyeing. Wadia harboured ambitions similar to those of Reliance founder Dhirubhai Ambani to build a large polyester filament facility.
In an interview in …
Surendar helps lead the newsroom at The Morning Context as executive editor. Over the years, Surendar has worked in industries from pharmaceuticals to diamonds, as well as a stint as an equity analyst. In his long career as a business journalist, he has led teams at The Times of India, India Today and Fortune India. He was part of the founding team at Forbes India and interned at and published in The Times, London.
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