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How Bewakoof, once a trendsetter, fell out of favour with young people
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
17 Dec 2024
OYO India junks franchise model to become an aggregator, cut losses
The company is now just another aggregator in the budget hotel sector. And the shift does make sense; OYO wants to cut losses and its India business isn’t all that important anymore.
28 Nov 2024
Is Ajay Singh’s SpiceXpress just hot air?
The cargo arm, carved out of SpiceJet on the basis of the promise it showed during the pandemic, is now more appendage and less the trump card it was cracked up to be.
11 Aug 2023
Fipola was a pandemic hit. Then it vanished.
The six-year-old meat company claimed it would become the largest meat retailer in India. Now, its employees and vendors are awaiting their dues.
21 Dec 2022
The Freelancer’s Guide To Finance
Freelancing offers independence, but it has its own share of challenges. How do you bring structure to your unpredictable finances?
20 Dec 2022
Yulu has found money and more paper plans
The e-bike rental company just announced a massive fundraise in a sector that has been dead in the water for a while.
12 Oct 2022
We need help, but do we know where to access it?
We are buckling under pressure to brush off anxieties and pretend that everything is back to normal in our workplaces, homes and schools. We are not alone, yet we feel isolated.
14 Sept 2022
The sterile debate on freebies in India
The discussion we must move towards is on how best the government can provide the required social goods to everyone, aiming ultimately at every individual’s overall development.
13 Sept 2022
Sacralising—and smirching—the tricolour
In one stroke, the prime minister succeeded not only in breeding resentment for the flag, but also in converting the revered standard of our nation into a symbol of oppression.
22 Aug 2022
Fiscal fetishism and the warped narratives on state finances
The demonization of states is driven by a desire to hide the danger lurking in the central government’s finances.
09 Aug 2022