Euromonitor terms Pakistan among world’s 10 fastest growing markets
KARACHI: Expected to grow at a constant value compound annual growth rate of 5.4% (based on fixed rupee-dollar exchange rate), Pakistan is one of the...
Inside the battle for retail’s future
On the 6th of October this year, the high towering, glitzy Centaurus Mall in Islamabad was ablaze with fire and fumes. For...
PSO country’s fastest growing retail company: Report
KARACHI: The government-owned Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is reported to be the country’s fastest-growing retail company with three million consumers said to...
Covid finally got Pakistanis to spend on fashion online… but businesses were caught off-guard
After the pandemic-induced lockdown, apparel businesses that depended on brick and mortar locations as a footfall and revenue source had to make a decision: adapt or die? Most chose to shift online, with serious teething problems in the transition.
How inflation killed Retailistan
Inflation is biting and it's taking a chunk out of the retail industry
Competition in the dishwashing segment remains non-existent. How did Lemon Max manage it?
Despite a challenge from Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive’s Max Bar dominates the dishwashing market, taking 68.3% of the market share.
Amazon eyes expansion in Pakistan, eager to capture e-commerce market
Amazon officials have also ensured that every effort would be made to make the process of selling on Amazon easy for Pakistani nationals.
Morinaga may be up for sale in Pakistan. The buyer? Morinaga
The business of infant formulas is a big one in Pakistan, and Morinaga is a big name in it
Alibaba plots move to extend dominance in brick & mortar retail push
HANGZHOU: In a small village shop near the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, store owner Lu Qiwei uses his smartphone to place...
Nestle to reinvigorate its infant nutrition business
LONDON: Nestle, the world’s largest packaged food company, said on Wednesday it would reorganize its infant nutrition business to try to improve...
Purchasing power wanes as rupee depreciation stings consumers and businesses
The rupee's depreciation has impacted consumer appetite and contributed to restaurants profit margins being squeezed as they attract fewer customers
Eid spending rises 15 percent, breaks Rs1 trillion trajectory
Director Operations, Emporium Mall Lahore Afnan Shah Khan projected a 20 percent rise in the market compared to last year and shared footfall crossed over a million during Ramazan this year against 830,000 in Emporium Mall last year
In Pakistan’s high-end hairstyling business, a not-so-new player makes a move
For 16 years, the Lebanese hairstylist Michael Kanaan has been running a small, secretive, super-selective, luxury salon. Why is he expanding to Lahore now?
From a hole in the wall to market leader
Lifting its shutters for the first time in 1974 as a modest enterprise in the famed Bano Bazar of Anarkali – a...
METRO Cash & Carry, Careem to facilitate customers across Pakistan
LAHORE: METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan in a new initiative has joined hands with Careem, a ride-hailing app, to make the travelling...