Pakistan’s most successful designer brand is in trouble. But why?
With Élan looking for investors to come in and inject equity, we look back at how Khadijah Shah made and possibly broke her fashion empire
Clicks instead of bricks
E-grocery, commonly phrased as online grocery is expected to grow 9.5 percent worldwide to become a $9.4 billion industry this year. In another news,...
Services sector grows by 4.7pc in FY19: SBP
ISLAMABAD:Â The services sector of the country grew by 4.7pc during the financial year 2018-19, representing a slowdown when compared to last year, State Bank...
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 orders to...
Amazon contemplating entering financial sector with a checking-account like product
NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc, the world’s largest online retailer, is in talks to create a checking-account-like product with big banks such as JPMorgan Chase...
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
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.
Losing to loose milk
On a Wednesday evening in one of Karachi’s oldest areas, Lea Market, Samir Rajput is working the phone, trying to seal a deal with...
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.
Alibaba almost broke the internet, sales exceed Pakistan’s total exports in a span of 24 hours
LAHORE: Alibaba Group broke all records at the Singles’ Day event on Saturday, generating record sales of $ 25.3 billion (168.2 billion yuan). The...
Taazo- the new biryani kid on the block
Former head of the Digital Business Unit for a Middle Eastern telecom company and previously Managing Director for the Middle East region for a...
A not so meaty affair
In what is so far the highest difference between floor price and strike price (Rs52) in the last five years, AlShaheer Corporation got publicly...
FBR to extend EPOS to retail stores and shopping malls
The tax department has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the government will extend the EPOS to retail chain stores and shopping malls till March 2019
Debt ridden Toys ‘R’ Us to close all US stores
NEW YORK: Toys 'R' US plans to sell or close all of its US stores, potentially hitting 33,000 jobs, US media reported on Wednesday,...
Cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris International decides to quit selling cigarettes
KARACHI:Â Global tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) announced its new year's resolution to give up cigarette.
In an unusual move, the tobacco company placed full-page...
