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.
Reefland flagship store opens at Model Town Link Road
LAHORE: Reefland relaunched its flagship store at Model Town Link Road on January 19.
The mega launch event started with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by...
Federal Tax Ombudsman orders FBR to stop shop seals, resolve POS system issues for tier-I retailers
In response to a complaint by the Chainstore Association of Pakistan, FTO emphasises that no retail outlets should be sealed until all technical issues have been resolved
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...
PM authorises major crackdown on sugar smuggling, hoarding
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday authorised a major crackdown against smuggling and hoarding of sugar and profiteering.
While chairing a high-level meeting...
Shopkeepers’ scam adds fizz to profits
Retail prices of Coke and Pepsi remain unnoticed while retailers overcharge consumers day in, day out by as much as 40 percent – making millions over the top, apparently unnoticed
Amazon’s dominance hasn’t knelt a death-blow to retail stores
NEW YORK: Just in time for the Black Friday kick-off to holiday season shopping, stock market investors have been handed tools to...
Alkaram to launch its 42nd store on MM Alam Road
LAHORE: Alkaram will be launching its 42nd store in Pakistan on October 6, 2018, on MM Alam Road, Lahore. This will be the...
The unsustainable price tag of fast fashion
Those of you born in the 80s will remember your mothers buying material from Bareeze. The stores glittered with delicate, sparkling work...
Skin whitening: A lucrative business indeed, but at what cost to the consumer?
Elaborate marketing campaigns and an unhealthy social obsession with lighter skin tones continues to generate sales and new customers
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...
Pakistan’s biggest state run retail chain inching towards privatisation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's biggest state-run retail chain, Utility Stores Corporation (USC)- which is currently facing a decrease in sales, closure of large number outlets...
‘Exhausted’ Toys ‘R’ Us suppliers weigh options as huge retailer shuts
NEW YORK: When Toys ‘R’ Us secured a $3.1 billion bankruptcy loan in September, toy makers were reassured they would be paid...
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