CPI Index shows 4.57pc increase in December

KARACHI: The Consumer Price Index (CPI), during December 2017 witnessed an increase of 4.57 per cent as compared to the same month...

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...

The year of the landa bazar

One trader’s loss is another’s profit

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...

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

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.

British supermarkets battle to secure stocks as chaotic Brexit looms

With no deal in sight as Britain’s March 29 exit date approaches, supermarkets are stockpiling, working on alternative supplies and testing new routes to cope with an expected logjam at the borders but say they face insurmountable barriers

IMF reviews FBR’s plan to generate Rs250bn from retailers, enforce compliance framework

IMF is also assessing Pakistan’s tax penalty structure to design a General Anti-Avoidance Rule for improved compliance

Try Try Again

Mother of two teenaged boys, daughter of Anwar Moosajee (owner of the famous A. Moosajee and sons), a food and nutrition scientist,...

Shezan – What’s in a name?

A history steeped in troubles, tribulations, and complications is at a turning point with the settling of a 33-year-old case over the Shezan name

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

Rumors of Amazon’s entry into online selling of medicines rattles drug retailers shares

New York City: Shares of drug retailers Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, CVS Health Co and Rite Aid Corp tumbled on Friday after...

METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan’s first GFSI certified wholesale/retailer

METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan celebrated another milestone in the field of Sustainable Quality Assurance when its airport store was awarded “Food...

Risk of restrictions looms large over troubled retail sector

Elevated inflation and the ongoing economic crisis in Pakistan appear to have badly hit consumers and businesses alike. After experiencing several economic...