Pakistan’s biggest state run retail chain inching towards privatisation
ISLAMABAD:Â Pakistan's biggest state-run retail chain, Utility Stores Corporation (USC)- which is currently facing a decrease in sales, closure of large number outlets...
Alkaram to launch its 42nd store on MM Alam Road
LAHORE:Â Alkaram will be launching its 42nd store in Pakistan on October 6, 2018, on MM Alam Road, Lahore. This will be the...
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...
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.
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...
Crescent Star Foods set to become 1st food chain to get listed on stock exchange
KARACHI: Crescent Star Foods (Pvt) Limited has slowly been plotting its move into the food sector and what was once a general...
The Black Friday phenomenon—A shopping spree that beats all binges
Upon hearing her friends’ last year’s experience of Black Friday sales in which they availed great discounts, the 21-year-old pharmacy student from...
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...
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,...
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
Why are fashion retailers all suddenly selling perfume?
The competition in the local perfume market is growing stronger. Who will emerge on top?
How Pakistan’s retail sector went from boom to bust? And what can be done now?
The glitzy new mall at Lahore, Packages Mall opened its gates earlier this year and all roads led to it. With all...
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...
Systems Limited to help Khaadi expand its retail footprint
Lahore: In one of the leading ties-up in recent memory, Pakistan’s foremost IT company Systems Limited has entered into a partnership with...
Fan industry holding its own despite setbacks
A research study by Lahore University of Management Sciences under its SME Cluster Survey Project of State Bank of Pakistan in 2011...