GrocerApp is expanding its operations. But can it succeed in its market?
We take you through the business model, the ethic and what lies ahead of GrocerApp
Inside the stealth online grocery distribution unit by Unilever Pakistan
Having experimented with online marketplaces and e-tailers for a number of years and seen the growth of e-commerce, including the growing pains for doing so, Unilever Pakistan has set aside a $1 million investment to launch its own owned e-commerce site for all its products, across the B2B and B2C product portfolio. Profit has the exclusive.
Balochistan Particle Board has declared bankruptcy. Someone wants to buy it anyway
A company that has not produced its core product since 1997 is trying to resist a hostile takeover. Can someone explain what is going on?
Is the cement cartel back in action?
As the construction industry is given packages and concessions to get back up on its feet, does the rise in cement prices that followed mean the cement sector is back to its old tricks?
Could PMEX transform the Pakistani farm for the better? Maybe
The commodities exchange could change the way farmers raise capital and the way agriculture is conducted in the country, but it needs the supply chain infrastructure to catch up
In religious tourism, it’s strictly business. Now the govt wants to regulate it like one
For decades there has been no policy managing the religious tourism to Iran, Iraq, and Syria, allowing tour operators to work with impunity. The government finally wants to regulate it.
ByteDance pulls TikTok representation from InMobi in Pakistan
Effective immediately, ByteDance has asked InMobi to pause all B2B selling for TikTok in Pakistan, leaving advertisers stranded after finally getting approvals to do so.
Will the post office be able to improve financial inclusion in Pakistan?
The central bank thinks the country’s largest post provider has the potential to do so much good. If only it could figure out how to handle simple alliances
Design thinking has come to Corporate Pakistan. What does that mean?
A management problem solving framework that has been developed out of industrial engineering, design thinking promises to help companies address their customers – and management’s – root problems rather than just symptoms. But does it work? And will Pakistani companies learn how to use it?
As Eid approaches, the leather industry braces itself for the worst
Pakistan’s second largest export oriented industry has been seeing a dip in fortunes for the past few years, and the pandemic has not helped
What ails agriculture: sowing nothing, harvesting nothing
In the last 20 years, the contribution of agriculture to GDP has fallen by 8%. And without massive structural changes, our agrarian economy might be headed for much worse
Why are advertisers in Pakistan experimenting with influencer marketing?
With influencer marketing, primarily through Instagram, capturing a significant portion of online advertising spending in Pakistan, Profit takes a peak behind the curtain
The man behind commerce, one-on-one with Profit
The Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Abdul Razzak Dawood, talks about what his ministry is doing to exports during the coronavirus pandemic, and what we can expect from the future
Survive or Thrive – how CPG companies adapted to C19 lockdown
After the C19 lockdown went into place across Pakistan - including KLI - businesses that depended on brick & mortar locations as a footfall and revenue source had to make a decision - adapt or die? Profit spoke to seven leaders in the CPG space to understand what they did to survive or thrive.
Malls and retailers were dying to open again. Now they’re regretting it
While retail stores and malls are open for business again, footfall has fallen drastically, and retailers are bleeding money. What will they ask of the government now?