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- "Bathrooms are no more seen as a secondary space and are as special as any other area of the house," says a leading architect and interior designer.
- There are more than 400 jewellers in Jaipur that dot the length and breadth of the city, but only a handful of them deal in luxury jewellery.
- Real luxury is pure cotton. It is not even linen because white linen shirts are more appropriate for casual wear.
- John Lobb plans to scale up its India presence. It gradually plans to introduce its popular Bespoke (made to order) service in India.
- Once synonymous with the Maharajahs and European elite, bespoke trunks are making a comeback as contemporary art and utility statements.
- The most impressive Indian yacht, however, is Vijay Mallya's Indian Empress, bought in 2006, for an estimated 72 million.
- While big international names draw in the consumer with deep pockets, what keeps him is twisted-in-India dishes.
- An increasing number of families across India are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to wedding festivities.
- Real luxe products are fast moving away from bling and logo to the experiential and idea-driven.
Luxury homes have become a byword for opulence
Signature luxury homes seem to mean a lot for Indian businessmen, be it in India or abroad. While Mukesh Ambani's $1-billion Antilla may steal the show, many other corporate honchos have similar houses, which have become a byword for opulence.Monsoon revival aids farm sector growth
The kharif season accounts for almost half of the agricultural output, and the monsoon's revival is significant because it was the farm sector that supported sagging GDP growth in 2013/14.Fund managers remain cautious amid rising market
Bulls are charged up but caution seems to be the buzzword for fund managers. The new managers have delivered on profits, but premium income has flattened out and in fact declined in the last three years.Bankers strive to make Jan Dhan Yojana a hit
Now, financial inclusion has acquired a new urgency with the Modi touch. Bankers are not sparing any effort to open accounts.Tough challenge ahead for government to sustain growth
As the government broke the sub-five per cent growth jinx, analysts say the improvement in business sentiment must be accompanied with substantive policy decisions.
How Starbucks pulled itself out of the 2008 financial meltdown
This case study looks at how the world's largest coffee retailer achieved this turnaround by aligning its operations with customer demands through social media.
How Shree Cement became one of the most valued cement companies
In the past four years, the company's profit has increased nearly fourfold from Rs 210 crore in 2010/11 to Rs 787 crore in 2013/14 (it follows a July to June financial year).Titan faces an uphill task in being a premium lifestyle brand
At present, Titan is evaluating at least 50 business opportunities in the women's, kids and youth's lifestyle categories.
Jignesh Shah logs out of MCX, Uday Kotak steps in
"There was no other qualified bidder which could have picked 15 per cent stake in MCX. In fact, Kotak (Mahindra Bank) wanted to buy the entire 26 per cent," says a source.Some Indian bulk drug makers are becoming world leaders in niche areas
Not all Indian bulk drug makers are reeling before the Chinese onslaught. Some have honed their processes to become world leaders in niche areas.CEOs see growth in West Bengal
CEOs at BT Power Breakfast in Kolkata say that, troubles aside, things are changing for the better in West Bengal and growth will follow.Eureka Forbes will find it tough to retain market share in core water purifier business
The company has more than 70 per cent share in the ultraviolet (UV) purifier market but is facing stiff competition in the fast growing reverse osmosis (RO) segment from Kent RO Systems.Innovative leaders think and act differently, say the authors of this book
Innovative leaders think and act differently, say the authors of this bookIndian e-commerce sites see rise in sale of sexual wellness products
Indian e-commerce sites are seeing a boom in the sale of sexual wellness products. Winners of the Business Today-YES Bank Best SME Awards have much to look forward to, and challenges to surmount, too.
Best of the lot
BT receives many responses to its case studies. Below is the best one on Nike (July 6, 2014).
No financial market should be left unregulated: FMC Chairman
Ramesh Abhishek, Chairman of the Forward Market Commission, which regulates commodities' futures markets, speaks to Business Today.
