[ad_1] Rajesh Jaggi, vice-chairman, Everstone Group; Illustration by Manali Ghosh.SynopsisSlowing demand from e-commerce is a worrying sign for modern warehousing, which counts online players as its major occupants besides third-party logistics (3PL), retail, and FMCG companies. E-commerce firms contributed a puny 4% to total warehousing...
[ad_1] The consumer price index rose less than expected in October, an indication that while inflation is still a threat to the U.S. economy, pressures could be starting to cool.The index, a broad-based measure of goods and services costs, increased 0.4% for the month and...
[ad_1] The Cove water bottle is a thin, sturdy cylinder, eggshell-white with a matching lid. It feels familiar. “If someone gave that to you,” offered Alex Totterman, Cove’s founder and chief executive, “you probably would have no idea that that wasn’t a plastic bottle.”If someone...
[ad_1] Rampraveen Swaminathan, managing director and CEO, Mahindra Logistics LimitedSynopsisRampraveen Swaminathan, managing director and CEO of MLL, talks about the strategy that drives his company’s series of acquisitions, the tricky process of integrating companies, and the future of the relationship with Rivigo, whose B2B Express...
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO: Last year, a startup called Party Round announced itself with a flurry of memes. For months, amateur investors had been going gangbusters, buying up stocks, cryptocurrencies and digital art known as NFTs. But getting in early on the next hot tech startup...
[ad_1] Speaking to the Economic Times last month, Bob Sternfels, CEO, McKinsey & Co was clear about India’s potential and role in the global economy. "Many people have said that it's India's decade. I actually think it's India's century when we look at some of...
[ad_1] Ro-ro wheels load export vehicles at the wharf of Dongfang Company in Lianyungang Port, Jiangsu province, China, Oct 9, 2022. SynopsisWith the country’s economy already facing drags from real estate and consumer spending, the slowdown in exports poses a particular problem as they make...
[ad_1] When world leaders arrive in Egypt next month for COP27, they’ll be charged with navigating some of the weightiest challenges humanity has ever faced, from setting aggressive emissions-reduction targets to deciding if poor countries are owed reparations for the climate havoc wreaked by rich...
[ad_1] FitBudd, a SaaS platform, on Saturday, announced that it recently raised $3.4 million in a seed funding round from Accel India, Beenext, Sequoia Capital India and Waveform Ventures. The firm will use the funds to fuel product development, accelerate client growth, and disrupt the...
[ad_1] Vishwachetan Nadamani, COO, Ecom Express; image courtesy of Ecom ExpressSynopsisThe logistics industry is warming up to the potential of electric vehicles in reducing last-mile operational costs. Vishwachetan Nadamani, COO of Ecom Express, talks about plans to convert at least half of its last-mile delivery...