My Retail Journey

Even as the country celebrates Pongal, Makara Sankranthi, Lohri and so on, I cannot but reminisce and thank my stars for where I am, what I ...

On 13 Jan. 2021, I was driving back yet again to Chennai from Bangalore on my XUV500. Even as my playlist kept jumping from 90s Tamil film s...

I was taking an 8.30am flight that morning when News channels at the Chennai Airport flashed that Mr. VG Siddhartha had gone missing t...

I started my career in Retail in 1997 scooping ice-cream at Baskin Robbins’ second outlet in India and first in Chennai (then, Madras). As...

Among the few exciting assignments that I have worked all my life, one of the most interesting ones was setting up commercial opportunitie...

If the Modi Government has its way, it will make the real common man to fly. No kidding. With it's ambitious UDAN - Ude Desh ka Aam Na...

Even before I was part of the exciting world of Airports (in 2006), I have always been a big fan of the commercial opportunities at transit ...

I was at the Starbucks (SBUX) outlet in South Mumbai a few days ago. SBUX, in a JV with the Tata Group  opened their first outlet in India ...

  I came across an article recently on Times of India according to which Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to turn-off air-conditio...

  Last week was a fascinating one to the world of Travel Retail and Luxury Retail. One of the world’s most coveted luxury brands, Louis Vu...

  Photo courtesy: campaonindia.in It was heartening to read that two of India’s low-cost airlines, Spicejet and IndiGo have ordered new ai...