For readers of my blog this is not a new news. I have not been a fan of any businessman who is more into ‘market capitalisation management‘ rather than business management. When the Reliance Power IPO came at Rs. 450 I did not apply though of course there are many people who applied. I wrote […]
Well not long ago in India there was a business group called the Ambani group. When we met as journalists or as analysts we were told that the younger brother Mr. Anil looks after finance. Then one day Mr. Anil Ambani wanted out and the elder brother said ‘let us split’ . So they split. […]
Famous words of Mr. R Subramaniam (Subhiksha, Subiksha fame) The problem is that Indian retail was doing too much, too soon. The kind of investments and expansion that Indian retail was attempting was unprecedented. We ourselves added 1,500-plus stores in under 24 months — even for a small store format, this would surely be a […]