Starbucks warned investors on Thursday that store closures in China due to the coronavirus outbreak are likely to result in a 50% decline in its same-store sales in China during its fiscal second quarter. However, it said that it was seeing signs of a pickup in its business in China, and it hasn’t yet detected any slowdown in the U.S. Shares of Read More

BENGALURU: There is a new leadership profile in demand: chief business officers. If headhunters and venture capitalists are to be believed, startups are now hiring more CBOs than chief operating officers and chief marketing officers, and they predict 40-50% increase in hiring for this relatively new role across startups. So, what does a CBO do? In the case of a new-age company that Read More

In 2018, a South Korean friend was deputed to head the India business of a company. He searched for over three months for a flat in Mumbai. Eventually, he opted for a spacious apartment in a luxurious complex in Worli at a monthly rent of Rs 4,00,000. Residents of Mumbai will know that as the centre of business activity has Read More

MUMBAI: Tata Motors Ltd (TML) is gradually exiting its passenger car retail business–Concorde Motors India Ltd–as part of its strategy to pare costs by moving out of non-core assets and businesses to navigate through the economic downturn in the country. Concorde Motors, which has been a 100% subsidiary of Tata Motors since 3 July, 1999, reported a loss of ₹105.69 crore Read More

NEW DELHI: The Human Resource Development Ministry’s proposal to revamp the higher education regulatory regime is back to the drawing board after a detailed review of the draft national education policy by the Prime Minister this week. ET has reliably gathered that each issue of the policy was discussed threadbare at the PM’s review meeting on February 19. Several tough questions, sources Read More

While Indian real estate attracted more than $5 billion in private equity inflows in 2019, firms from US, UAE and Singapore remain bullish on the sector even as Japanese and South Korean investors are evaluating options in 2020. As per data made available by Anarock Capital, US-based Blackstone remains bullish on Indian real estate and pumped in over $1.8 billion Read More

The luxury sports car company looks forward to enhance customer base in the country Luxury sports car maker Porsche is planning to enter pre-owned car business in India in the medium term as it looks to enhance customer base in the country, according to a senior company official. The company, which sells a range of luxury sports cars and sports Read More

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) has launched an app to facilitate home buyers in buying property through credible developers. The app will help buyers to identify their preferred projects and contact developers directly. The app was launched by Minister of Transport, Housing and Environment, Forest, Law of Chattisgarh, Mohammad Akbar along with Chattisgarh RERA Chief Vivek Dhand. Read More

Hilton has closed about 150 hotels in China in response to the growing coronavirus crisis, taking 33,000 rooms out of commission, Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta said on Tuesday. The hotel industry could end up having to deal with the impact of coronavirus for the next 12 months, Nassetta told investors during a call detailing the McLean, Virginia-based company’s 2019 earnings. Read More

Is your business ready for the worst? Could you start again if you lost it all? Those are difficult questions that many entrepreneurs would rather not face. Sally Binard knows this first-hand. She’s a Florida-based ceramicist and painter. A former marine biologist, Binard started selling handmade ceramics on Etsy in 2014. Her business Zebra Wing Studio took off and by 2015 formed 30 percent of Read More