The Financial Express -- Leisure

Saturday, November 8 1997

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Global Trends -- Shopping comes of age on the Internet

The best-of-breed specialists such as Amazon.com, and the good-enough-for-everything megastores. What are the odds that shoppers will let software push their trolleys? If it means finding out what they want, faster and at cheaper prices, not bad. Such desires have caused retail revolutions before.

Bollywood styles keep afloat the sinking cap business

Trendy styles of Bollywood heroes and cricket stars notwithstanding, cap manufacturers in Delhi are in trouble. Reason? Orders from police departments, the major buyers for this segment, have been falling. Cap manufacturers have come up all over the country and have cornered the bulk of the business at the State level.

For toy industry, it is miles to go before play-time

It is big, diverse and complicated. The Rs 300-crore toy market in India is more than just a toytown. From soft toys to the latest in electronics, it has everything. The potential is more but market penetration, as far as exports are concerned, is little. The reason sounds familiar -- it is a case of first selling India's brand identity.

Movers & Shakers -- New country manager for Electrolux India

Socialists meet in Delhi on November 10

For toy industry, it is miles to go before play-time

Global Trends -- Shopping comes of age on the Internet

Bollywood styles keep afloat the sinking cap business

Achievers -- Midas touch works for the undeterred

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