Thanks to the online and offline retail boom, the Indian ethnic wear market has doubled its sales in the last three years. Sensing an inviting opportunity, a slew of private equity firms have made big bets on known brands expecting healthy returns. A bulk of the Rs 2,000-crore-plus PE investments was made in the last Read More →

Thanks to the online and offline retail boom, the Indian ethnic wear market has doubled its sales in the last three years. Sensing an inviting opportunity, a slew of private equity firms have made big bets on known brands expecting healthy returns. A bulk of the Rs 2,000-crore-plus PE investments was made in the last Read More →

In the Hindu Kush mountains craftswomen painstakingly stitch flowing scarves, skilled artisans who were unable to sell their products beyond the remote region until mobile internet came to Pakistan and dropped the market into the palms of millions of previously marginalised people. The women of northern Chitral are among the unlikely profiteers of an e-commerce Read More →