Author: Melvyn Thomas

New Delhi: Shopify is built on components that form the world’s most powerful retail platform. We’ve spent nearly two decades building, optimizing, and scaling that infrastructure, which today powers over 10% of US e-commerce and has processed over half a trillion dollars—all while giving millions of businesses full control of their brand identity, customer relationships, and data. Now, we’re opening that infrastructure to power the biggest retailers in the world with Commerce Components by Shopify (CCS), the modern, composable stack for enterprise retail.  Commerce Components by Shopify is the modern, composable stack for enterprise retail where retailers can take components of Shopify to…

Mumbai: PLANET (Personalised Lending & Assisted NETworks) app, launched earlier this financial year to enable convenience at the fingertips of the valued customers of L&T Financial Services under the Lakshya 2026 mission, has crossed the 1.5 million downloads milestone.   The mobile application, soft-launched in April 2022, helps customers manage their loan relationship with L&T Financial Services conveniently and easily. It helps them seamlessly manage their loan accounts, including Equated Monthly Instalments or EMI payments, check their credit score, and easily access loan-related documents. Customers can also take advantage of personalised offers to avail of loans through the app.  Speaking on the milestone, Mr.…

Ajay’s Takeaway Food has been in business since 2014 and is keen on what the customers want; their wish is paramount. From the introduction of the new Burger flavours, French fries with dip and now with an “All New Range of Cheesy Pizzas”. Known as the common man’s food joint, they are on a mission to serve good food at affordable rates by being accessible to all.

New Delhi: India Fashion Awards have introduced India’s first of its kind ‘Fashion Entrepreneur Fund’. Fashion Entrepreneur Fund (FEF) aims to become the World’s most sought-after Fashion Grant that welcomes individuals, ideas, and creativity to take the business of the fashion world by storm.  The names associated were revealed in a gala dinner hosted recently. Mr. Ravi Jaipuria, the Chairman of RJ Corporation & CEO of Varun Beverages, along with Mr. Sanjay Nigam, Founder of Fashion Entrepreneur Fund, hosted a gala dinner announcing their association with some of the best-known names from fashion, entertainment and corporate sector. The list includes:  1)…

Gurugram: A pioneer in real estate consulting, EstatexLandbase Private Limited of Gurugram, has revealed an expansion plan to attain Rs. 2500 crore by the end of FY 2023–2024. Estatex is dedicated to capitalising on the enormous expansion the real estate industry has experienced throughout the Middle East and South Asia. The business generated a gross sale of Rs. 100 crores through its Gurugram office in the last quarter of FY 2022.  The organisation business intends to set up an office in Dubai in the first quarter, then in Delhi and Noida in the second. To portray a clear image of the reality…

New Delhi: There was a time when a car used to be the status symbol in Indian society, but as time changes, income increases, and the living standard of people changes, now there are two or more cars in many households because of which owning a car is not a very big thing nowadays. However, society’s perception is going to change in the near future, and this time electric vehicles such as electric scooters, electric motorcycles and electric cars will play a big role in that. The future indeed belongs to electric vehicles and a person or a family that…

Pune: Furnitech, India’s leading manufacturer of upholstered furniture, has constantly been improving its carbon footprint and is using eco-friendly and sustainable products to make a more viable impact on the environment. To attain this, the company has now launched the Best of Waste (BOW) initiative that uses waste materials to the best of its advantage by converting them into amazing décor products to grace your homes. All the proceeds from this sale of these products will be given to the Furnitech Foundation, which will use it for a charitable cause. “We have been deeply conscious of the environment and constantly…

Mumbai: Recently, brand MOHA from CharakPharma concluded their nationwide search for women-led ideas/businesses and selected the best out of them with a one-time grant of Rs 10,00,000. This reward of Rs10 lacs from moha is purely a grant and will not be a loan or an investment against equity. This financial independence will encourage more enterprising women to take up entrepreneurship fearlessly and work towards their dream. The initiative accepted entries from women entrepreneurs nationally from 1st October to 15th November 2022, while an eminent jury panel evaluated their business ideas in terms of different business metrics. Finally, ten entries were…

Ahmedabad: An idea can be worth billions of dollars, as unicorns in India and around the world have shown, and who better to come up with new ideas than schoolchildren? And this is what the Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC) aims to achieve with its two ambitious programs to nurture young innovators.  The first program is Vikram Sarabhai Children Innovation Centre (VSCIC), which is envisaged as a platform to institutionalise the efforts of GUSEC and UNICEF to identify, nurture, and promote innovations by children. VSCIC is an incubator of ideas for school children with innovative skills. It is…

New Delhi: TQN footwear, its best-selling SKUs, defines grace and never fails to fit the occasion. Made by the finest craftsmen, The Quirky Naari’s every collection symbolizes a sharper eye for detail. Their unique offerings present a blend of contemporary and traditional fashion, which speak volumes and would make you stand out in the crowd. The wide assortment of colourful and quirky shoes, sliders, sneakers, and slip-on is all you need to perk up that dull-looking shoe rack. The brand makes funky shoes that can grab eyeballs wherever you go. Find a unique range of products embedded in pop-cultural icons,…