Sales at Co-optex centres touch new high, handloom chain aims for online marketThe Co-optex products are now available online on Flipkart. Sales picked up with customers ordering mostly sarees. Co-optex is now offering products like silk and cotton shirts, churidar materials, - Moving drugs, pills and pharmacy to your doorstep
Online pharmacy marketplace Net meds.com is one of the few startups that has gone from offline to online and managed to make the most of it. The secret sauce of having more than 5 lakh users in their - These startups have healing touch
It took Leo Mavely almost seven years to sell his first product, Axiostat, a bandage that stops bleeding instantly when pressed to a wound. No one else was making the product in India - his two - Regional angel networks rise to back small-town heroes
In Madurai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and other tier-2 cities, angel investors are funding local entrepreneurs who rarely get attention from top-of-the-line funds in the big cities - Pirate of Bengaluru looms over Tamil Nadu films
- Why Enayam,Vizhinjam ports may co-exist
The proposed Rs 27,570 crore deep sea transshipment port at Enayam is expected to be a game-changer in the maritime history of India, whose 25% of container cargo is now transshipped to destinations - Learning language the fun way
In 2000, a slum in Mumbai's Dharavi found an unlikely friend from down south -a storyteller bear who takes children on an exciting and magical journey with audiobooks and picture books. The teacher at - How mechanisation can avert Sivakasi accidents
One of the major steps that manufacturers are mulling is to mechanise the manufacturing process, especially that of chemical mixing, filling and pellet making. The manufacture of fireworks involves - Jewellery glitters but doesn't strike web gold
The e-tail boom has put more products online than ever before. Jewellery too. But jewellery remains a small ecommerce segment despite Indians' love of gold. Industry estimates that online jewellery - E-tailers prefer Speed Post to deliver to remote areas
E-commerce companies seem to increasingly prefer India Post for delivery, with the government mass mailer witnessing a 110% growth in booking of consignments in Mumbai in 2015-16 compared to the - The S-files - Short term financial crunch, tap 'OpenTap'
- Startups make travel simpler
Startups are applying technology to help passengers find confirmed tickets by predicting availability, track PNR numbers, and even have a hot meal by delivering it to their seat. And it's not just the - Travel start-ups create a buzz in Hyderabad
Rahul Verma, cofounder of Tripmatic, decided to create an app to preserve travel memories while he was holidaying in south east Asia last year. The app uses information such as geo-location, dates, - Personalise health & fitness in a platter
Chennai-based ABC Clinics, which aims at being the ABC of beauty fitness, has started introducing techniques like lipocryolysis for burning fat cells to Chennaiites, who want to stay slim and trim. - Edu-tech firms turning schools into test markets?
Textbooks to tablets, chalk-and-duster blackboards to 'smart' classrooms -- Hyderabad's schools have undergone a 'hi-tech' makeover over the years, courtesy the onslaught of 'edu-tech' companies that - Single-use spa kits: Nourishing gaps in skin care industry
Many people find it a little `icky' to use products or facilities that scores of others have used, say at a salon, a gym or a hospital. Noticing this desire for cleanliness and hygiene in beauty - How a thirst for good coffee has transformed Bengaluru's cafes
Some like it hot, while some like it standing up. A group of Lalbagh walkers prefer both at one go. Every morning they gulp down their filter coffees without too long a pause in their daily - Low office space sales affect Kolkata's home-buy market
Lack of growth in information technology (IT) and IT enabled services (ITeS), banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) industry in Kolkata has stymied growth in the real estate sector. - Trouble brewing in T-hub?
- Baddi goes beyond tax break
Till less than 20 years ago, Baddi in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district was a non-descript, dusty town. The land was barren, there was hardly any industry, and locals had to look for jobs in the - Firms track FB, Twitter footprints to zero in on candidates
A tech company recently faced flak from an annoyed customer, Ram Sampath (name changed) who took to Twitter to highlight gaps in their technology platform. Instead of apologising, the company tweeted - New Bond to aid of doctors, pharma companies with technology
After having dabbled in commerce, technology and science, with successful stints at Ramco Group and Satyam, Natraj worked with a pharmaceutical company before setting up Swaas Systems in 2009. Even - Royal silk weaves an unlikely PSU success story
Outside the Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) office in the Public Utility Building on MG Road, sales persons press flyers and fevered pitches to passers-by about 'authentic' saris and - Focusing on a 'Nutrition filled' day for your kids
Biscuits and cookies are the easiest snack to pack for your children's tiffin. However, it isn't a very healthy option. In order to help parents wean their kids away from junk, Dindugul-based Foodly - Great Learning: Gamifying education to master skills
Well at Great Learning rewards points in the form of vouchers or gift cards on Amazon, Flipkart are just one of the many things they do to keep their students hooked. - What newbies are learning from star entrepreneur-investors
It's not just millions that big name entrepreneurs bring to a fledgling business but also timely tips, motivational messages and access to clients often very different from the assistance
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