Corporate Account
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Denied trainee job at VIP, Tainwala now heads Samsonite International
Ramesh Tainwala's path to Samsonite International's CEO is rooted in both chance and choice. His ambitions, however, have their foundation in pure ability
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A hit with investors, Dr Lal PathLabs opts to go the IPO way
Private equity players may be clamouring for a stake in Dr Lal PathLabs, but the diagnostics firm has the luxury of not biting
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Poised for exceptional growth, Amazon devises aggressive marketing strategy
Just over a year since its launch, Amazon India has reached the $1 billion sales target, but so have its chief competitors. Big-ticket communication plans and constantly evolving customer strategy is keeping the ecommerce behemoth battle-ready
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VLCC celebrates silver jubilee, readies for an IPO
Vandana Luthra has built a Rs 1,000 crore weight-loss and beauty business, and is now ready to take her eponymous company, VLCC, public
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How PVR fast-tracked growth with a master acquisition
With the acquisition of Cinemax in 2012, Ajay Bijli heads India's biggest multiplex chain. Now he wants to add 100 screens every year till 2018. The challenges: Sustaining quality and staving off competition
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Can Biocon Join The $1-billion Club By 2018?
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw wants the biotech company to break into the $1-billion club by 2018. But with stiff competition, restrictions on drug trials and political uncertainty in the Middle East, it will not be an easy target to achieve
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L&T: Armed but not commissioned
Though affected by the 'lost decade' like the rest of the Indian private sector with ambitions in defence manufacturing, L&T's chief AM Naik is determined to persevere with his firm's big dream
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Clothes-hopping: E-Tailers Jump on the Brandwagon
Will 'private labels' help online fashion brands hit the sweet spot?
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Why Global VCs Are Running Shy
At least six international venture capitalists have scaled down or stopped investments in desi startups. But canny Indian investors are stepping in where their US counterparts fear to tread
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India Inc's Fund-Finding Mission
A brightened market sentiment and the need to deleverage are driving corporates to use tools such as QIPs to raise funds; this buoyancy is also beginning to show in the slow but sure revival of IPOs
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Shalimar Paints shifts focus to the Decoratives Business
New chief executive Sameer Nagpal aims to focus India's oldest paint company in the decorative paints market, where margins are significantly higher than in the industrial segment