Retailers Entering India Now Will Have Clear Edge: AT Kearney

The US-based management consultancy's Global Retail Development Index 2006, released last month, offers a lot for India's policy-makers to mull over, says Sourish Bhattacharyya, after a detailed study of the report  ... more

Indian Food & Grocery Retail Market to Touch US$482bn in 2020

The UK-based research agency, IGD, predicts that Wal-Mart will be the first global retailer to enter the Indian food and grocery retail market. The Indian retail sector, worth US$203bn, is currently closed to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), but the government may open  ... more

Ancient Egypt's Blanc Side: White Wine in King Tut's Tomb

Fans of Pinot Blanc may be relieved to learn that a team of archaeologists has reported the first evidence of white wine in ancient Egypt. And it has turned up in the tomb of King Tutankhamen, writes Dan Vergano in USA Today. "In ancient Egypt, the royal family and the upper classes drank wine,   ... more

Bordeaux Wine Trade Body's Boss Quits in Despair

Christian Delpeuch, President of CIVB, Bordeaux's main wine trade body, resigned dramatically in protest against the lack of progress on the reforms needed in the region, reports Jane Anson in www.decanter.com. Delpeuch announced he would be leaving what is one of the   ... more

Torres Eyes Peaks of NE Spain to Escape Global Warming Impact

Global warming is killing vineyards in southern Spain, threatening a US$2.4 billion wine industry and forcing grape growers to move to cooler climes of the Pyrenees, reports www.bloomberg.com. Winemakers from Europe's largest grape-growing nation are shading vineyards, developing  ... more