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Brands get busy on instant chat apps

Big Bazaar, Cafe Coffee Day, Colors and PVR Cinemas have been quick to capitalise as mobile users turn to instant chats for messaging needs

Buying from and selling to unknown people is new in India: Amarjit Singh Batra

Interview with CEO, OLX India

Nokia takes the phablet route

The Lumia 1520 has features to die for, but to be a proud possessor of the smartphone would mean burning a hole in your pocket

Cookie Man makes a grab at volumes

The Australian brand is opening high-street stores to act as a full-fledged bakery

Last mile advantage

Same-day delivery is where the giants of e-commerce in India will collide

Beetel is back to the future

It also has an anti-theft alarm that intimates against any parallel use of the number

Meet the strange stranger

In the world of random video chat, some will do anything to impress

Forever 21 gets its act together

The US apparel retailer is turning its inventory 10-11 times a year and scaling up fast in its second innings

Whistle-blowing should be in the DNA

The m-commerce conundrum

Retailers seem to be confused on what to do with the mobile medium. How would shoppers want to engage with retailers via the mobile phone? To add another conundrum: should retailers go with mobile-opt

Addressing new talent challenges

Here's how HR can move beyond its traditional 'support service provider' role to a more collaborative and networked business partner role

Link innovation with strategic intent

Subjecting all ideas to the same performance engine criteria for incubation, evaluation and experimentation can backfire, says a new book

The APP business

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#339)

The Strategist top five

What would drive the mobile ad industry in 2014?

The boundaries between advertising and content are expected to blur, creating a larger marketplace for native ads

Gourmet retailers club swells with Foodhall expansion

Though gourmet chains have their challenges, Future Group is looking at break-even deadlines of a year

Abhishek Bachchan: work in progress, forever

Neither as celebrated as Hrithik Roshan or Ranbir Kapoor nor as spectacular a letdown as Fardeen Khan or Tusshar Kapoor, Bachchan is a star son stuck somewhere in the middle of the popularity race

Rahul Dev on sculpting a new look

Actor reveals his journey from a junk food junkie to a fitness guru

Asian toehold in English football

Cultural differences have made the English Premier League's relationship with Asian team owners bitter-sweet