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Best of BS Opinion: The succession question, growth spending & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

If given PLI, we'll make India a hub, say electric cycle companies

The Indian cycle industry (including e-cycles) is estimated to be 22 million units pa with revenues of $1.3 billion.

Bessemer Venture Partners raises $220 mn for early-stage India investments

The company's global portfolio includes Pinterest, Shopify and in India it has funds in PharmEasy and BigBasket.

Pee Safe plans to launch more than 50 retail outlets over next 12 months

The stores being planned will be franchise-owned brand exclusive stores (FOFO) and the time frame is 12 months

Consumer companies hit bump in digitising the supply chain

Parle Products has a system called sales force automation with its on-ground sales team to help it capture demand from retailers

M-cap of nine of top 10 most valued firms erodes by over Rs 2.6 trillion

The valuation of Infosys took a hit of Rs 37,950.03 crore to reach Rs 7.11 trillion and that of HDFC plummeted by Rs 33,067.68 crore to Rs 4.96 trillion

Brokerages are betting on pharma stocks with India focus: Analysts

While domestic growth is pegged at double digits, recovery in the US may take a couple of quarters

Govt to help restart MSMEs which shut down during pandemic: Rane

The Centre is mulling providing help to the micro, small and medium enterprises which were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and a high-level meeting has been held in this regard

India to reach net zero emissions by 2070, says Bhupender Yadav

Realising the effect of climate change on sustainable businesses, corporates in India are taking a serious note of the environmental, social and governance aspect to become more resilient, Yadav said

Feel free to wear flip flops: Hinduja heir to bank staff

In an interview, Karam said he told his employees to be more like the bank's clients

Inflation heat: Consumer goods firms' share in India Inc profit drops

Their net profits down 26 per cent in H1FY22 over H2FY21 owing to higher input costs

Immersion in the Tata 'black box'

Book review of Tata: The Global Corporation That Built Indian Capitalism

From fashion to food, behind the scenes of India's direct-to-consumer rush

Over 600 brands born on the internet are selling to customers directly in India. It is now called the direct-to-commerce rush. Let us understand how this trend is shaping up in Indian e-commerce

HSBC-backed B2B digital platform Serai looks to broaden India play

HSBC-backed firm says it has been able to catch the eye of some mid-cap firms as well

In the fast lane: Meet Vikram Chopra, Co-founder and CEO, Cars24

With his pre-owned cars business having almost doubled in valuation and expanding into newer areas, Chopra takes Pavan Lall through his life's journey, which has been 'bleisure' all the way

Bigger & better: This Diwali, India Inc adds health and time to gifting

Additional day off, wellness products, sweets prepared touch-free - corporate gifts gets an innovative edge

India's top listed companies remain the most expensive globally

P/E of 13 Indian firms that are among top 500 in world is 50% higher than global average

How higher input costs will impact India Inc and markets

From early-bird corporate results for the July-September quarter, it might appear that India Inc is doing well in terms of sales, but there is a squeeze on margins. What does that mean for companies?

Two 'A's plus… Could concentrated corporate dominance fade away in India?

It's hard to say because of the winner-take-all nature of new platform and network businesses, but Reliance has not been an efficient user of capital, and Adani numbers are varied, writes T N Ninan

India Inc set to post 18-20% revenue growth in Q2, says Crisil report

India Inc is set to post an 18-20 per cent revenue growth for July-September as compared to the year-ago period, domestic rating agency Crisil said on Thursday