How the Internet allowed consumer to truly become the king. A new series on consumer rights by Faisal Farooqui

Let me first share my favourite story with you. Once upon a time, in our great country, there dwelt a powerful force called Consumer. This Consumer was so powerful that she was at the source of all power. Whomsoever she looked upon with favourable eyes became prosperous. Whoever she...

The Times group forges unusual alliances with companies which serve the interests of everybody - except those of readers and consumers. This article throws new light on this unique “business strategy”
 

If you are an investor who depends on India’s largest-selling economic newspaper for unbiased news, then you must know and understand the concept of “private treaties” (PT). Since the...

An international network marketing scheme hawking expensive limited edition coins is attracting a huge following. Sucheta Dalal examines this strange quest

Over the past few decades, one has seen a variety of chain marketing schemes capture people’s imagination but each of them has either collapsed or vanished with public money. There was the Sheregar gold-chain scheme, which did so well that...