Starbucks Unveils Its Big Gulp + India Plans

Send to KindleTweet Starbucks Coffee Company has inked a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Coffee, a unit of Indian conglomerate Tata, to collaborate on sourcing and roasting green coffee beans. Tata is a holding company with subsidiaries in nearly every industry, from steel and autos, to chemicals and beverages. Most recently known for creating [...]

India’s Consumer Push

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt: The major developing nations are banking on a growing middle class, as export income drops, but India and China are finding this a tough feat. The giants of the emerging markets, India and China, saw tremendous growth in the last decade, but the recession has seen many such nations look [...]

India’s Hotel SuperpowerAsia’s Answer To The Starwood PhenomenonWhat:India’s Tata Group has seen its hotel division create yet another brand, this time, geared at travelers soaking up modern India.

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt: Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is just one unit of the massive empire created by one of India’s richest families, the Tata family, with ties to everything from telecom to automobiles to solar power. However, the leadership in this unit is smart enough to realize they don’t have to reinvent [...]