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Amazon’s grocery push playing catch up with Chinese e-commerce giants

As Amazon looks to swallow Whole Foods, China's tech giants are already digesting hefty bricks-and-mortar deals, taking the lead in the battle to transform supermarket shopping with better supply chains

3 min read22 Jun 2017
Companies

Amazon to buy Whole Foods in $13.7 billion bet on bricks and mortar retail

Amazon.com Inc. is set to make a foray into the brick-and-mortar retail sector with it's acquisition of organic supermarket chain Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion

2 min read16 Jun 2017
Politics

India’s booming cities built from ‘blood bricks’ of bonded labourers

This kind of exploitation is especially common in the construction sector, particularly in the unregulated areas of brick making and stone quarrying

5 min read11 Mar 2016
Politics

Centre plans to make use of fly ash bricks mandatory

Govt to make it mandatory for builders to use bricks made of fly ash in 20 locations across India to reduce pollution

2 min read20 Apr 2015
News

Expand BRICS into BRICKS: Basu pitches for Kenya’s inclusion

Kenya improved its credit information system, by passing legislation that allows the sharing of both positive and negative credit information, says Basu

1 min read3 Nov 2014
Industry

Lego first-half sales growth outstrips rivals’ on movie boost

Revenue at the toymaker increased to 11.5 billion kroner from 10.4 billion kroner a year earlier

1 min read4 Sep 2014
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Why A Petersen Gruppen Brick Costs 10 Times A Regular Brick

Petersen Gruppen, the Danish company that is one of the world's most sought after makers of ultra-premium brick

1 min read28 Nov 2013
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