consumers
- Business
Mumbai: Adani to install 1.80 mn Smart Meters for BEST power consumers
Mumbai: The Adani Group has bagged a bid to install 10.80 lakh (1.80 million) “Smart Meters” for electricity consumers of the Bombay Electric Supply & Transport (BEST), which will ’empower’ the distributor…
- Business
Shopify commits to safeguard consumers from fake traders
London: E-commerce platform Shopify has committed to new practices to make consumers safe from buying fake products from webstores hosted by its platform. Following dialogues with the Commission and the network of…
- India
Prices of essential food items significantly spike
New Delhi: The average retail prices of essential food items, including rice, wheat and atta, have significantly increase in the last one year. The prices of wheat and atta have gone up…
- Business
Tesla, Musk sued for misleading consumers over Autopilot, FSD claims
San Francisco: A Tesla owner has sued the electric car maker, saying the company and its CEO Elon Musk are “deceptively and misleadingly” marketing the Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” software. Briggs Matsko…
- Kerala
Consumer culture of use & throw influencing matrimonial relationships: Kerala HC
Kochi: While looking into a divorce petition filed by a man who has been separated from his wife since 2018, the Kerala High Court observed that the state was once famous for…
- Technology
This is how Twitter is shaping consumer behaviour in India
New Delhi: Twitter on Tuesday revealed, after analysing billions of tweets in India over a two-year period, how three key trends are behind an underlying shift in consumer behaviour in the country.…
- Technology
LG Electronics posts 12% drop in profit on weaker demand
Seoul: LG Electronics on Friday said its second -quarter operating profit decreased 12 per cent (on-year) amid rampant inflation that hurt consumer demand for TVs and other home appliances. Its operating income…
- Technology
Smartphone shipments fall 5% in India in Q2 amid dwindling demand
Bengaluru: The smartphone shipments reached 36.4 million units in the second quarter (Q2) in India, a 5 per cent decrease from the previous quarter, with major brands struggling to shift units as…
- Technology
Garmin unveils premium fitness band in India
New Delhi: With an aim to woo Indian consumers, Garmin on Thursday launched a new premium fitness band — vivosmart 5 — that is said to offer up to 7 days of…
- Technology
Metaverse to create next evolution of consumer spending patterns: NatWest
New Delhi: The pandemic brought the urgent need for enterprises across the spectrum to adopt new and emerging technologies. The global banking sector has been at the forefront in investing in the…
- Business
More heat for Indian consumers as ACs set to get 3-4% costlier
New Delhi: Hit by multiple factors such as rising fuel costs and global component shortages, Indian AC manufacturers said on Friday that they have no alternative but to pass off the burden…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two drug peddlers and two consumers arrested for selling hash oil
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) along with Nallakunta Police arrested two drug peddlers along with two consumers in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Around 840gms of hash oil, 4 mobiles and a…
- Business
Sunflower oil shortage boon for palm oil producers, bane for consumers
New Delhi: Shortage of sunflower oil amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has sent crude palm oil prices through the roof. The geo-political worries in the Black Sea region has a significant bearing…
- Technology
Over 1 in 3 consumers never heard of metaverse: Report
New Delhi: As the world of technology goes gaga over the metaverse, more than one-third of consumers (35 per cent) have never heard of the buzzword, according to a new report. A…
- Technology
Over 7 in 10 consumers against FB owning Metaverse data
New Delhi: More than seven in 10 consumers are worried about Meta (formerly Facebook) owning the metaverse data, according to a new report. According to the US-based Advokate Group, more than 77…
