Holiday hangover expected to keep equities on pause

MUMBAI: Equities are seen taking a breather in the first week of the new year as investors are expected to remain in holiday mood. Foreign participation is also likely to be on the lower side in the absence of clear triggers to drive momentum.
“Christmas vacation across the globe will continue till the end of next [...]

Skyrocketing rentals of malls eat into retailers’ margins

BANGALORE: With rising rentals eating into profit margins, retailers are preparing to fight back with a multi-pronged strategy that includes exiting malls, innovating with formats, opting for a revenue-sharing model with developers and stepping up focus on smaller towns.
Levi Strauss India, for instance, says it will be pulling out of a substantial number of [...]

Subhiksha: The teething troubles of Indian retail story

At a time when big retailers like Reliance Retail and others are facing stiff resistance for having hit the bottomline of small time mom-and -pop shops, a southern stand-alone is using the opportunity to quietly go about its job. The no-frill retailer Subhiksha has taken the populist route of luring customers with ‘less money for [...]

What is Biometric Authentication?

» What is biometric authentication?
Biometric Authentication is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone) as authentic, that is, that claims made by or about the thing are true by use of a physical metric, such as a fingerprint to verify their identity. Authentication depends upon one or more authentication factors.
In computer security, [...]

Titanium Group launches new identification solution for high growth retail sector - Biometric Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Titanium Group, Ltd., a leading biometric and security solutions provider announced today the launch of a new product tailor-made for the high growth retail sector in Hong Kong and China. This new product’s purpose is to provide the retail industry a total solution for efficient and secure tracking of high-valued inventories, [...]