Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow the unassuming category manager came to rule the world of quick commerce
Episode 384
Category managers have shifted from routine e-commerce roles to powerful decision-makers in quick commerce. They now manage the limited shelf space i…
1 year, 6 months ago
Chief digital officers eat chief information officers for breakfast
Episode 383
Back in 2016, the Internet and Mobile Association of India set up an all new club for what was then a very small cohort of digital leaders in corpora…
1 year, 6 months ago
XLRI introduced India to management studies. But now it's done being just another B-school
Episode 382
Back in 1949, XLRI introduced India to management studies. Since then, it has managed to become one of the most sought after B-schools in the countr…
1 year, 6 months ago
As surveillance tech blows up, startups face a unique paradox
Episode 381
India can't get enough of surveillance technology.
Indian startups, meanwhile, are making the most of this trend by securing high visibility governmen…
1 year, 6 months ago
Dead mall rising: The life and death of Indian shopping centres
Episode 380
The golden age of the Indian shopping mall is over.
There are at least 400 malls across the country. But a growing proportion of them are either dead…
1 year, 6 months ago
India’s second-largest logistics player is hurting after putting all its eggs in one basket
Episode 379
For a while now, some of the biggest players in India’s third-party logistics industry have been riding on the success of e-commerce unicorn Meesho. …
1 year, 6 months ago
Tata and ITC are harvesting what small organic-food brands cultivated for years
Episode 378
A couple years ago the biggest challenge for an organic food brand was convincing consumers that their products were worth the premium they were payi…
1 year, 6 months ago
Why the clock is ticking for Indian smartwatch makers
Episode 377
It really isn’t a great time to be a smartwatch brand in India. Pun intended. You see, the market for smartwatches in India has gone from seeing dizz…
1 year, 6 months ago
Tata wants to make iPhones in South India by copying China's dorm labour model. Here's why it won't work
Episode 376
What put iPhone city on the map is that it produces more than half of the world’s iPhone’s every single year. The global demand for the Apple iPhone …
1 year, 6 months ago
Daybreak 2024 Wrap Part 1: The Ken writer's picks
Episode 375
This isn't your usual Daybreak Friday episode.
Considering it's the end of the year, we thought we’d ask the reporters in our newsroom to talk to us …
1 year, 6 months ago