Delhi Two-hundred people packed the auditorium on this late Sunday morning in order to hear remarks and strategize about what they called the “corporate hijacking of retail.” Now in the 2nd year of our India FDI Watch Campaign, we and our allies had succeeded in creating huge awareness around the issue and had stalled the …
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Bangalore Meeting
Bangalore Despite the different ways that I received this city, the whole situation is deceptive it seems. With more than 6 million people in the metropolitan area, Bangalore has become the 5th largest metro area of India and by some reports is now the 3rd largest city, though it is hard for me to believe …
Organizing Small Businesses
Mumbai In building ACORN’s India FDI Watch Campaign to seek to block expansion of foreign direct investment in retail (www.indiafdiwatch.org), the key to finally getting traction on this effort over the last year has been the ability to fully engage the small business community of India in recognizing the threat they face. A year ago …