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India’s irony: Mom-and-pop shops control destiny of global brands

September 23, 2011

 

jamie-thompsonBy Jamie Thompson

Visiting the bustling Indian metropolis of Mumbai, also known as Bombay, is like stepping into an unpredictable time warp. Sometimes life feels like it is happening in slow motion. At other moments, commerce feels like a higher power is stepping on the gas of growth with a lead foot.

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