Retail News Snapshot

*Kejriwal rescinds approval to FDI in multi-brand retail

*AAP’s retail FDI reversal irks Centre

*FICCI disappointed over bar on FDI in retail

*FMCG cos sweeten R&D efforts

*Big Bazaar Direct plans to enlist 10,000 franchisees by March 2015

*Agri Ministry to bring down market fee in APMC yard

*George Soros-backed fund to invest Rs 10 crore in supply chain co

*Gourmet retailers club swells with Foodhall expansion

*Over 8.67 lakh Tamil Nadu farmers left agriculture in the last decade

*Hotels looking to rationalise employee-to-room ratio

*Twenty-four seven to enlist franchisees for faster growth

*Au Bon Pain caf adds to glam at Kolkatas Park Street

*Ajay Agarwal’s Maxx Mobile is a multi-crore brand in a decade

*Tilda rice bought by US food group Hain Celestial