India’s young, upwardly mobile consumers are hungry for fast food. But while U.S. chains are rising quickly on the subcontinent, local heroes are in short supply.

Is Internet retail incompatible with private equity?

Competitive promotions have triggered early shopping by consumers, forecasting strong holiday retail sales in 2016.

Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, and Bain Capital’s Tricia Patrick discuss macro trends in consumer spending ahead of the holiday shopping season.

The former co-head of healthcare investment banking at JPMorgan, Ravi Sachdev, now a partner at private equity giant Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, discusses potential disruptors in the healthcare industry.

Kedaara Capital Advisor’s Sunish Sharma discusses themes in Indian healthcare opportunities, and why diagnostics and consumer healthcare are worth a look.

Acquiring a 15-year net lease deal of a European home improvement retail store in Austria, W. P. Carey’s Jeffrey LeFleur talks about underwriting and risks in retail.

E-commerce, social media, and the Internet in general have infringed on ways that consumers buy goods and even food. Experts discuss how they’ve changed their investment and operational strategies in consumer and retail business.

How are GPs creating value in a disrupted, rapidly evolving market?

RSM’s Joe Brusuelas and Capital Dynamics’ John Breckenridge discuss how the drop in oil prices creates opportunity for middle-market PE firms, as well as consumers.

Finding technology-services companies that are not directly touching consumers is core to how Augusta Columbia Capital invests its fund, says chairman and managing partner Chip Schorr.

Z Capital’s Jim Zenni on how falling oil prices are affecting casinos and gaming, and where he sees investment opportunities in the space.

Operating partner Barend de Loor, of Eris Property Group, talks about the greatest opportunities for investment in Sub-Saharan Africa and the realities of operating on the continent.

Meyer Bergman’s Markus Meijer tells PrivcapRE about the risks and opportunities he sees in the European retail sector, amid the ongoing fallout from the financial crisis.

Real estate investors should prepare for painful attrition and “a lot of damage” in the retail industry, as the industry shifts to online sales and smaller stores.

EY’s Michael Rogers and Gulf Capital’s Walid Cherif discuss how consumption is driving PE’s investment in emerging markets.

Michael Odell of Olshan talks about his company’s retail and hospitality strategies.

Grocery-anchored retail is a stable, income-producing asset class. But Jeff Edison of Phillips Edison explains it’s also one of the toughest retail segments to survive in.