Today’s M & A Deals_Feb 15,2016

M & A Deals:

  • Kedaara Capital close to acquiring RG Stone
  • Severe strains start showing in early-stage venture funding
  • Goldman Sachs to pick significant stake in Amber Enterprises
  • Wipro to acquire HealthPlan Services for $460M
  • Au Financiers to sell housing finance arm to Kedaara and Partners Group JV
  • Funding crunch compels logistics aggregator Zippon to close operations
  • Amazon to buy 26% in Tatas-owned publisher Westland
  • Co-founder B Saikumar acquires controlling stake in digital media startup Arre
  • Online stock broker RKSV raises $4M in Series A funding from Kalaari, others

 

Today’s Wealth mantra !

“Never invest in a business you can’t understand” and “Beware geeks bearing formulas.”

-Warren Buffett

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Retail news Round Up_Feb 12,2016

Retail news :

  • Azim Premji’s Premji Invest buys exiting investor L Capital’s stake in Fabindia for around Rs 360 crore
  • Coca-Cola India shuts 3 plants citing inadequate demand
  • Permitting FDI in e-commerce retail to impact small biz
  • Paytm to double investment in logistics network to Rs 500 crore
  • Coke heeds to PM Narendra Modi’s call, to launch fizzy drink with fruit juice
  • Amazon invests in Tata Trent’s publishing arm
  • Snapdeals premium fashion portal Exclusively to tie-up with international brands
  • Amazon to buy back $5 billion of shares
  • TBZ ties up with Amazon to sell diamond jewellery and gold coins
  • Tesco keen to work with Indian start-up ecosystem
  • Mother Dairy to set up Rs 75-crore processing plant in Ranchi
  • Apple to open development centre in Hyderabad
  • Blueair expects India to be among top three global markets in five years
  • PayUmoney updates app, seeks increase in merchant registrations
  • Facebook Officially Shuts Down Free Basics In India
  • Vodafone Launches 4G Services in Mumbai; Bangalore to Follow Soon

 

“When you find yourself in the thickness of pursuing a goal or dream, stop only to rest. Momentum builds success.”

-Suzy Kassem

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Retail news Round Up_ Feb 10,2016

Retail news :

  • Senior executives at Paytm selling their shares to tech titans at a premium
  • Nestle to bring back chicken variant of Maggi on Snapdeal
  • Government mulling 100% FDI in market place model of ecommerce
  • Brick-and-mortar retail stores in revival mode as online sellers avoid deep discounts

  • Amazon plans to launch global shipping and logistics business
  • Budget 2016: Government may end excise exemptions for some grocery items in preparation for GST
  • Walmart to sign 3 pacts with Telangana government to expand presence
  • Amazon plans to offer loans to Indian sellers
  • Flipkart inks exclusive partnership with Kalyan Jewellers
  • India Bullion & Jewellers Association not to support strike call by All India Gem & Jewellery Trade Federation
  • H&M to expand presence in north India
  • US Apparel brand Urban Factory enters India on its own
  • Packaged goods to get costlier on increase in agri-commodity prices
  • Swedish furniture giant IKEA likely to invest in Mizoram
  • Urban Ladder to expand modular solution business in 2016
  • Government eases duty norms for imported goods for exhibition
  • IRCTC & Chaayos Partner to Bring 25 Varieties of Chai & Snacks Straight to Your Train Seat

 

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”

-David Rockefeller

 

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Retail News Round Up_Feb 05,2016

Retail News :

  • Amazon Web Services builds 5 data centres in Mumbai
  • Retaining & attracting talent: Startups to give up to 100% raise to top performers
  • Majority of foreign retailers entered India via online sales channels this fiscal
  • Genesis Luxury launches luxury fashion, lifestyle loyalty programme
  • Online portals take luxe goods to smaller cities
  • Godrej acquires majority stake in Kenyan home and personal care company
  • Subway India welcomes PepsiCo India as national beverage, snack provider
  • Toshiba invests $30 million in Hyderabad factory
  • Vandana Luthra invests in e-commerce platform smartcooky.com
  • Ratan Tata, US varsity to invest in Indian start-ups
  • Vodafone Launches 4G services in Gurgaon; Phased Rollout in Delhi / NCR Region

 

“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

-J.K Rowling

 

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Retail news Round Up_Feb 04,2016

Retail News :

  • After Paytm and Snapdeal, Flipkart on Alibaba’s radar
  • Samsung may queue up behind Apple for single-brand retail licence in India
  • Amazon plans to open up to 400 bookstores, says mall operator
  • Loaded with seed fund, Kalaari plans a convertible ride
  • Wal-Mart to add 10 wholesale stores in Karnataka

  • DIPP to launch startup contest in partnership with Qualcomm
  • OLX India announces new senior leadership appointments
  • Lendingkart ties up with Voonik for easy loans to merchants
  • Future Group opens 217th Big Bazaar outlet
  • Smartphones, PCs and TVs to cost more on falling rupee
  • Deal signed to churn out merchandise based on movie Baahubali
  • Amazon Debuts Amazon Now, a Hyperlocal Delivery Service, in Bangalore
  • Samsung to invest upto $1 billion in Uttar Pradesh; Sony will start manufacturing as well
  • Ford will open Rs 6000 crore factory in India
  • Foxconn, SoftBank and Bharti to invest $20 billion in Solar Energy
  • Foxconn will create 10 lakh jobs in India and manufacture iPhone
  • Huawei gets permission to start manufacturing
  • LG announced Rs 1000 crore investment for domestic manufacturing
  • Hero Group to manufacture electronics products in India
  • Microsoft and Motorola will start local manufacturing
  • Gionee will kickstart local manufacturing of their phones

  • Lenovo will manufacture smartphones in India
  • Airtel will make Make in India set-top boxes
  • Japan to establish 11 industrial townships & double their investment
  • Rs 4.5 Lakh Crore investments pledged during Digital India week
  • Lava to invest Rs 2615 crore in India
  • Foxconn commits investment of Rs 31000 crore in Maharashtra
  • Xiaomi to start manufacturing at Sri City
  • Phicomm to invest Rs 6300 crore in India
  • ICICI Bank launches robotic locker made under Make in India
  • Toyota to invest Rs 1000 crore
  • Ericsson to start their 2nd unit
  • Oppo will start manufacturing in India
  • Sony Will Manufacture Xperia Phones in India
  • Aricent Will Invest $500 Million
  • Dell May Invest in Smart Cities
  • Siemens will invest €1 billion and create 4000 jobs
  • Gionee Partners With Foxconn and Dixon for local manufacturing
  • Asus Pledges Alliance With Make in India
  • Gionee launches their first Make in India smartphone
  • Make in India research project initiated; annual corpus of Rs 250 crore provided
  • Make in India Vision Propels Manufacturing Sector To New Heights; Now, Boeing To Invest Billions of Dollars In India

Boeing Make in India

 

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character,But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

Norman Schwarzkopf

 

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Retail News Round Up_ Jan 21,2016

Retail News :

  • Companies like Pepsi, Wal-Mart, McDonald’s victim of illegal domain names
  • Etailers, startups leased 4.3 million sq ft office space in 2015: CBRE
  • With a new CEO and strategy, the desktop is back at Flipkart
  • FirstCry becomes Ratan Tata’s fourth investment in 2016

  • Freecharge eyes Rs 20,000 crore business next fiscal
  • Maharashtra gives in-principal nod to retail trade policy
  • Amazon expands its global selling service
  • Paytm in talks with ICICI for banking and insurance ventures; also in talks with Citibank
  • Alibaba determined to inject optimism despite a faltering Chinese economy
  • India Post opens counters in Gurgaon and Faridabad for eBay India sellers
  • Adidas eyes 20% revenue from own stores
  • Yoga guru Ramdev eyes Maharashtra forests for Patanjali’s ayurveda products
  • Drew Barrymore to turn international retailer for her beauty brand
  • Mahindra Retail to bring US brand Carter’s to BabyOye chain
  • FSSAI directs state food safety commissioners to implement new norms on additives

 

“Price is what you pay; value is what you get.’ Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.”

-Warren Buffett

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Retail News Round Up_ Jan 19,2016

Retail News :

  • Amazon to start grocery delivery by April
  • Reliance Group eyes e-commerce for commercial finance biz
  • Ratan Tata invests undisclosed amount in online coupons venture CashKaro.com
  • Flipkart invests undisclosed sum in social network Tinystep
  • Bagrry’s India Ltd. to offer healthier snacks in fast-food lane dominated by KFC, McDonald’s

  • Online food ordering startup Swiggy receives Rs 230 crore in funding
  • Leading online supermarket bigbasket enters UP
  • Godrej Consumer Products eyes 10 per cent market share in hand wash, sanitisers segment
  • Chai Point to launch Uni-350ml variant of delivery flask
  • Goldman Sachs picks 50 per cent stake in Amber, deal values company at Rs 1,200 crore
  • E-commerce enabler KartRocket raises $6 million from Bertelsmann India, others
  • Will Startup India stem the exodus of startups to Singapore?
  • WhatsApp to drop annual subscription fees

 

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

—Steve Jobs

 

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Retail News Round Up_ Jan 16,2016

Retail News :

  • HUL Q3 net slips 22% at Rs 971.40 crore but dividend may rise
  • Tata Housing may tie up with Amazon for online property sale
  • Jewellers plan candle march to protest against PAN number rider
  • SBI partners Snapdeal to offer loans to ecommerce sellers
  • Wal-Mart merges tech teams in online push
  • Craftsvilla plans to offer video buying for online shopping

  • Manpasand Beverages ties up with Germany’s Metro Cash & Carry
  • General Electric to sell appliances business to Haier for $5.4 billion
  • PM Narendra Modi to unveil startup action plan today as a major breakthrough for entrepreneurship in India
  • Government to provide simple tax regime, easier norms for startups
  • Kerala to encourage startups in the manufacturing and processing sector
  • Paytm To Launch ‘Sound Pay’ For Money Transfers Through Ultrasonic Sound Waves
  • Amazon Launches Exam Central in India; A Bookstore for Competitive Exams
  • Amazon Starts Deliveries on Bicycles in India. Pilot Project Live in 5 Cities

Paytm Mobile wallet

 

“The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.”

-Walt Disney

 

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Retail News Round Up_ Jan 13,2016

Retail News :

  • Shopclues at par with Snapdeal, Paytm with undisclosed funding valuing company at Rs 7,300 crore
  • Amazon and Future Group partnership on rocks over funding of discounts
  • Nitish Kumar government to impose 13.5% tax on luxury items
  • Amazon has bought a French delivery company
  • PayPal ties-up with first Indian partner Shopmatic for cross-border transactions

  • Reliance eyes Rs 1,800 cr sales from Vimal brand in 3 years
  • Van Heusen ropes Infinite Analytics for its style studio
  • Starbucks says aims to open 500 new stores in China in 2016
  • Start in India, stay in India, government tells fleeing startups
  • Women and Child Development Ministry, eBay partner for online platform for women entrepreneurs
  • Oxigen Wallet launches mobile virtual cards powered by Visa
  • ShopClues raises $100 million; plans IPO in 2017
  • OYO Rooms expands to Malaysia; looks at Africa, South America, South-east Asia next
  • Ortel launches free public WiFi for its customers in Bhubaneswar
  • Hike secures funds from WordPress and Quora founders & other individual investors
  • Persistent Systems acquires CloudPlatform & CloudPortal from Citrix
  • Spice Mobility acquires 22.5% stake in Sunstone Eduversity
  • Hike messenger to match Delhi commuters to comply with odd even rule

 

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

-Warren Buffett

 

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M & A Deals_ Jan 12,2016

M & A Deals :

  • Janalakshmi raises $50M from CDC
  • Sixth Sense Ventures invests in JHS Svendgaard
  • Nahatas, Waheed Alli put $5.4M more in lifestyle etailer Koovs
  • iGenetic Diagnostics gets $1M from angel investors
  • Amazon leases 30,000 sq ft office space in Mumbai
  • Spice Mobility picks 23% stake in Sunstone Eduversity
  • Persistent Systems to acquire two cloud products from Citrix Systems
  • Organic farming venture Lumiere raises Series A funding

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.” – Ben Graham

 

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