Retail News Round Up_April 25,2016

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-Bill Gates

 

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Retail News Round Up_April 05,2016

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-William Durant

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_March 28,2016

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“You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don’t understand that’s going to happen, then you’re not ready, you won’t do well in the markets.”


-Peter Lynch

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_March 23, 2016

M & A Deals :

  • DEN Networks finalises buyer for majority stake in Delhi Dynamos
  • BigBasket raises $150M from Abraaj Group, IFC and others
  • Ed-tech startup Byju’s raises $75M from Sequoia, Sofina
  • Asian Healthcare Fund CEO on new fund, backing health-tech ventures and more
  • Edelweiss to buy JP Morgan’s India mutual fund business
  • Advent International raises $13B for new buyout fund
  • Ola acquires mobile payments startup Qarth
  • Sachin Tendulkar picks up stake in IoT firm Smartron

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“An active investor is someone who actually lives off their investments as opposed to wages from a job.”

-Robert Kiyosaki

 

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Retail News Round Up_March 22,2016

Retail news :

  • P&G now introduces six-month adoption leave for employees
  • India looks to widen ambit of Google Tax on internet companies
  • Patanjali to raise Rs 320 crore forR&D Financial Express
  • Infibeam’s Rs 450-crore IPO subscribed 21% on Day 1
  • L Capital Asia will not commit more funds to existing Indian investments
  • LG overtakes Bravia maker Sony in flat panel television sales
  • Paytm inks strategic deal with PVR, invests Rs 120 crore in online movie ticket market
  • Alibaba annual transaction volumes cross $463 billion
  • Online C2C marketplaces can close Indias consumption gap
  • Big jewellers begin to register with excise authorities
  • Woodland to roll out wearables, sports gear
  • Aditya Birla Group firm launches fabrics brand Liva
  • Reliance Industries in branding alliance with Tamil Nadu firm for Recron fibre brand
  • Licences of 9 food outlets suspended in Thiruvananthapuram
  • BigBasket now to deliver goods on electric vehicles
  • Paylo.in acquires in-restaurant payment app Ruplee
  • Samsung plans range of exclusive online products
  • Foxconn to reduce offer for Sharp by around $900 million
  • IKEA donates Rs 92 crore for safe water projects in India, Indonesia
  • Cookware brand Wonderchef to raise Rs 100 crore
  • BSNL Announces Rs 2000 Crore Modernization Drive; 3G & Rural Areas To Be Major Focus
  • Alibaba All Set To Enter Indian Ecommerce Market By End of 2016; Govt. Promises‘Full Support’

 

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

-Margaret Mead

 

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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_Dec 16,2015

Retail News :

  • Myntra plans roadshows in US, Europe to lure global fashion brands
  • Food regulator FSSAI proposes tougher regulations for food importers
  • Snapdeal launches multi-lingual mobile interface in Hindi and Telugu
  • BigBasket plans to use electric cars to deliver products in Delhi
  • Amazon leads 150cr fund infusion in local services startup Housejoy
  • Gujarat spice maker Ramdev Food Products set to foray into snacks business

  • With an eye on customer base, GoZefo to now offer guaranteed buyback option
  • Tata Group set to crowdsource ideas for new watches, maybe even cars
  • Odd-Even Formula Inspires Uber To Launch Car Pooling Service In New Delhi & Aims To Tap 27 Lakh Private Cars
  • Sony LIV to offer carrier billing in partnership with Fortumo
  • Micromax To Invest Rs 300 Crore And Set Up New Manufacturing Units In India #MakeInIndia
  • India’s Centralized Monitoring System will launch before end of March 2016
  • Infosys invests $3M in wearables technology firm Whoop

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.”

-George Soros

 

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Retail News Round Up_Dec 03,2015

Retail news :

  • BigBasket set to close Rs 800 crore funding
  • Chennai rains: Indian startups like Zomato, Paytm and Ola kickstart relief measures for those stuck
  • Flipkart picks up strategic minority stake in digital mapping company MapmyIndia
  • Government plans to take etailers like Flipkart, Snapdeal to rural areas
  • Paytm partners with ICICI Bank to launch virtual prepaid cards for its wallet users
  • Delivery startup MagicTiger acquires Bangalore-based eCommerce App Instano

  • Womens’ apparel brand Kaaryah raises funding
  • Aditya Birla Group to handhold textile value-chain partners to scale up
  • CCI asks PVR to publish details of DT Cinema acquisition
  • Danone plans to serve ‘mishti doi’ in Europe
  • Kidswear brand Poney plans 25 more stores in India
  • Andhra Pradesh eyes Rs 5,000 crore investments in food processing by 2020
  • Times Internet buys Get Me A Shop
  • YuppTV launches movie streaming service YuppFlix with 5,000 movies
  • Twitter India’s Promoted Videos consumption grew 5X over the year
  • Catch launches Hindi version with exclusive and translated content
  • BetterPlace ties up with HouseJoy for security verification

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won’t grow any faster than the rate of inflation”

-Suze Orman

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_Aug 12,2015

M & A Deals:

  • Online grocer BigBasket raises $50M from Bessemer
  • OneAssist secures $7.5M in Series B funding led by insurance major Assurant
  • Economist to sell office to buy back part of Pearson’s stake; Agnellis to hike holding
  • Bangalore-based fintech startup Scripbox raises $2.5M from Accel Partners & others
  • Cleantech startup GIBSS raises funding from responsAbility, Infuse Ventures
  • Women-oriented job portal Sheroes raises funding from Raghav Bahl
  • Online aggregator for budget rooms WudStay acquires offline rival Awesome Stays

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