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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Today’s M & A Deals_Sep 18,2015

M & A Deals :

  • Tea Retail Chain Chai Point Secures Funding
  • Fitness Service Marketplace Gympik Acquires FitnessPapa
  • Toshiba Corporation Acquires Majority Stake In UEM India
  • HomeLane Acquires Tech Startup Doowup
  • Sequoia pares stake in Manappuram Finance
  • Astral Poly Technik to complete Resinova Chemie acquisition
  • Food-tech startup Bueno raises $600K
  • Training firm Head Held High raises fresh funding
  • LabStreet raises angel funding
  • B2B auction site for textiles XSTOK raises $452K
  • Plabro raises $350K from Flipkart co-founders & others