Retail News Round Up_Aug 04,2015

Retail News :

 

  • E-Commerce Firm Mydala.com Expecting 6-Fold Growth On Its Platform
  • Softbank Leads Rs 630cr Funding In Oyo Rooms
  • Manthan System’s ‘Siri’ To Empower Retail Segment With Voice-Based Searches
  • Snapdeal, HDFC Bank Launch Co-Branded E-Commerce Credit Card
  • Orios Invests In Pickingo, A Hyperlocal Logistics Startup
  • Online Food Ordering Service Travelkhana To Start Meal Booking For Bus Travellers
  • Maharashtra FDA Gives Clean Chit To Haldiram Snacks
  • Walmart India Plans To Add 50 Stores In 4-5 Years
  • Sony Corp Inks Pact To Manufacture Bravia Line Of Tvs At Foxconns Plant Near Chennai under “ Make In India “Scheme.
  • Snapdeal Raises $500M From Alibaba, Foxconn And Softbank: Report
  • Uber Raises $1B From Microsoft, BCCL
  • Justdial To Launch Omni For Small Businesses To Manage Sales
  • Truecaller To Raise $100 Million.
  • Nokia Sells HERE To Audi, BMW And Daimler For $3 Billion
  • Ola & Taxiforsure Claim 80% Of Online Cab Market In India By Vehicles

 

 

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Retail News Round Up_July 31,2015

Retail News :

  •  Paytm Bags Title Sponsorship For International And Domestic Cricket Matches At Home Till 2019
  • Uber To Invest $1 Billion In India Over Nine Months
  • Amazon India Ties Up With Vakrangee To Sell In Rural India
  • Micromax, Karbonn, Lava, Microsoft Hike Spend On Digital Advertisements To Target Ecommerce-Savvy Buyers
  • Career Professionals Are Giving Up Their Cubicles To Venture Into E market places
  • Citibank India And Mastercard Announce Global Digital Wallet For Indians Using Credit Or Debit Cards

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Retail News Round Up_July 30,2015

Retail News :

 

  • Paytm To Hire 1,900 In Product Engineering And Operations
  • Alibaba Cloud Unit plan to invest $ 1 Billion in Amazon.com.
  • Flipkart & Snapdeal Founders Invest About Rs 1.8 Crore In Designer Of Board Games
  • Amazon Design Store To Boost Designer Range To Take On Exclusively.Com
  • Zovi Founders Raise $50 Million & Launch New Venture ‘Little’
  • Lacoste May Offer Its Products Online In India
  • Fashion Jewellery Brand Pipa+Bella Raises Initial Funding Of Rs 4.3 Crore
  • Daburs Consolidated Q1 Net Profit Surges 24%
  • Medplus To Invest Rs 100 Crore To Open 350 Stores In Delhi NCR
  • HDFC Bank’s Handheld Micro Atms With Biometric Verification, Can Change Rural Banking In India For Ever
  • Microsoft Launches Windows 10 & Offers Free Upgrade Across 190 Countries

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Retail News Round Up_July 29,2015

Retail News :

  • Dish TV adds 0.39M subscribers in Q1-FY16
  • CarDekho launches CarBay in Thailand and Malaysia
  • JustDial got 3,46,900 paid campaigns in Q1-FY16
  • PepperFry raises $100M from Goldman Sachs, Zodius Technology Fund and others
  • Flipkart launches offline collection centres for online buyers
  • Ola goes the Myntra way, to go mobile-app only
  • PayU’s Startup masterClass to get SMEs
  • E-grocer Bigbasket.com to focus on household items and kitchenware
  • Indian jewellery firm Rajesh Exports eyes Australian gold market
  • Microsoft Launches Windows 10 As A Free Upgrade Worldwide
  • Zovi Founders Launch ‘Little’ App; Secures $50Mn Led By Paytm
  • Amazon Proposes Delivery Drone Superhighways In The Sky

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Retail News Round Up_July 28,2015

Retail News :

  • Flipkart Ahead Of Ecommerce Funding Race Of Rs.4500 Cr.
  • Flipkarts Fqck To Take On Amazons Kirana Now
  • Goldman Sachs Invested Rs.640 Cr In Pepperfry
  • Ola Is Planning To Raise Rs.3150 Cr.
  • Delight Foods Gets Rs 1 Crore Funding From Mape Advisory Group, Fireside Ventures
  • Jewellery Firm Rajesh Exports Buys Valcambi For $400 Million In Cash
  • Samara Capital Buy Pizza Hut Franchise For Rs200 Crore
  • Dabur Is Planning To Launch Hajmola Range For Ready To Drink Beverage With Yoodley
  • Pincon Spirit Plans Rs 400 Crore Expansion
  • RedBus Expands Bus Ticket Bookings To Malaysia and Singapore
  • Rotimatic, An Automatic Roti Maker Created By an Indian Couple Gets $11.5M Funding for International Expansion

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Retail News Round Up_July 27,2015

Retail News :

  • RIL E-Commerce Plans Set To Ride On Jio Infrastructure

  • Ecommerce Companies Like Flipkart And Snapdeal On ‘Acquihiring’ Spree For Best Talent, Ideas
  • Foodpanda May Pick Up Stake In Tinyowl
  • Veggie Retailers Making 300% Profit
  • Why Bengaluru Pub Chain Pecos’ Plan To Take The IPO Route Has Taken Everyone By Surprise
  • On-Demand Logistics Startup Townrush Raises Seed Funding From Lightspeed
  • Nitin Spinners’ Board Approves Rs 300 Crore Expansion Project
  • Spencers Retail Plans To Enter Ecommerce Segment With Separate Unit
  • Cremica Food Eyes Rs 1,000 Crore Turnover By 2020
  • Capital Foods’s Brand Chings’s Secret Exits Noodles Market

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Retail News Round Up_July 24,2015

Retail News :

 

  • Flipkart and other startups’ gender diversity problem
  • People even trade cows and buffaloes on quikr platform
  • After Maggi noodles, Nestle halts pasta supply to change labelling
  • Billion-dollar cracker for Diwali: Flipkart, Snapdeal shores up capital for the upcoming festive season
  • And Indias favorite eCommerce brands on twitter are
  • Flipkart appoints Krishnendu Chaudhury as Image Sciences Head
  • How e-commerce conquered television
  • Retail space addition low in 2015 first half, second half to see addition of six million sq ft
  • Amul trademark to get global shield
  • iPhone a hit online, but may not find space on retailers shelves

  • Are organized tea chains here to stay?
  • Coca-Cola is seriously worried about Diet Coke sales plummeting
  • GST rate at 20% good for industry, consumers: Experts
  • Ecommerce payment delays can seriously hurt online merchants
  • Paytm ties up with Aditya Birla finance
  • After secondary round Quikr valued close to $1 billion
  • Urban Ladder appoints Apurva Dalal as chief technology officer
  • Levis clothing recycling program reaches all its US stores
  • Khadi sales have doubled after PM Narendra Modi’s appeal: Kalraj Mishra
  • Guest Times: Will e-grocery sound the death knell for the kirana stores?
  • Coffee maker Lavazza to buy Carte Noire for EUR 800 mn: Reports
  • Canon India promotes Andrew Koh as vice-president, Consumer Imaging and Information Centre
  • Godrej Appliances to invest Rs 35 crore into medical refrigeratorsIndustry

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Retail News Round Up_July 23,2015

Retail News :

 

  • In search of fresh leadership at its Indian firms, Rocket Internet now shifting Jabong CEO and MD to new roles
  • Online sperm buying proves to be a big hit in China
  • Sanjay Mehra to head Reliance Retails fashion Ecomm business
  • Jabongs Q1 net loss widens to Rs 113.9 crore in the quarter from Rs 69.4 crore year-on-year

  • Not considering any plan to introduce FDI in e-commerce retail, says government
  • Ban on Maggi justified, says food regulator
  • GST not a flawed law, can be tweaked further: Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das
  • Domino’s Pizza outlet’s license suspended for ‘below standard’ sauce
  • Coca-Cola loses fizz, volume growth dips to single digits year on year
  • What spurred Firstcry to go the mass media route with its latest campaign?
  • Fresh trouble for Ecommerce: Vendors losing money as buyers turn back cash-on-delivery orders
  • Nestles Movenpick to invest in building frozen cold chain in India
  • After bad Q1, e-tailers eye Diwali
  • GoDaddy to help SMEs set up e-commerce websites
  • Snapdeal launches instant loan facility for sellers on its Capital Assist platform
  • Men’s fairness creams try to walk a fairer path in India
  • PIL seeks testing food from retail outlets selling KFC, Nestle, and other brands
  • The pet food pie is burgeoning at over three times the rate of packaged foods market
  • PVR Q1 net up seven-fold at Rs 58 crore; plans to raise Rs 850 crore
  • Lite Bite Foods announces association with US-based HMSHost
  • LOral India, the first company in India to receive EDGE gender equality certification
  • Govt gets support, Congress isolated

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Retail News Round Up_June 03,2015

Retail News :

  • Flipkart Ties Up With Three Major Home Retailers
  • Heinz Completes Kraft Purchase; Warren Buffett Joins Board
  • Amazon Raises Rs 375 Crore Round In Online Financial Services Portal Bankbazaar
  • Mirah Hospitality Buys 30% In Hopping Chef For Rs 3 Crore
  • Paytms CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Invests In Goqii Tech
  • Rajesh Exports Closing On $250-500 Mn Acquisition In Europe

 

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Retail News Round Up_July 01,2015

Retail News :

 

  • Infibeam Becomes First E-Commerce Player To File Papers For IPO, To Raise Rs 450 Cr
  • ITC’s Packaged Food Business Hits $1-Billion Mark
  • Com Looking At Two Acquisitions To Expand Business
  • Hero Cycles Forays Into Ecommerce, Plans To Invest Rs 800 Cr In Europe Mkt
  • Rajesh Exports In Talks To Pick Up Stake In Swiss Gold Refinery Valcambi For Rs 2,500 Crore

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