Retail news Round Up_ Jan 07,2016

Retail news :

  • Online Retail Giant Flipkart Starts Talks With Investors To Raise $1.4 Billion
  • Patanjali Products Get Exclusive Space At Stores As Sales Soar
  • Tommy Hilfiger Re-Applies To Open Own Stores In India
  • Amazon To Enter Grocery Jungle In February

  • Paytm Ties Up With Industry buying To Simplify Transaction Process
  • Jabong Launches ‘Happy New You’ Sale, Offers Heavy Discounts
  • Kroger Is Going To Become Amazon And Walmart’s Biggest Threat

  • Food Startups Swiggy, Tinyowl & Foodpanda Raise Fee, Cut Discounts
  • Mother’s Recipe Launches E-Comm Site
  • Samsung Launches Refrigerator With Camera Inside
  • Blueshift Labs Raises $8M From Storm Ventures & Existing Investors
  • Alef Mobitech Raises $5 Million From Tata Capital Innovations Fund
  • Girnarsoft To Launch Multiple Auto Related Portals In The Coming Months
  • Startup Money Transfer App Chillr Features As Best Finance App Of 2015

 

“Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning”

– Narayana Murthy

 

 

Today’s M & A Deals_Nov 05,2015

M & A Deals :

  • Cloud telephony firm Exotel buys customer feedback platform Voyce
  • Mother’s Recipe buys Elmac Agro Manufacturing for $3.8M
  • Shirsa Labs raises $250K in angel funding from ah! Ventures
  • Mobile ad platform PayTunes gets funding from CIO Angel Network
  • JB Chemicals to up stake in South Africa’s Biotech Labs to over 95%
  • Edelweiss raises $100M under hedge fund unit Forefront Capital
  • SC rejects plea to stall stake sale in DLF’s rental arm
  • App monetisation platform Pokkt raises $5M from Segnel, others
  • Energy management startup Bidgely raises $16.6M