Retail news Round Up_March 23,2016

Retail news :

  • JLL India partners with Snapdeal to market residential properties online
  • Flipkart, Axe, Volini among others to sponsor IPL 9 on Hotstar
  • Tech A-listers backs on-demand mobile tutoring platform HashLearn
  • Urban Ladder looks to clock GMV of $250 mn by June2017
  • Infibeam’s Rs 450-cr IPO subscribed 63% on second day of offer
  • Amazon India, Dettol for launching air protect masks
  • E-commerce brands to drive change in online ad industry
  • Tata Sons buys Rs 312cr Titan shares
  • US sportswear brand New Balance debuts in India with 50 stores opening
  • Jewellers’ strike against 1% excise duty enters 21st day
  • ITC looking at new products in ghee segment Hindu Business Line
  • Tesco takes fight to discounters with new own-label ranges
  • Agri biz vertical of M&M forays into dairy segment with Saboro
  • PVR set to open India’s largest multiplex in Noida
  • Fortumo to offer carrier billing insights to mobile operators
  • JustDial buys back over 1M shares for Rs 165 crore
  • Byju’s Learning secures $75M from Sequoia Capital & Sofina
  • Ola acquires digital payments startup Qarth

 

 

 

 

 

 

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-Debbi Fields

 

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Retail News Round Up_Dec 29,2015

Retail News :

  • Snapdeal to invest in logistics to speed up delivery
  • Flipkart unveils global brand licensing for Indian sellers
  • New lingerie entrant Hunkemller to have four stores in Indian by end-March
  • Voylla in talks with Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Retail to sell its fashion jewellery

  • Bengaluru-based grocer Town Essentials raises $1 million in fresh round of funding
  • PVR launches 9-screen multiplex, largest Gold Class and IMAX
  • Bengaluru central prison inmates to open a bakery outlet at Infosys campus
  • Amway sets up Rs 550-crore manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu
  • Wonderchef plans to go overseas by the end of this decade
  • Flipkart Starts Selling Bikes & Cars Now. Pilot Project Live At Bengaluru
  • For The First Time IRCTC Train Tickets To Be Sold Via ICICI Bank Website; Mobile App

 

“Basically we get confused a bit about what retail is. It is really just buying things, putting them on a floor and selling them”

– Gerry Harvey 

 

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Morning Business News Round Up_Dec 03,2015

Morning Business News :

 

 

  • MSCI Asian stocks are standing tall, but Indian peers wilting
  • Flipkart suffers Rs 2,000-crore wound in bruising discount war
  • Paytm and ICICI Bank to offer virtual prepaid cards
  • M&M recovery rides on economic revival
  • Major rejig at Samsung, slowest growth in 10 yrs
  • Dr Lal PathLabs, Alkem big hits in the grey market
  • Financial products better investment tools, says Jayant Sinha
  • Highway developers to get equitable annuity payments
  • Make in India boost: Government exempts shipbuilding inputs from customs, excise duties

  • DIPP likely to back ecommerce companies in legal tussle with footwear firms
  • Government may consider selling off Scooters India
  • Government may slap Rs 32 crore penalty on Volkswagen
  • CIL’s 3.25 MT capacity project in Maharashtra to start by month-end
  • Tata’s tie-up with ICBC will not impact SBI: says Arundhati Bhattacharya
  • Natco Pharma suspends work at Chennai plant due to flood
  • Oyo Rooms looks to buy rival Zo
  • Janet Yellen signals US interest rate hike not far away
  • Ramdev’s Patanjali eyes a bigger bite of consumer goods pie with ad blitz

  • Narendra Modi remains a popular Prime Minister with 74% approval rating
  • Raghuram Rajan gives rupee bond bulls confidence to forecast end of rout
  • Wipro buys German firm Cellent for $78 mn
  • PVR’s acquisition of DLF’s DT Cinemas faces CCI concerns
  • Sun Life Financial to increase its stake in Birla Sun Life Insurance from 26% to 49%
  • Tata Steel refinances $1.5 billion worth of loans
  • Bad loans may rise for Shriram Transport Finance
  • Manipal Hospitals to tap IBM’s Watson for superior cancer care
  • Insurers may take ₹2,000-cr hit from Chennai floods
  • SEBI will not force MF industry to reduce agents commission: Chairman
  • Fund-raising plan to steer GMR Infra forward
  • Allahabad Bank to decide on insurance arm
  • Bajaj Auto bike sales rise 3% in November; exports take a hit
  • Little gas left at two ONGC blocks; fuel flows to RIL
  • Asset sale may fetch Bhushan Steel Rs 3,000 cr
  • Bharti Airtel Doubts on Project Leap
  • Mutual funds pump in Rs one-lakh crore in equities in 18-months

 

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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Retail News Round Up_Nov 30,2015

Retail News :

  • Promoter of QikPod  want to make QikPod worlds largest parcel locker network
  • Coca-Cola likely to enter pure dairy segment, to compete with Amul, Britannia and Nestle
  • Patanjali to invest Rs 1,000-crore on expansion
  • Online food-ordering startup Swiggy in talks to raise around $40 million
  • Character merchandising startup Superhero Brands raises Rs 3.6 crore
  • PVR to add 23 screens, take total to 500 this fiscal
  • Import Data Confirms Reliance Jio 4G Services Launch on Track
  • Video streaming platform Hotstar begins global expansion on website
  • Uber launches performance based loyalty programme for its drivers

 

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“Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.”

– Warren Buffett

 

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_Aug 21,2015

M & A Deals :

 

  • Bluegape raises $600K for visual blogging play
  • CX-led Investors To Acquire Stake In Cremica
  • PVR Acquires Stake In 4700BC PopCorn
  • Skilled Professionals Service Providers Platform Flatpebble Raises Funds
  • Diversified business house SRS to raise realty fund
  • C&C Alpha Group to invest $230M in India
  • Shree Pushkar raises pre-IPO funding from Unifi, others
  • OYO Rooms recently raised $100M from SoftBank and others
  • ePoise raises over $500K from Orios, others

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Today’s M & A Deals_Aug 20,2015

M & A Deals :

  • Organic dairy startup in talks for VC funding
  • PVR buys 70% stake in 4700BC Popcorn
  • IntelligenceNODE raises $4M from NEA & Orios
  • LabsAdvisor raises $183K in angel funding
  • Flatpebble raises $600K in seed funding from IAN
  • Tata Opportunities Fund Picks Up Stake In Uber
  • Warburg Pincus Backed Continental Warehousing To Raise Funds

 

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Retail News Round Up_Aug 20,2015

Retail News :

  • E-commerce generates $1.2 million revenue every 30 seconds
  • Snapdeal loss rises 5 times to Rs 1,350cr
  • Nikesh Arora to make Rs 3,150 crore personal investment in SoftBank
  • Lenovo launches A2010, India’s cheapest 4G smartphone for Rs 4,990
  • India’s Oldest Soft Drink Brand ‘Sosyo’ Aspires to go National
  • RBI gives in-principle nod to 11 applicants including RIL, Aditya Birla Nuvo & Airtel for payments bank licence
  • Mobile services spends may hit $21.4 bn in 2015
  • Ajay Bijli-led PVR Ltd acquires 70% stake in 4700BC Popcorn startup owner Zea Maize
  • Home Furnishing Portal BedBathMore to Invest Rs 128cr
  • Arvind Lifestyle ties with Shoppers Stop to launch US kids brand The Childrens Place
  • Turners Cartoon Network tied up with Warner Brothers to sell merchandise in India

 

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Retail News Round Up_Aug 13,2015

Retail News :

 

  • USFDA refuses entry of 1,150 Indian products in 6 months
  • Coca-cola India signs Sourav Ganguly for 3-years as social ambassador
  • PVR, Inox tweak food offering at multiplexes to be one-stop-shop for movie goers
  • E-tailers like Amazon India, Shopclues and Foxconn have high hopes from the refurbished market
  • Mydala.com aims for 10 lakh merchants on its platform in 3 years
  • Taiwan electronics manufacturing cluster with investment of $500 million to come up in Bengaluru

 

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