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’

 

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Retail news Round Up_Feb 04,2016

Retail News :

  • After Paytm and Snapdeal, Flipkart on Alibaba’s radar
  • Samsung may queue up behind Apple for single-brand retail licence in India
  • Amazon plans to open up to 400 bookstores, says mall operator
  • Loaded with seed fund, Kalaari plans a convertible ride
  • Wal-Mart to add 10 wholesale stores in Karnataka

  • DIPP to launch startup contest in partnership with Qualcomm
  • OLX India announces new senior leadership appointments
  • Lendingkart ties up with Voonik for easy loans to merchants
  • Future Group opens 217th Big Bazaar outlet
  • Smartphones, PCs and TVs to cost more on falling rupee
  • Deal signed to churn out merchandise based on movie Baahubali
  • Amazon Debuts Amazon Now, a Hyperlocal Delivery Service, in Bangalore
  • Samsung to invest upto $1 billion in Uttar Pradesh; Sony will start manufacturing as well
  • Ford will open Rs 6000 crore factory in India
  • Foxconn, SoftBank and Bharti to invest $20 billion in Solar Energy
  • Foxconn will create 10 lakh jobs in India and manufacture iPhone
  • Huawei gets permission to start manufacturing
  • LG announced Rs 1000 crore investment for domestic manufacturing
  • Hero Group to manufacture electronics products in India
  • Microsoft and Motorola will start local manufacturing
  • Gionee will kickstart local manufacturing of their phones

  • Lenovo will manufacture smartphones in India
  • Airtel will make Make in India set-top boxes
  • Japan to establish 11 industrial townships & double their investment
  • Rs 4.5 Lakh Crore investments pledged during Digital India week
  • Lava to invest Rs 2615 crore in India
  • Foxconn commits investment of Rs 31000 crore in Maharashtra
  • Xiaomi to start manufacturing at Sri City
  • Phicomm to invest Rs 6300 crore in India
  • ICICI Bank launches robotic locker made under Make in India
  • Toyota to invest Rs 1000 crore
  • Ericsson to start their 2nd unit
  • Oppo will start manufacturing in India
  • Sony Will Manufacture Xperia Phones in India
  • Aricent Will Invest $500 Million
  • Dell May Invest in Smart Cities
  • Siemens will invest €1 billion and create 4000 jobs
  • Gionee Partners With Foxconn and Dixon for local manufacturing
  • Asus Pledges Alliance With Make in India
  • Gionee launches their first Make in India smartphone
  • Make in India research project initiated; annual corpus of Rs 250 crore provided
  • Make in India Vision Propels Manufacturing Sector To New Heights; Now, Boeing To Invest Billions of Dollars In India

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“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character,But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

Norman Schwarzkopf

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_Feb 01,2016

M & A Deals :

  • Dr Agarwal’s Healthcare gets $45M funding from ADV Partners
  • NSPIRA raises $60M from Olympus Capital, CX Partners’ mezz fund, others
  • TeamLease fixes IPO price band; eyes over $200M valuation
  • FreshMenu secures $17M in Series B funding led by Zodius
  • Buildzar raises $4M in pre-Series A from Puneet Dalmia
  • Used cars marketplace Truebil gets $5M from Kalaari, others
  • Infosys to invest $4M in US-based Waterline Data Science
  • Enterprise-tech startup Applicate raises $1M in angel investment
  • Foxconn invests in home automation startup WiZN Systems
  • Ratan Tata invests in tea e-tailer Teabox
  • Info Edge puts $1.1M in mobile workforce tracker Rare Media
  • Paytm inks pact with Alibaba to enter US, China markets

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.”

– Phillip Fisher

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_ Jan 29,2016

M & A Deals :

  • Infosys to invest $4M in US-based Waterline Data Science
  • Foxconn invests in home automation startup WiZN Systems
  • Matchmaking app Aisle raises $183K in pre-Series A round
  • Qriyo raises $160K from UAE-based Idein
  • Crowdfunding startup BitGiving raises angel investment
  • Online gifting portal Giftxoxo acquires Actizone
  • Firstsource to buy Adventz Group’s BPO business for $12.6M
  • JustDoc gets seed funding from Mohandas Pai, InMobi co-founder, others

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“ You’re neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you. You’re right because your facts are right and your reasoning is right-and that’s the only thing that makes you right.”

-Warren Buffett

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Retail News Round Up_ Jan 22,2016

Retail news :

  • Uber is launching its food delivery app in 10 cities – and it could pose a huge threat to food delivery startups
  • SoftBank invests additional Rs 100 crore in Housing.com
  • Following exit of Maneesh Dhir, Apple launches hunt for new India business head
  • UrbanClap acquires after sales service provider HandyHome

  • Coca-Cola to invest $1 bn in Argentina over next four years
  • McDonald’s new plan to dominate fast food is angering some franchisees
  • Foxconn offers $5.3 bln for Sharp, plans to keep management
  • Food security law to be implemented by all states, UTs by April except Tamil Nadu says Ram Vilas Paswan
  • ‘Deep partnership between innovations in US, startups in India’
  • GIC, Singapores sovereign wealth fund, invests undisclosed sum in deal discovery application Little
  • Retail technology firm SnapBizz raises $7.2 million to spur market expansion
  • TranServ Launches Udio, India’s First Social Mobile Wallet
  • Apple Plans to Open its Own Stores in India, Seeks DIPP Approval!
  • India’s First LGBT Cab Service Launched By Wings Travels & Humsafar Trust In Mumbai

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Norman Schwarzkopf

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_Dec 01,2015

M & A Deals :

  • Quikr all set to buy CommonFloor
  • QikPod raises $9M from Flipkart, Accel and others
  • Foxconn unit invests in marketing analytics startup MoMagic
  • Two-wheeler taxi service Baxi raises seed funding worth $1.4M
  • SaaS analytics firm Wingify acquires US-based Navilytics
  • M-Taxi gets angel funding for bike ride-hailing play

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“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.”

 

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Retail News Round Up_Oct 13,2015

Retail News :

  • CashKaro targeting over Rs 300 crore in GMV
  • Pepe plans to raise India marketing spend by 20%
  • LVMH fashion and leather sales growth slows in Q3
  • Burger King partners Scootsy for home delivery
  • INOX partners wtih SAP to integrate back-end operations and facilitate customers
  • Mars International launches pet food brand ‘Eukanuba’ in India
  • To Stop Physical Publishing of 3.5Cr Pages Of Gazette Notifications; Moves To ePublishing on Massive Scale
  • ISRO Will Launch India’s Own Satellite Navigation: IRNSS; Will end American Monopoly Of GPS

 

Morning Business News Round up_September 03, 2015

Morning Business News :

  • India among top 5 sovereign EM debt issuers: Moody’s
  • OPEC oil output in Aug falls on Iraq disruption
  • FMC to be merged with Sebi from September 28
  • Jet Airways to merge its weak-performing arm Jet Lite
  • Fed missed rate-hike opportunity: Bill GrossNext
  • 12 mths to be challenging for realtors: Moody’s
  • Cabinet okays revenue sharing for oil & gas
  • Singapore wealth fund GIC to invest $300 mn in DLF projects
  • UP sugar mills to get booster shot of Rs 3,200 cr
  • Indian banks face broader capital challenges, says Fitch
  • Last date for e-filing of I-T return extended to Sept 7
  • Tata Motors’ Sanand plant to roll out first non-Nano model in December
  • Snapdeal acquires Silicon Valley startup Reduce Data

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  • India seeks WTO members’ views on steel import norm
  • European Commission approves Shell’s purchase of BG Group
  • India’s wind energy potential estimated at 302 GW
  • CLB adjourns hearing on Financial Tech case to Sept 8
  • PTC India seeks shareholders’ nod to pay 22% dividend
  • Foxconn plans spend up to $1 billion on India start-ups
  • Welcome to quantitative tightening as $12 trillion reserves fall
  • Jim Rogers exits India, says one can’t invest just on hope
  • $250 billion opportunity to invest in renewables: Piyush Goyal
  • India is on an extremely slow path to economic recovery: Report
  • Sensex falls for 3rd day in a row, ends 243 points down, Nifty closes at 7,717
  • Oil prices extend losses on US oil inventory, manufacturing data
  • Cabinet clears extension of compensation part of Land Act to 13 other central laws
  • SAIL to spend Rs 7,500 cr on modernisation, expansion
  • RBI’s new base rate formula to push banks to cut rates more
  • Hedge funds slip as markets plumb new depths in August
  • PFRDA asks intermediaries to comply with FATCA rules
  • Monsoon deficit not to impact sales, says Tata Motors

 

Retail News Round Up_Aug 06,2015

Retail News :

  • Airtel’s Mobile Internet Revenues Up 68% Year On Year To Rs 2647 Crore
  • Tv Today Broadcast Biz Revenues Down 4% Yoy To Rs 124.65 Cr
  • Rural Internet Users, Local Content To Drive Growth In User Base: Iamai
  • Airtel Money Africa’s Total Transaction Value At $3.33b In Q1-Fy16
  • Zeotap Secures $6.4m From Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital & Others

  • Way2news App Launched News Snippets In Telugu, Hindi & English
  • Taxiforsure Shuts Down As Independent Brand Will Continue As Ola In 22 Cities
  • Rbi To Raise Spending Limits On E-Wallets
  • Sony, Thompson To Resume Manufacturing In India After A Decade Under ” Make In India “
  • Samsung To Invest Upto $1 Billion In Uttar Pradesh; Sony Will Start Manufacturing As Well
  • Ford Will Open Rs 6000 Crore Factory In India Under ” Make In India “
  • Foxconn, Softbank And Bharti To Invest $20 Billion In Solar Energy
  • Foxconn Will Create 10 Lakh Jobs In India And Manufacture Iphone
  • Lg Announced Rs 1000 Crore Investment For Domestic Manufacturing Under “Make In India “
  • Hero Group To Manufacture Electronics Products In India
  • Microsoft And Motorola Will Start Local Manufacturing Under “ Make In India “
  • Gionee Will Kickstart Local Manufacturing Of Their Phones Under “ Make In India “
  • Lenovo Will Manufacture Smartphones In India Under “ Make In India “
  • Airtel Will Make Set-Top Boxes “Make In India “
  • Japan To Establish 11 Industrial Townships & Double Their Investment
  • Rs 4.5 Lakh Crore Investments Pledged During Digital India Week
  • Lava Pledges Investment Of Rs 2615 Cr To Scale Up Production To 18 Million Units Per Month

 

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