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_ Jan 28,2016

Retail News :

  • Coca-Cola initiates talks with IPL teams to sponsor them as rival Pepsi is out
  • Ecommerce firms like Snapdeal, Flipkart go all out to woo merchants for their platforms
  • P&G grows just 2% in India in October-December quarter after exiting few low margin segments
  • Snapdeal plans to cash on ‘flash sales’ model in 2016
  • Non-IT firms like Jindal Steel, Godrej seek people with domain expertise to enhance digital presence
  • Gifting company Giftxoxo acquires Actizone
  • Kalyan Jewellers will hit the 100 showroom mark by FY17 end
  • Foodpanda finds no takers even at $10m price tag

  • Tailorman to enter Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi this year; targets touching 40 stores
  • First State Investments Management picks up stake in Marico for Rs 184 crore
  • Daily Ninja in talks to raise fresh round of funding within two months
  • FDA fines 4161 for violation of COTPA
  • Labour Ministry to move cabinet note for consultations on model Central Shop and Establishment Act
  • PayPal’s revenue beats Street view on higher transactions, customers
  • Start-up-India plan can translate the country from job-seeker to job-creator: T V Narendran
  • LeEco Expands to 300 towns in India with 555 Service Centres
  • 700 Indian Startups Plea To PM Modi,Save Net Neutrality In India and WikiMedia Says No Association With Free Basics

TRAI’s Response to Multi-Million Dollar Free Basic Campaign Will Restore Your Faith in Govt Agencies!

 

“It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers.”

-N. R. Narayana Murthy
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Retail News Round Up_Oct 31,2015

Retail News :

  • Paytm puts $10m more into Jugnoo
  • TinyOwl gets Rs 50 crore lifeline from investors
  • P&G plans to set up planning centre in Telangana
  • Swedish furniture retailer Ikea sources 35% of cotton from India
  • Bajaj Finserv Launches India’s First Consumer Durable Finance App With Instant Loan Approvals
  • Quikr Launches QuikrServices To Bridge The Gap Between Offline & Online Services Market

 

 

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