Retail News Round Up_Dec 21,2015

Retail News :

  • Accel Partners sells fractional stake in Flipkart to Qatar Investment Authority for $100 million
  • Myntra takes on brick-&-mortar retailers with private brands
  • Van Heusen opens first digital store in Bengaluru
  • Rio Tinto, De Beers and other global miners to trade on Mumbais diamond centre
  • After a lull, Star Bazaar plans store expansion
  • Bisleri set to re-enter soft drinks space in 2016

  • How a small vegan community is trying to create thriving businesses in a dairy-obsessed India
  • 42 mega food parks worth Rs 2,000 crore to be set up in the country
  • Quikr adds Hindi translations among six other Indic languages
  • Reliance Jio to be launched on the 27th of December
  • The News Minute raises funding from Quintillion Media
  • WudStay launches paying guest feature

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_Aug 12,2015

M & A Deals:

  • Online grocer BigBasket raises $50M from Bessemer
  • OneAssist secures $7.5M in Series B funding led by insurance major Assurant
  • Economist to sell office to buy back part of Pearson’s stake; Agnellis to hike holding
  • Bangalore-based fintech startup Scripbox raises $2.5M from Accel Partners & others
  • Cleantech startup GIBSS raises funding from responsAbility, Infuse Ventures
  • Women-oriented job portal Sheroes raises funding from Raghav Bahl
  • Online aggregator for budget rooms WudStay acquires offline rival Awesome Stays

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