Today’s M & A Deals_April 05,2016

M & A Deals :

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“If you’re a retail investor, you have set aside some of your hard-earned money for investment or to create a nest egg, for your kids or family.”

– Vito Fossella

 

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Retail News Round Up_March 18,2016

Retail News :

  • DLF sells Saket shopping mall to subsidiary for Rs904 crore to streamline and monetize its existing assets Livemint
  • Kotak Mahindra Capital and ICICI Securities exit Infibeam IPO over pricing disagreement
  • Statistics Ministry planning to include ecommerce in calculation of CPI
  • Flipkart arm Ekart ties up with Apollo Pharmacy for delivery and pickup services
  • Nike unveils its first self-lacing sneaker
  • Kalyan Jewellers to open 7 showrooms in Qatar
  • HUL sells off its rice brands to LT Foods
  • Xiaomi goes Apple way, seeks 30% local sourcing relaxation in retail application
  • Amazon Was In Talks With Flipkart for a Possible Acquisition
  • HDFC Bank Launches SmartUp – A Banking Solution Specifically For Startups
  • Paytm targets seller base of 5 lakh by FY17-end
  • Mobikwik goes hyperlocal, launches ‘Explore Nearby ‘

 

“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.”

– William Feather

 

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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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Retail News Round Up_ Jan 29,2016

Retail news :

  • Myntra, Jabong to reduce discounts in a bid to check mounting losses and to steer towards profitability
  • Ecommerce majors Amazon, Flipkart together rented about 3.6 million square feet warehouse space in 2015
  • Paytm plans to triple gross merchandise value to $10 billion by December’16
  • In U-turn, Centre may allow FDI in multi-brand retail
  • Founders of Paytm, Zomato sign petition urging PM Modi to ensure net neutrality

  • Flipkart to launch an exchange programme, starting with smartphones and television sets
  • Snapdeal to add new features like product selfies, enhanced order-tracking to improve user experience
  • GreenDust launches its mobile website
  • Flipkart partners with Udacity to hire graduates based on Nanodegree projects
  • Being Human Clothing to enter activewear category
  • Patanjali eats into Colgate’s toothpaste market share
  • Gurgaon-based startup Pluss ties up with Baba Ramdevs Patanjali Ayurved
  • Walmart launches entrepreneurship prog for women businesses
  • Global cos testing Indian mkt through online route
  • Companies go extra mile to indulge kids with wearable gadgets, digital books
  • 5G Mobile Networks are here! Stockholm World’s First City to Experience It

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“RETAIL IS A CUSTOMER BUSINESS. YOU’RE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THE CUSTOMER—SOLVE SOMETHING FOR THE CUSTOMER. AND THERE’S NO WAY TO LEARN THAT IN THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE CORNER OFFICE…”

– ERIK NORDSTROM, PRESIDENT, NORDSTROM DIRECT

 

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Retail News Round Up_Dec 15,2015

Retail News :

  • Alibaba agrees on $266 million acquisition deal with South China Morning Post
  • PayWorld planning to raise around $50 million
  • Pepsi is launching a new kind of Gatorade in 2016
  • Xiaomi to sell Red Mi Note Prime on Amazon.in, Mi.com from December 15
  • Google Just Hinted at Split-Screen Multitasking in Android N
  • ‘Facebook at Work’ Finally Launching Soon
  • Datawind To Unveil a Rs 3,000 4G LTE Smartphone with 1 Year Unlimited Browsing!
  • Snapdeal launches billion-dollar loan plan for its merchants
  • Teesort eyes Rs 500 crore sales in 2-3 years, overseas foray
  • Trade and industry bodies to start a special campaign to ‘save GST’

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“Mutual funds give people the sense that they’re investing with the big boys and that they’re really not at a disadvantage entering the stock market.”

-Ron Chernow

 

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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

 

Retail News Round Up_Aug 22,2015

Retail News :

 

  • Future Group firm sells 2.02% stake in Pantaloons
  • Philips appoints an Indian CFO for the first time
  • After SRSGrocery.com, SRS Group to open 3 more online portals
  • Connect India in talks with Flipkart, other e-commerce firms to enhance delivery and distribution
  • FirstCry spends around Rs 20 crore; hands out one million gift boxes to moms in hospitals
  • Prabhat Dairy’s Rs 300-cr IPO to hit capital markets on August 28
  • Starbucks is transforming coffee shops into bars
  • Like Xiaomi & Microsoft, Micromax plans to develop own OS across platforms
  • Government frames policy for e-marketing of handloom products
  • IntelligenceNODE raises $4M from NEA & Orios Venture Partners
  • Aditya Birla Group launches startup incubator Bizlabs

 

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Retail News Round Up_Aug 11,2015

Retail News :

 

  • E-commerce firms like Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm and others embark on a hiring spree
  • Ecommerce cos like Zomato, Yepme offer 200% more than offline brands to sign up Bollywood celebs
  • Paytm armed with a war chest of Rs 3,200 crore for acquisitions in e commerce space
  • Flipkart, Snapdeal report strong jump in sales
  • E-tailers like Flipkart, Snapdeal and others pitch for 4G for enhanced shopping experience
  • Zomato, TinyOwl and Swiggy in talks to raise about Rs 1,000 crore
  • Ecommerce firms like Paytm, Snapdeal to give credit score based on online purchases
  • Zomato seeking small stakes in food ordering start-ups abroad
  • MobiKwik aims to process $5 billion transactions in next 2 years
  • Flipkart crosses 150 million products sales mark
  • United States Food and Drug Administration clears Nestle’s Maggi
  • Indian Angel Network Invests Rs 10 crore in Wow!
  • China’s Alibaba to take $4.6 bn stake in retailer Suning
  • Xiaomi launches Redmi 2 Prime, first to be assembled in India; announces Foxconn tie-up
  • Smartphone-driven sales to grow to 40 million by 2016

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