The Indian retail giant Shoppers Stop on Friday has announced the appointment of Rajiv Suri as the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the company with immediate effect. Rajiv Suri, age 55, was appointed at this position in January. He has replaced Govind Shrikhande who will step down by the end of this month. […]
Retail chain Shoppers Stop today said it has allotted 5 per shares worth Rs 179.26 crore to Amazon.com NV Investment Holdings LLC, an investment arm of Amazon.com. According to a BSE filing by the company, it has issued of 43,95,925 equity shares of Rs 5 each at a price of Rs 407.78 per equity share, aggregating around Rs 179.26 crore, […]
Fashion retailer Shoppers Stop is looking at doubling its mobile application downloads to 2 million and 15 per cent sales through its digital touch points by 2020, a senior executive said. “We are following a four-pronged strategy to grow our business by enhancing the customer experience, offering a wider assortment, leveraging technology and focusing on […]
eCommerce giant Amazon sends a legal notice to Future Group over its asset sale to Reliance Industries.
Future Group’s founder Kishore Biyani is negotiating an agreement with Amazon that will offer the company the option to buy him out in the future. Both sides are drafting a call and put option in their share purchase agreement that will allow Amazon to call for Biyani’s stake in flagship Future Retail Limited (FRL) over the long term, possibly […]
The Gurugram-based online fashion-forward brand FabAlley has ended the financial year in March 2018 with EBITDA profitability with the help of its massive offline augmentation. The company exited the financial year 2017-18 with gross merchandise value (GMV) of INR 80 Cr ($11.85 Million). FabAlley is the ultimate Indian fashion destination for fashion enthusiasts and lovers, founded […]
Indian market bolted a notch higher when a speculated news regarding World’s biggest brick and mortar, Future Group selling its 10 stakes to a leading global retailer surfaced in mid-afternoon today. Meanwhile, within stock market to the company witnessed a gain of 5 percent. The scrip which was at 12 percent at 10:02 am rose […]
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail has become the first retailer in India to cross the $10 billion sales mark after doubling its revenue during the year that ended in March. The firm’s previous year’s revenue currently stands at ₹69,198 crore, which is the combined total of revenue from rival firms like Avenue Supermarket, Future Group, Tata […]
Kishore Biyani’s Future Supply Chain Solutions today said it will fully acquire Snapdeal’s logistics service provider Vulcan Express Pvt Ltd in an all- cash deal valued at Rs 35 crore. Future Group Founder and Chairman Kishore Biyani said in a statement that through Vulcan, the company plans to boost its last mile capabilities and also […]
After disrupting the telecom industry in India, Reliance Jio is now set to launch an ecommerce platform, leveraging its penetration and millions of subscribers. As per the reports by ET the company is working with kirana stores and consumer brands to let people buy locally using coupons via Jio Money platform or even text messages. The project […]
American venture capital firm Sequoia Capital is exploring the options to sell out its portfolio company Pine Labs, one of the country’s largest PoS (point of sale) solutions provider. According to the sources reported to ET, Sequoia Capital, who presently owns two-third of this Noida based startup, is targeting a valuation of about $1 billion […]
Bangalore, Karnataka, India- Amidst increasing digital payments preference and awareness amongst consumers, FreeCharge today announced that the number of transactions on its platform has crossed 500 million, with the value of these transactions exceeding USD 1.2 billion. Mobile recharges remain the biggest component of the transactions done on FreeCharge. Apart from recharges, nearly 20% of […]