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Alibaba Led UCWeb to Invest Rs 200 Cr in India

20Jan By NitishNo Comments

BUSINESS, CHINA

Alibaba Led UCWeb to Invest Rs 200 Cr in India

Alibaba Mobile Business Group firm UCWeb plans to invest Rs 200 crore in India and Indonesia over the next two years to push distribution of user generated content through its UC News platform. "We will invest Rs 200 crore over the period of 2 years in India and Indonesia to push user generated content like blogs, short videos, non conventional news feeds. Around 60 percent of it (Rs 120 crore) will be invested in India," Kenny Ye, General Manager, Overseas Business for Alibaba Mobile Business Group told Pixr8. He said that the earmarked investment does not include hiring and other business expenditure but will focus only on content generation and distribution. "We will provide people with We Media platform where anyone can register and start publishing content. We are seeing huge...

19Jan By NitishNo Comments

BUSINESS

Droom Expects Rs 75 Cr Revenue in FY’17

Droom, an online marketplace for automobiles, expects to close this fiscal with a revenue of Rs 75 crore on the back of strong sales on its platform for both new and used cars. Droom is expected to touch net annual revenues of Rs 60-75 crore by March 2017 with an annualised GMV in the range of INR 2,500-3,000 crore, Droom said in a statement. Droom is eyeing net annual revenues of Rs 125-150 crore by December 2017, it added. "The company is targeting annualised GMV of INR 4,500-5,000 crore and net annual revenues of Rs 125-150 crore by December 2017, as it ramps up its operations to firmly consolidate its position as the best brand in the Indian online automobile market space," it said. It added that orders placed through the platform grew from 8,232 units in 2015 to 49,974 uni...

Housing.com & Tata Housing Collaborate To Develop Digital Marketing Platform For Projects

27Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Housing.com & Tata Housing Collaborate To Develop Digital Marketing Platform For Projects

Realty portal Housing.com has tied up with real estate major Tata Housing to create an exclusive digital marketing platform for the sale of existing inventories and launch of new projects. Housing.com and Tata Housing have formed a partnership as part of which the realty portal would "offer a full stack solution by creating an exclusive integrated pan-India brand platform showcasing their current inventory (premium homes as well as Tata Value Homes) as well as exclusive launch of their upcoming projects." As part of this partnership, Housing.com will implement a wide gamut of solutions that include interactive tools like Virtual Reality, creation of exclusive content through Housing.com design studio, leveraging Housing News, IREF platforms as well as Housing.com events and brand pla...

World’s No. 1 Footwear Maker Nike Reported Better Quarterly Revenue

21Dec By AdityaNo Comments

BUSINESS

World’s No. 1 Footwear Maker Nike Reported Better Quarterly Revenue

Nike Inc, the world's No. 1 footwear maker, reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue, helped by higher demand from Western Europe, Greater China and emerging markets. The company's shares were up 4 percent at USD53.89 in after-market trading on Tuesday. Nike's net income rose to USD842 million, or 50 cents per share, in the second quarter ended Nov. 30, from USD785 million, or 45 cents per share, a year earlier. Revenue climbed to USD8.18 billion from USD7.69 billion. Analysts on average had expected revenue of USD8.09 billion, according to Thomson Reuters.

Paytm’s Net Loss Rise To Four-Fold to Rs 1,549 for FY’16-17

13Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Paytm’s Net Loss Rise To Four-Fold to Rs 1,549 for FY’16-17

E-wallet service provider Paytm’s losses grew four-fold to Rs 1,549 crore in FY’16, the Times of India reported on Tuesday citing documents filed with the Registrar of Companies. It had reported a loss of Rs 372 a year ago compared to a profit of Rs 5 crore during FY’14. According to the report, Paytm’s founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma drew an annual salary of Rs 3.1 crore in FY’16. Last week, Sharma sold 1 percent stake in the company for Rs 325 crore to fund his payments bank. Paytm is said to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of PM Modi’s demonetisation drive. The company expects to hit 2 billion transactions by the end of this year. One97 Communications, the firm that owns Paytm will restructure its current business in preparation of its upcoming Payments Bank. As per the direct...

150 Rs War- Idea And Airtel Launched New Plans To Counter Reliance Jio and BSNL

9Dec By NitishNo Comments

BUSINESS

150 Rs War- Idea And Airtel Launched New Plans To Counter Reliance Jio and BSNL

Incumbent telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular today made an attempt to match free 4G service of Reliance Jio by launching two identical schemes offering free calls and limited mobile internet use priced at around Rs 150 and Rs 350 with 28 days validity. To match Jio unlimited calling plan, Airtel and Idea today announced scheme priced at Rs 345 and Rs 348 respectively that will allow their customers to make unlimited calls to any network in the country. Both the companies will provide 1GB of 4G data to customers with 4G mobile phone and 50 MB for non-4G mobile handset users under the plan. At lower amount of Rs 149 and Rs 148 respectively, Airtel and Idea has started offering free calls within their network. Both the companies will provide 300 MB of 4G data to customers...

E-grocery Platform BigBasket Target 300% Growth, Rs 2,000 crore Revenue at Fiscal End

5Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

BUSINESS

E-grocery Platform BigBasket Target 300% Growth, Rs 2,000 crore Revenue at Fiscal End

With people becoming comfortable buying even milk and bread online, e-grocery platform BigBasket today said it has seen 300 per cent growth in revenue in the past one year and expects to cross the Rs 2,000 crore-milestone by the fiscal-end. With four million registered customers, the Bengaluru based firm expects to become profitable by March 2018. "In the past year alone, we have seen over a 300 per cent growth and continue to grow by 10 per cent on a month-on-month basis. We hope to triple revenues to Rs 2,000 crore by March 2017," BigBasket co-founder Vipul Parekh told Pixr8. Parekh added that the company's revenue has grown from Rs 178 crore in FY2015 to Rs 700 crore in FY2016. "However, these numbers do not include the impact of demonetisation that has in fact, pushed our sales up ...

TeamLease Services Q2 Net Profit at Rs 9 Crore

12Nov By AnkitaNo Comments

BUSINESS

TeamLease Services Q2 Net Profit at Rs 9 Crore

Staffing services firm TeamLease Services has reported a net profit of Rs 9.03 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, a jump of 58 percent compared to the year-ago period. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 5.72 crore in the quarter ended September 2015, a company statement said. "The steps towards staffing vertical growth has gained momentum with the closure of acquisitions of ASAP Info Systems and Nichepro in the IT staffing space," TeamLease Services Managing Director Ashok Reddy said. Gross revenue of the company stood at Rs 840.88 crore for the second quarter of this fiscal with 14 percent yearly jump. "The continued focus on productivity, margin improvement and client acquisitions has seen good traction. We stay true to our core objectives and metrics of...

India’s Leading Advertiser Firm Inmobi Announced Partnership With US Based Analytical Startup Moat

29Oct By AnkitaNo Comments

BUSINESS

India’s Leading Advertiser Firm Inmobi Announced Partnership With US Based Analytical Startup Moat

InMobi, the world's largest independent mobile advertising and discovery platform, today announced a partnership with Moat to offer brand advertisers mobile video measurement and currency through both InMobi Exchange and the InMobi network. The partnership will enable advertisers to measure, among other metrics, "human and viewable" and "human, viewable, and audible" (sound, sight and motion) viewability and attention metrics across all mobile ad formats including mobile video and native advertising, as well as transact on these metrics using Moat Currency. According to Strategy Analytics, worldwide revenue from mobile video will reach $25 billion by 2021. As advertisers shift their digital ad dollars to video, ad viewability is an increasing priority for advertisers. This partnership w...

Times Internet Eyes Rs 1,000 Cr Net Revenue in FY17

25Oct By AdityaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Times Internet Eyes Rs 1,000 Cr Net Revenue in FY17

Times Internet, the digital products company owned by media conglomerate BCCL, is eyeing a net revenue of over Rs 1,000 crore during the current financial year. "Over the last four years, we've focused on changing from being a media company to a full stack product and technology company. At this time, both our net revenues and audience reach have grown 3-4 times, which makes us feel positive about the effect of our strategy," Times Internet CEO Gautam Sinha said in a statement. The company has crossed 175 million unique monthly visitors and "is on track to cross Rs 1000 crore in net revenue this fiscal year," it said. The firm owned by Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) runs over 35 digital properties including Timesofindia.com, Cricbuzz, Gaana.com, MagicBricks and MensXP, among...

ITC to Sell Entire Stake in US Subsidiary For $24 Million

10Oct By NitishNo Comments

BUSINESS

ITC to Sell Entire Stake in US Subsidiary For $24 Million

Diversified group ITC will sell its entire stake in US-based wholly owned subsidiary 'King Maker Marketing' for USD 24 million (about Rs 160 crore). King Maker Marketing, registered in the state of New Jersey, USA, is engaged in the distribution of ITC manufactured cigarette products in the US market. The Corporate Management Committee has approved divestment of company's entire shareholding in King Maker Marketing, Inc, USA, a wholly owned subsidiary, along with assignment of certain trademarks owned by the company," ITC said in a BSE filing. It further said: "An agreement for this purpose has been entered into on October 8, 2016... The consideration to be received is estimated around USD 24 million in terms of the share purchase agreement and subject to regulatory approvals and ...

InnoVen Capital Invests $20 Million in 15 Deals

7Oct By AdityaNo Comments

BUSINESS

InnoVen Capital Invests $20 Million in 15 Deals

ANI- Asia's leading venture debt and specialty lending business InnoVen Capital has announced deals funded in the second quarter for FY17. The company has provided venture debt worth over $20 million in 15 deals across new clients on-boarded and existing portfolio companies that have exhibited strong performance. Among the new clients that InnoVen Capital has added to its growing portfolio are: OYO Rooms - Indian hotel brand that owns and operates as well as aggregates standardized hotel rooms, RAW Pressery - fresh cold pressed juices, and Rentomojo - online furniture rental platform. Between July and September this year, InnoVen as a platform has also closed its first two cross-border deals with Capillary Technologies and Simplilearn, in order to cater to their global aspirations an...