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CarDekho to open 50 offline stores in India
Automobile

CarDekho to open 50 offline stores in India

Jaipur, Oct 13th, 2020: Automobile portal CarDekho has decided to open 50 offline stores in the country within the next six months in view of rising demand for used cars, according to a senior company official. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people are looking forward to using their own car instead of public transport and, therefore, the demand for used cars has increased, particularly in the segment of $3000 to $7000 (Rs 2-Rs 5 lakh), CarDekho Group Head (Trust Mark Stores) Sharad Jaiswal told PTI. He added that the company's first store ''CarDekho Gaadi Trust Mark'' was opened in New Delhi, and the firm is planning to open 50 such exclusive stores by March 2021 to sell used cars. He said the company plans to open 50 Trust Mark Exclusive stores and 200 Retail Touchpoints by march...
New York based Vroom raises $467.5 million in US IPO
Market

New York based Vroom raises $467.5 million in US IPO

Online used car seller Vroom Inc raises $467.5 million in its initial public offering. Applied for IPO last month, Vroom priced its IPO at $22 in the US stock exchange, above the initially marketed range of $18 to $20, valuing the company at $2.48 billion. T Rowe Price Associates and L Catterton backed Vroom sold 21.25 million shares compared with the earlier plan of 18.8 million shares. The shares will trend as a VRM under Nasdaq listing on Tuesday. Recent recovery in the U.S. stock markets has led to a flurry of IPO-hopefuls entering the race. Vroom reported a more than twofold rise in sales at its e-commerce business in the first quarter of 2020 as the virus outbreak and stay-at-home orders stoked a surge in online shopping. The company, which use digital tools to clo...