Sector: Brands
Amazon To Open Brick And Mortar Shops
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is planning to get back into brick and mortar shops as the company is looking to open large departmental store-like facilities, reported WSJ on Thursday. The stores are expected to follow the concept of the in-business departmental store brands like Macy’s Bloomingdale’s Inc. and Nordstrom Inc., but will be … Read more
Adidas agrees to sell Reebok to Authentic Brands
Adidas AG said it has agreed to sell Reebok to Authentic Brands Group for up to 2.1 billion euros, the equivalent of $2.47 billion, putting an end to months of speculation over potential buyers for the athletic brand. The sale to the brand-management company is expected to go ahead in the first quarter of next … Read more
Borosil announces benchmark setting Covid package to take care the families of the deceased employees
Shreevar Kheruka (Managing Director of Borosil Limited) announces that in the event of an unfortunate demise of any employee due to Covid – the family will be given 2 years of salary; and the education of the children of the employee will be paid till graduation in India. The above policy was made applicable for … Read more
SC rules in favour of Amazon against Future-Reliance merger deal
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favour of e-commerce giant Amazon against the proposed ₹24,713-crore merger deal between Future Retail Limited (FRL)and Reliance Retail. A Bench of Justices Rohinton F. Nariman and B.R. Gavai upheld the validity and enforceability of a Singapore-based Emergency Arbitrator (EA) award, which restrained Future Retail Limited (FRL), India’s second … Read more
Samsung leads global smartphone market in Q2 despite decline: Report
Global smartphone market grew 19 per cent (year-over-year) but declined by 7 per cent quarter-over-quarter as 329 million units were shipped led by Samsung, a report said on Thursday. Samsung retained the number one spot with shipments reaching 58 million units in Q2 2021, however, its market share declined to 18 per cent as compared … Read more
Strong growth in India, Latin America helps Apple log record $ 81.4 billion revenue in June quarter
In the past too, Apple has highlighted that it sees growth opportunities in the Indian market. Technology giant Apple witnessed strong double-digit growth in emerging markets, including India, aiding the US-headquartered firm to post record third quarter revenues of $81.4 billion in April-June, 2020, quarter. “We set a new June quarter revenue record of $81.4 … Read more
Xiaomi is world’s No. 2, beats Apple
Xiaomi has become the world’s second biggest smartphone maker over the past quarter following an 83% jump in shipments, according to preliminary estimates by Canalys. This marks the first occasion that Xiaomi, the Chinese maker of everything from rice cookers to gaming monitors, has broken into the top two, historically dominated by Samsung and Apple. … Read more