Harsh Mariwala founded Marico in 1987, turned it into an ₹8,000-crore FMCG company, and now, he says, he’s realised his dream of transforming it from a founder owned and led organisation to a professionally-managed one. His son, Rishabh who was part of operations very briefly earlier, will now be the trustee of the family-owned majority … Read more
Zomato along with it’s Q2 FY 22 results also announced that it has committed $275 mn across four start-ups in the last 6 months and will deploy another $1 billion over the next one to two years. Four investments of $275 mn – $100 mn for 9.3% stake in Grofers $50 mn in Curefit along … Read more
American retail giant Amazon has moved the Supreme Court, appealing against a National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order that had allowed the Future Group’s listed companies to hold shareholders’ and creditors’ meetings to clear its proposed transaction with Reliance Retail Ventures. In its application, Amazon has urged the Supreme Court to pass an order to … Read more
Abu Dhabi-based Lulu Group International has opened a shopping mall in Bengaluru after the pandemic somewhat delayed its mall development pipeline in India. Global Malls, an 800,000 sq. ft property in Rajajinagar, opened on Monday and is spread across 14 acres. The mall has a 200,000 sq. ft Lulu Hypermarket and a 60,000 sq. ft … Read more
FMCG major Adani Wilmar on Monday said it has opened 12 physical stores under the brand name “Fortune Mart” across six states and plans to start outlets across the country. “Adani Wilmar is opening physical stores under the name Fortune Mart which will exclusively sell Fortune and other Adani Wilmar brand products,” the company said … Read more
Nestle India chief Suresh Narayanan on Monday said that 2022 will likely be a “difficult year” as commodity prices are expected to rise and result in the spectre of food inflation for the manufacturers. The leading FMCG player, well known for household brand names like Maggi and Milkybar, is anticipating an escalation in the prices … Read more
Zomato announced that it is stopping it’s pilot of grocery delivery services from September 17th. Reasons mentioned by the Company – It’s inability to provide good quality customer service consistently especially due to the increased customer expectations with 15 minute delivery promise. It’s investment in Grofers that it believes would handle this segment better and … Read more
The ongoing digital transformation of the corner kirana stores, tens of millions of shops catering to 1.3 billion consumers, will matter for everyone from Unilever NV and Procter & Gamble Co. to State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender. It will also be important to Amazon.com Inc. boss Jeff Bezos and Reliance Industries Ltd. … Read more