Startups help malls, eateries put safety first on reopening

Shopping in your favourite mall may feel different in the post-covid world. On reaching, you could be asked to scan a QR code on an app, verified through a one-time password, allowing the mall to track your movements. An online tracking system could also inform you to leave a particular store depending on the number … Read more

JioMart gets a WhatsApp number, goes live

Three days after Reliance Retail signed a commercial pact with Facebook’s WhatsApp to further the reach of its online venture JioMart, the retailer went live in the suburban Mumbai areas of Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan. Reliance’s tie up with WhatsApp means it gets direct access to WhatsApp’s user base of over 400 million. To … Read more

Theobroma sees sales surge fourfold in 4 years

Private equity firm ICICI Venture Funds-backed patisserie Theobroma Foods Pvt. Ltd has set out on an aggressive expansion plan as it looks to multiply its sales fourfold over the next three to four years, two senior executives of the company said in an interview. “We plan to grow our sales to ₹500 crore, the number … Read more

CCI approves Amazon and Future deal

The deal was in works since the beginning of the year and recently in August Future group had announced that Amazon has agreed to pick up pick up 49% stake in Future Coupons, the promoter entity of Future Retail. The deal thereafter went for The Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) approval, which has now been … Read more

Dmart – finally, I am turning cautious !

Since its IPO in March 2017, Dmart share price has increased to more than 400% currently. Company continues to remain fundamentally strong on most parameters. However, there is something else that is changing…..