Ril Future deal: Amazon gets stay on RIL-Future deal

Kishore Biyani’s deal to sell off Future Group assets to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries for Rs 24,713 crore is now on hold. The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has granted an interim relief in the issue to the Jeff Bezosled Amazon, for now, two people aware of the matter said. Earlier this month, Amazon had … Read more

Pharma, FMCG push hiring activity in India by 24% in September: Naukri.com

Driven by industries like pharma, fast-moving consumer goods, education and IT, hiring activity in India saw a growth of 24 per cent in September compared to the previous month, according to a new report by job portal Naukri on Monday. Further opening up of the economy with unlock measures and increased mobility has led to … Read more

Low-profile Indian origin brothers buy British supermarket chain Asda

Walmart Inc., the American retail giant that owns ASDA, confirmed on Friday, EG Group, controlled by the Issas, and TDR Capital, a private equity firm, have together agreed to buy Asda for £6.8 billion. Under the deal, the Issa brothers and TDR Capital will secure a majority stake in the company, with Walmart, which wholly … Read more

Reliance denies plans for Amazon mega-deal

Indian conglomerate Reliance denied a report Thursday that it was planning to sell a $20-billion stake in its retail business to US rival Amazon in a deal that could upend the country’s hugely lucrative e-commerce sector. The report published by Bloomberg on Thursday said that Reliance, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, had offered … Read more

Grofers advances IPO lisiting target to 2021-end

Softbank-backed Grofers has advanced its plan to launch an initial public offer by the end of next year after its profitability path zoomed during the lockdown period, a top official of the company said. Grofers co-founder and CEO Albinder Dhindsa told PTI that the company started making operational profit in January and expects to become … Read more

Behind the Jio investment rush

That could either have meant that Jio Platforms would raise about $5.7 billion more, or sell another 10% stake. But as it turns out, the company has ended up selling an additional 12.4% stake already to global investors, and has raised $8 billion more. At the rate Jio Platforms is signing up investments—$1.3 billion per … Read more

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