Consumer
Latest updates on news, funding, market trends, and innovations driving the consumer industry in India.
Consumer
Future Group scripting e-com enabled direct selling for its hypermarket with Big Bazaar Direct
Future Retail Ltd, which houses a string of retail chain formats, has launched a new venture called Big Bazaar Direct ......
Consumer
Music club cum resto-bar blueFrog plans pan-India, overseas expansion; eyes $10M in PE funding
blueFROG Media Pvt. Ltd., which runs two music clubs in Delhi and Mumbai that also double up as resto-bars, is ......
Consumer
Actis buys general lighting business of Halonix for $24M
Private equity firm Actis, through its affiliates Argon South Asia Ltd and Argon India Ltd, has bought the general lighting ......
Retail
McDonald's says its JV partner for half of India business Vikram Bakshi no longer heads the firm
McDonald’s, the world’s top fast food chain by revenues, said in a public notice on Friday that Vikram Bakshi, ......
Consumer
McDonald's India grew over threefold in last 5-yrs to cross $200M sales; a peek at its two franchisees
McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast food retail chain by revenues and the second largest by the number of stores behind ......
Consumer
Organic agri produce procurement firm Safe Harvest raises funding from Palaash Ventures, others
Bangalore-based Safe Harvest Pvt Ltd, which procures organic produce from farmers and sells it directly to retail customers, has secured ......
Consumer
Prabhat Dairy raises fresh funds from Proparco, may raise more next year
Ahmednagar-based Prabhat Dairy Pvt Ltd has received fresh private equity funding from Proparco, a French development financial institution. This is ......
Consumer
Morpheus Capital betting on brands focusing on tier-II & III markets, invests $6.5M in TVC Skyshop
Morpheus Capital Advisors is looking to bet on brands targeting consumers in tier-II and tier-III markets as the private equity ......
Consumer
Gramco Infratech raises $2.3M from Samridhi Fund
Gramco Infratech Pvt Ltd (Gramco), a rural-focused company that creates infrastructure to support farmers, secured its first-round of equity funding ......
Consumer
Warburg Pincus, Norwest in final lap for picking stake in fashion apparel firm Biba for over $60M
Private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Norwest Venture Partners have entered the fray to invest in Biba Apparels Pvt Ltd, ......