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Retail Asia20/06/2019

Creating a more simple model was the main motivation behind Singapore Airlines whittling the number of its brands from four – Scoot, Tigerair, SilkAir and Singapore Airlines to just two: Scoot and Singapore Airlines.Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong spoke about the reasons driving the consolidation of its brands during a session discussing the portfolio […]

Retail Asia07/05/2019

One year after US operators T-Mobile and Sprint finally finished the preliminaries and announced a merger, the proposed deal is under fire. Few ever thought the deal would get through regulators unscathed, but now we’re finally getting to the details. DOJ has told the two carriers that it is ‘unlikely’ to approve the deal as […]

Retail Asia10/04/2018

Bloomberg reports the bankrupt toy retailer is in talks with the e-commerce giant over the future of an unspecified number of stores which could be converted to Amazon’s growing portfolio of offline retail spaces. The company recently acquired grocery chain Whole Foods, which has 450 sites, and has been opening physical book stores in selected […]

Retail Asia26/07/2017

The Competition Commission of India has approved the proposed merger between Indian operators Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which would create the market’s largest mobile operator by subscribers. The regulator has cleared a proposal that would see Vodafone initially holding a 50% stake in the combined company, Idea’s major shareholder the Aditya Birla Group holding […]

Retail Asia21/03/2017

India’s second and third ranked mobile operators, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, have revealed plans to merge to create the India’s largest operator by market share. The companies have announced that Vodafone will combine its Vodafone India subsidiary with Idea Cellular in a deal worth around $23 billion. The combined company will have around nearly […]

Retail Asia15/09/2016

India’s Reliance Communications has arranged to merge its mobile business with rival Aircel to create one of India’s top four operators by customers and revenue. The deal is expected to be the largest ever consolidation in the Indian telecoms sector, RCom said in a stock exchange statement. Under the arrangement, RCom and Aircel’s parent company, […]

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Tigerair and SilkAir were merged into Scoot and Singapore Airlines

US DOJ likely to reject T-Mobile and Sprint merger

Amazon mulls taking over Toys R Us

CCI clears Vodafone-Idea merger

Vodafone India, Idea to merge into India’s top cellco

India’s RCom to merge with Aircel