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Retail Asia22/09/2022

Reliance Retail, run by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd, is in advanced talks to get the rights for beauty retailer Sephora in India, the Mint newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Sephora’s operations will transfer from Arvind Fashions Ltd to Reliance Retail if an agreement is reached, according to […]

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Retail Asia30/08/2022

India’s telecom leader Reliance said on Monday it is working with Alphabet’s Google to launch a budget 5G smartphone as it laid out a $25 billion plan for introducing the next-generation wireless services within two months. Speaking at the company’s annual general meeting, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani said Jio’s 5G network will be the world’s largest, launching in […]

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Retail Asia08/07/2022

Reliance Retail Ltd on Wednesday announced its long-term partnership with Gap and plans to bring the iconic American fashion brand to India. “Through a long-term franchise agreement, Reliance Retail has become the official retailer for Gap across all channels in India,” said a joint statement. Reliance Retail will introduce Gap’s offerings to Indian consumers through […]

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Retail Asia19/01/2022

Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on Tuesday said India is on the path of encouraging ease of doing business and stressed that the government is production-minded and not revenue-minded. In a tweet, Agarwal said trust, talent, and technology are the cornerstones of development. ”We fully agree with PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji at #DavosAgenda that it’s […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2022

Amazon and Future Group have been stuck in a contentious business conflict for more than a year, which has stalled Futures $3.4 billion cash transfer to US rival Reliance Industries, with no end in sight. Here’s what the controversy is about, which is thought to be the driver of who has a say in one […]

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Retail Asia23/12/2021

According to data issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), total wireless subscribers reached 1,166.30 million at the end of October 2021, with the urban areas accounting for 637.44 million and rural areas totaling 528.86 million. As on 31 October, 2021, private access service providers held 89.99% market share of wireless subscribers, with […]

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Retail Asia07/10/2021

Reliance Industries Ltd’s retail arm said on Thursday it would roll out 7-Eleven convenience stores in India, days after Future Retail Ltd ended a similar deal with the US chain. Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd will open the first 7-Eleven round-the-clock convenience store in a neighborhood in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on Oct 9. The […]

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Retail Asia20/07/2021

Reliance Retail is to buy nearly 41 percent of search and database firm Just Dial for US$468.84 million. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Retail will also make an open offer to public shareholders of Just Dial to acquire an additional 26 percent, according to regulatory requirements. Reliance has been on an acquisition spree to ramp up […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2021

A struggling 261-year-old U.K. toy-store chain is seeking a new lease of life in the hands of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, who’s looking to India where about a fifth of the world’s babies are born to fuel its revival. Hamleys, a British retail icon that hasn’t made a profit for a number of years, plans to […]

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Retail Asia10/03/2021

Through this acquisition, RJIL’s total owned spectrum footprint has increased significantly, by 55%, to 1,717 MHz (uplink+ downlink). RJIL has the highest amount of sub-GHz spectrum with 2X10 MHz contiguous spectrum in most circles. It also has at least 2X10 MHz in 1800 MHz band and 40 MHz in 2300 MHz band in each of […]

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Retail Asia23/12/2020

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to restrain Jeff Bezos-led Amazon from interfering in Kishore Biyani-headed Future Retail’s $3.4 billion deal with Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Retail by writing to statutory authorities. The order was pronounced by a Single Judge Bench of Justice Mukta Gupta in the suit by Future Retail Ltd after an Emergency Arbitrator of the Singapore International Arbitration […]

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Retail Asia08/05/2020

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is holding talks to purchase a controlling share in e-commerce pharmacy business Netmeds. The talks, which according to the Economic Times are in advanced stages, could see a Reliance subsidiary pay US$130–150 million for the shares and fund a potential expansion of operations. The deal, if it goes ahead, will be […]

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Retail Asia07/05/2020

India’s Reliance Retail opened 1533 new stores last fiscal year, taking its network to 11,784 as it boosts its strength across the food, fashion, and digital sectors. In results published this week the company says pre-tax earnings grew 55.7 percent to Rs 9654 crore (US$12.75 million) on sales up 24.8 percent to Rs 1.63 lakh […]

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Retail Asia26/03/2020

Reliance Retail Ventures Limited has bought Indian retailer Shri Kannan Departmental Store for US$20 million. “The investment will further strengthen the group’s retail operations and presence in the state of Tamil Nadu and will further enable retail and new commerce initiatives,” said a spokesperson for Reliance. With this acquisition, Reliance Retail has started a “new […]

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Retail Asia06/03/2020

Indian conglomerate Reliance Brands is planning to launch a luxury fashion in the e-commerce portal through its online fashion site Ajio. The launching of the e-commerce portal is aimed at widening the company’s market share as online marketing in the country booms. The move pitches the company against established e-commerce players including Flipkart, Amazon and […]

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Retail Asia10/02/2020

Indian retailer Reliance Brands is to launch Spanish fashion label Balenciaga in India. The move comes shortly after Reliance signed a deal to bring US luxury jewelry brand Tiffany and Co to India last July, with the first store opening last month in New Delhi. The first Balenciaga in India store will open in the Jio […]

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Retail Asia07/02/2020

Reliance Industries has entered India’s online grocery retailing market via a new e-commerce platform JioMart, which started pilot trials last month in Mumbai. Through JioMart, it is planning to offer more than 50,000 products and connect 30 million offline retailers with more than 200 million households across the nation. The value chain created by JioMart […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2020

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is launching a Michelin-star restaurant in Mumbai in partnership with Italian luxury firm Emporio Armani. The first Armani Cafe venue is set to open in the firm’s upcoming luxury Bandra Kurla mall, the Jio World Centre. Armani restaurants have opened in several major cities among 20 international locations. Reliance is the […]

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Retail Asia08/01/2020

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries is moving to take on Amazon in India by founding a new digital retail platform. The firm, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has of late been engaged in testing to refine its new online shopping portal JioMart, which is expected to list more than 50,000 grocery items. Select customers who pre-register […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2019

The Reliance-Tiffany partnership in India will allow Tiffany & Co to offset subdued demand in US and Europe, says data and analytics company GlobalData. The US-based luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co formally announced last week it was forming a joint venture with India’s Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), a part of the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), […]

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