Tag: retail
Reliance Retail acquires controlling stake in Just Dial for $469 million
Reliance Retail said on Friday it has acquired a controlling stake in 25-year-old Indian search and discovery firm Just Dial for $ 469 million....
Amazon acquires Indian retail startup Perpule
Amazon has acquired a startup in India that is helping offline stores go online, the e-commerce group’s latest attempt to make inroads in the...
Reliance Retail buys Urban Ladder for $24.4 million
Reliance Retail has acquired a majority stake in furniture and decor platform Urban Ladder, making a broader push into e-commerce as the largest...
India’s Reliance Retail to acquire Future Group’s units for $3.4 billion
Reliance Retail, India’s largest retail chain, has found a much simpler way to expand its dominant position in the country: Acquire most of...
Advertima rings up $17.5M for computer vision-powered behavioral analytics for in-store...
Swiss computer vision startup Advertima has raised a €15 million Series A (~$ 17.5 million) to build out a machine learning platform for physical...
Retail optimization startup Teikametrics raises $15M as it expands beyond Amazon...
Teikametrics, a startup that helps retailers optimize their online ad spending, has raised $ 15 million in additional funding. The company launched with...
Indonesia’s EV Hive raises $13.5M and expands into co-living and new...
WeWork’s battle to win co-working in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, is intensifying after one of the U.S. firm’s key rivals issued...
Retail Zipline raises $9.6M from Emergence and Serena Williams
Retail Zipline, a startup aiming to improve communication between retail stores and corporate decision makers, announced today that it has raised $ 9.6 million...
Facebook picks up retail computer vision outfit GrokStyle
If you’ve ever seen a lamp or chair that you liked and wished you could just take a picture and find it online, well,...
Grab raises $200M from Thailand-based retail conglomerate Central Group
Grab’s fundraising push continues unabated after the Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm announced that it has raised $ 200 million from Central Group, a...