Innovative Retail, which runs BigBasket, has more than doubled its business to cross the Rs 1,000-crore sales mark in FY17, indicating the growing preference for online grocery-shopping in India despite sluggish trends in the broader consumer market…READ MORE
KEEP READINGBigbasket, an online supermarket, signed a three-year e-procurement deal with SourceEzy Technologies Pvt. Ltd, an e-procurement software and consulting firm here to source over 100 crore in the next three years…READ MORE
KEEP READINGBengaluru-based online grocer BigBasket has raised $839 K(INR5.5 Cr) from its existing investor Trifecta venture debt fund…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWhile mobiles launching online first has been a norm in India for a while, FMCG is also increasingly looking to do this due to quick distribution and reach, ability to experiment and fine tune marketing…READ MORE
KEEP READING“Trent plans to shut its smaller format Star Daily, which will help them cut costs in rentals and at the same time serve those catchment areas through online,” said one of the officials…READ MORE
KEEP READINGGrocery e-tailer BigBasket is upping its game with heavy investments into its fresh produce and staples supply chain, as it prepares to take on global giant Amazon which recently received the DIPP nod for FDI in food retail…READ MORE
KEEP READINGChinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has joined investee firm Paytm Mall in the talks to pick up a stake in BigBasket, according a person familiar with the developments. Separately, India’s largest online grocer is holding fundraising talks with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings and China’s Fosun Group as well, another person said…READ MORE
KEEP READINGWhilst signing the exclusivity clause will mean Amazon is the only strategic contender to buy BigBasket during the two-month period, sources said it does not stop the online grocery player from pursuing financial investors to shore up cash…READ MORE
KEEP READINGBigBasket, run by SuperMarket Grocery Supplies Pvt, is India’s largest online grocer and operates in about 25 cities across the country…READ MORE
KEEP READINGThe fear emanates from liquidation of inventory and heavy promotions in June ahead of the goods and services tax (GST) being put in place on July 1…READ MORE
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