USA – Haldiram’s, an Indian sweets and snacks manufacturer has partnered with Amazon’s Global Selling Program in a bid to help the company expand and increase its penetration into the US market. The deal with […]
INDIA – Online food and grocery retail in India is estimated to hit US$10.5 billion or 1.2% of the overall market by 2023, according to a recent report released by consulting firm Redseer. Redseer forecasts […]
INDIA – American online retailer and technology company, Amazon has opened its biggest campus in the globally in Hyderabad, India, as the first Amazon-owned campus outside the US. The 9.5-acre campus will house over 15,000 […]
USA – Walmart is relaunching its service to deliver groceries directly to shopper’s refrigerators at home in a move to revamp its last mile delivery service. The in-home delivery platform will serve nearly 1 million […]
UK – British online food delivery firm, Deliveroo has announced that it has raised a total of US$575 million in a Series G funding round led by American online retailer and technology company, Amazon. The […]
INDIA –The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the Samara Capital-Amazon joint bid to acquire Aditya Birla Group’s supermarket chain More. CCI informed the approval of the proposal to Witzig Advisory Services, the entity […]
ASIA – Amazon, together with the India-focused private equity firm, Samara Capital have signed a deal to acquire Aditya Birla Group’s food and grocery store, More for US$584.26 million. According to two senior industry executives […]
USA – The American retail corporation Walmart has announced a new last-mile delivery pilot programme, Spark Delivery that will see timely grocery deliveries from their stores to customer’s front doors. Walmart is rolling out the […]
ASIA – Amazon has initiated talks to acquire a minority stake in India’s food and grocery retail chain, Spencer’s Retail as it seeks to penetrate the Asian market, two people mentioned by ET Retail to […]
USA – One of the largest supermarket chains in America, Kroger together with its technology partner Nuro have started testing driverless grocery delivery at a single Fry’s Food Store in Scottsdale, Arizona. The driverless deliveries […]
