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BIA Brands has strategically acquired TrueKind, a trailblazer in clean, conscious, and high-performance skincare, signaling BIA Brands' foray into…
Global D2C Ethnic Wear Brand ‘Shobitam’ Acquires Fashion Brand ‘House of Blouse’
Global ethnic wear brand Shobitam, announced the acquisition of an Indian fashion house brand designing custom and designer blouses - House of Blouse…
Dabur Acquires Majority Stake of 51 pc in Badshah Masala
Dabur India has completed the acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Badshah Masala aiming to enter into the branded spices and seasoning market. …
Marico Acquires Vietnamese Beauty X Corporation for Rs 172 cr
India's consumer goods major with a turnover of Rs 95 billion Marico Ltd's subsidiary Marico South-East Asia Corporation (MSEA) has signed an…
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HUL to Acquire 51 pc Stake in OZiva and 19.8 pc in Wellbeing Nutrition
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced the acquisition of a majority stake in OZiva and a 19.8 percent equity in Wellbeing Nutrition with a total…
Baozun Acquires Gap Greater China for $40 mn
Baozun Inc., an e-commerce solution provider and digital commerce enabler in China announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Gap…
Reliance Retail Acquires Controlling Stake in Insight Cosmetics
Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) acquired a controlling stake in Insight Cosmetics, a makeup and personal care brand, said two people aware of the…
Noon Eyes to Acquire Fashion Venture Namshi
Dubai’s Emaar Properties announced that it is selling fashion e-commerce venture Namshi to Noon, an e-commerce establishment subsidized by Dubai…
Nestle India to Acquire Pet Foods Business of Purina Petcare for Rs 124 cr
FMCG major Nestle on Thursday said it will acquire the pet foods business of Purina Petcare India for Rs 123.5 crore, providing Nestle access to the…
Will Continue to Look for Acquisition Opportunities: Tata Consumer Chairman N Chandrasekaran
Tata Consumer Products Ltd will continue to look for the right acquisition opportunities in different categories to fuel its growth, the company's…
Zomato Acquires Blinkit for Rs 4,447 cr
Online food delivery platform Zomato announced it had acquired quick-commerce platform Blinkit for Rs 4,447 crore (about $568 million) in an all-…
Adani Wilmar Acquires Rice Brand Kohinoor
Adani Wilmar Limited (AWL), one of the largest and fastest-growing packaged food FMCG companies in India offering a wide array of consumer products,…
Emami Acquires Dermicool from Reckitt for Rs 432 crore
Emami has acquired Dermicool, one of the leading brands in the prickly heat powder and cool talc segment, from Reckitt for a total consideration of…
Kering Eyewear Acquires US-Based Eyewear Brand Maui Jim
Kering Eyewear has signed an agreement to acquire Maui Jim, Inc. Their complementary distribution networks and product offerings will contribute to…
Sirona Acquires IMPOWER in an All-Cash Deal
Femtech startup Sirona has forayed into the women's safety segment with the acquisition of IMPOWER.  Sirona has acquired the women’s safety brand…
Lotus Herbals Acquires 25 pc Stake in New Age D2C Brand Conscious Chemist
India's leading natural beauty care company, Lotus Herbals Pvt Ltd, announced the acquisition of 25 percent stake in Conscious Chemist, the new-age…
Flipkart Acquires Electronics Recommerce Platform Yaantra
Flipkart Group said it has acquired electronics re-commerce company Yaantra for an undisclosed sum.  The acquisition, said Flipkart, will augment…
Mensa Acquires Majority Stake in Natural Personal Care Brand Florona
Mensa Brands has acquired a majority stake in aromatherapy and natural personal care brand Florona for an undisclosed amount.  Florona is a best-…
IndiaMART Acquires 26.01 pc Stake in EasyEcom, Invests Rs 13.3 cr
Online marketplace IndiaMART has said that it has invested about Rs 13.3 crore via its wholly-owned subsidiary Tradezeal Online Pvt Ltd to acquire a…
[Acquisition Alert] Purplle Acquires Cosmetics Brand Faces Canada
Beauty and personal care e-commerce platform Purplle has acquired cosmetics and skincare brand, Faces Canada. Both the companies are backed by…
Azah Doubles Its Revenue Post Acquisition
Azah, which is a women’s wellness brand, has lately been acquired by Powerhouse91. The brand has doubled its revenue post-acquisition while growing…
10Club Acquires Aurion; Fortifies its Portfolio into Sports and Fitness Category
10club, which is an e-commerce aggregator, has rolled up Aurion, a sports and fitness equipment business. Founded by Harkirat Singh and Satvinder…
[Acquisition Alert] G.O.A.T Brand Labs Acquires Kids Clothing Brand Frangipani
Tiger Global and Flipkart Ventures-backed G.O.A.T Brand Labs has acquired Mumbai-based kids clothing brand Frangipani.  The company has also…
Waldencast Acquisition Joins Hands with Obagi and Milk Makeup via SPAC Deal
Obagi, which is a skincare company, and Milk Makeup, which is a vegan makeup brand, are joining hands through a special purpose acquisition company (…
TCPL Acquires Tata SmartFoodz, Marks Entry into 'Ready to Eat' Category
Tata Consumer Products Limited announced today that it has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100 percent equity shares of Tata SmartFoodz…
Reliance Retail Takes Hold of 'amante' from MAS Brands
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) has bought retail lingerie businesses under the 'amante' umbrella brand from MAS Brands, a wholly-owned…
GlobalBees Invests in Yellow Chimes and Absorbia
GlobalBees has announced two more investments as new-age brands, Yellow Chimes, a leading fashion jewellery brand and Absorbia, an innovative home…
Iconix Lifestyle India Buys India Trademark Rights for Lee Cooper
Reliance Brands Ltd announced that its joint venture (JV) company, Iconix Lifestyle India Pvt Ltd has acquired the India trademark rights for British…
Lotus Herbals Buys 32 pc Stake in Fixderma India
Homegrown beauty company, Lotus Herbals Pvt Ltd has acquired a 32 percent strategic stake in Fixderma India Pvt Ltd, which owns Fixderma and FCL…
[Acquisition Alert] CG Foods to Acquire Gallina Blanca Russia & CIS Business
CG Foods to acquire Gallina Blanca’s (GBFOODS) Russia & CIS Business. A binding agreement has been reached between CG Foods and GBfoods. …
[Acquisition Alert] Nykaa Acquires Home-Grown Skincare Brand Dot & Key
Beauty and fashion e-commerce platform Nykaa today announced the acquisition of the Indian skincare brand Dot & Key. This is the first D2C (…
Bella Vita Organic Forays Into Pet Wellness Category, Acquires Petveda
IDAM Natural Wellness, the parent company of Ayurvedic personal-care brand Bella Vita Organic, strikes its first strategic acquisition to enhance its…
Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd Acquires 52 percent Stakes in Ritu Kumar's Company
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL) and pioneering designer Ritu Kumar announced a collaboration to charter a new, untried interpretation of…
The Good Glamm Group Acquires The Moms Co
Good Glamm Group - South Asia's largest content-to commerce group has acquired The Moms Co., India's leading Mom & Baby D2C brand to further…
[Acquisition Alert] LVMH acquires Officine Universelle Buly 1803
Luxury group LVMH has acquired French perfume and cosmetics company Officine Universelle Buly 1803 and is planning to expand it abroad, adding to its…
Welspun One Logistics Parks Acquires Two Land Parcels in U.P and Haryana
Welspun One Logistics Parks (WOLP) backed by Welspun group entred into North India with the acquisition of two land parcels spread across Lucknow in…
Dairy.com Acquires 100 pc Stake in Dairy Tech Startup Mr. Milkman
Dairy.com, America’s leading dairy services provider, has acquired Mr.Milkman, India's leading last-mile dairy supply chain SaaS platform. Marking…
[Acquisition Alert] Dr Oetker Acquires Kuppies to Foray into Ready-to-Eat Cakes & Desserts Segment
German packaged food brand Dr Oetker has acquired Noida-based start-up Kuppies, thereby entering into the ready-to-eat cakes and desserts segment.…
Whirlpool India Acquires Additional 38 pc Stake in Elica PB India
Consumer durables maker Whirlpool of India Ltd announced that it has inked a pact to acquire an additional 38 percent stake in Elica PB India for US…
Advent to Buy Majority Stake in Eureka Forbes for Rs 4,400 crore
US private equity major Advent International has signed an agreement to buy Indian water purifier and vacuum cleaner manufacturer Eureka Forbes, the…
Suumaya Industries Acquires Minority Stake in 1-India Family Mart
Suumaya Retail Ltd., a fully-owned subsidiary of Suumaya Industries Ltd., has acquired a minority stake in the value retail chain firm Nysaa Retail…
Gap Inc. Latest Acquisition to Solve Fitting Issues with Advanced 3D Technology
San Francisco–headquartered fashion retail brand Gap Inc. has announced that it has acquired Drapr, an e-commerce start-up and online application…
[Acquisition Alert] GlobalBees by FirstCry Acquires Sustainable Home Care Brand The Better Home
New Delhi-based GlobalBees, an aggregator of digital brands, has acquired sustainable home care products company The Better Home. The firm acquired a…
[Acquisition Alert] Donear Group Acquires Mayur Brand & PV Suiting Distribution Network Globally
Leading textile and apparel maker and creator, Donear Group has announced the acquisition of Mayur Fabrics and PV Suiting Global distribution network…
Reliance Retail Acquires License to Manufacture BPL and Kelvinator Products
In the most recent development at Reliance Industries Ltd, the retail arm of the conglomerate Reliance Retail has acquired a license to manufacture…
Suumaya Industries Acquires Majority Stake of 51 pc in payAgri
Suumaya Industries Ltd. is an emerging diversified conglomerate group having recently ventured into the agri-commodity business through its 100…
[Acquisition Alert] MyGlamm Acquires BabyChakra to Foray into Baby Care Category
MyGlamm, the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) beauty retailer, has acquired the online parenting platform BabyChakra to venture into the mother and babycare…
[Acquisition Alert] Levi Strauss to Buy Apparel Maker Beyond Yoga
Levi Strauss & Co. will be acquiring apparel maker Beyond Yoga for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, the brand aims to strengthen…
[Acquisition Alert] Cashify Buys UniShop to Empower Indian Mobile Retailers
Re-commerce marketplace Cashify has acquired UniShop, an omnichannel retail solution platform, for an undisclosed sum. The new service line will be…
V-Mart Retail to Enter South India with the Acquisition of 'Unlimited' by Arvind
V-Mart Retail Ltd. (V-Mart), the value fashion retailer, has signed definitive agreements to acquire all of the existing running stores of ‘Unlimited…
YouTube to Buy Video-Based Social Commerce App simsim
Google's YouTube has signed a definitive agreement to buy video shopping app simsim as it looks to help discover and buy products from Indian…
Marico Buys Majority Stake in Apcos Naturals to Accelerate Digital Transformation
Marico Limited has announced a strategic investment in Apcos Naturals Private Limited with an acquisition of a 60 percent equity stake for an…
PharmEasy to Buy 66.1 pc Stake in Thyrocare for Rs 4,546 cr
API Holdings Limited, the parent company of PharmEasy, has signed definitive documents to acquire a 66.1% stake in Thyrocare Technologies Ltd (…
cult.fit Expands into Connected Fitness Hardware Vertical with TREAD
cult.fit, India’s leading integrated fitness and wellness platform, has acquired TREAD, a Bengaluru-based connected fitness start-up that recently…
Tata Digital to Acquire Majority Stake in Online Pharmacy 1MG
Tata Digital Limited will be acquiring a majority stake in 1MG Technologies Private Ltd, a digital health company. With this acquisition, Tata Group…
BharatPe Buys PAYBACK India to Enhance Value Proposition for Merchant Partners
BharatPe, India’s leading financial services company for merchants, has acquired PAYBACK India from American Express and ICICI Investments Strategic…
Tata Digital Buys Majority Stake in BigBasket
Tata Digital Limited, a 100 percent subsidiary of Tata Sons Private Limited, has acquired a majority stake in Supermarket Grocery Supplies Private…
PharmEasy Acquires Medlife to Create India's Largest Medicine Delivery Platform
PharmEasy, the e-pharmacy startup, has acquired peer Medlife for an undisclosed amount. This agreement skyrockets PharmEasy’s position to India's…
Ruchi Soya to Buy Biscuits Biz from Patanjali Natural Biscuits for Rs 60 cr
Ruchi Soya Industries will acquire biscuits business from Patanjali Natural Biscuits Pvt Ltd (PNBPL) in a slump sale at Rs 60.02 crore. The company,…
Lenskart Acquihires Delivery Startup DailyJoy; to Strengthen Operations
Lenskart, one of India’s fastest growing omnichannel eye-wear brands, has acquihired Hyderabad-based DailyJoy, which will enhance the technology and…
Nykaa Fashion Buys Pipa Bella; Strengthens Consumer Brands Portfolio
Nykaa Fashion, the multi-brand fashion e-commerce platform, has announced the acquisition of the progressive and trendy online jewellery brand Pipa…
Amazon Quietly Buys Australian-Based E-Commerce Platform Selz
Amazon has quietly acquired Selz, the Australian-based e-commerce platform. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The agreement was made…
Tata Consumer Products to Acquire Kottaram Agro Foods for Rs 155 Cr
Tata Consumer Products Limited (TCPL) will acquire Kottaram Agro Foods (KAF), which owns the brand 'Soulfull', for Rs 155 crore. With this…
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail to Acquire 51 pc Stake in Designer Brand 'Sabyasachi'
India’s leading fashion company, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited has announced a strategic partnership with India’s largest designer brand…
Cure.fit Acquires US-Based Onyx; Aims to Accelerate Global Offering
With a view to bolster its digital offerings in India and abroad, Cure.fit, India’s largest health & fitness company, has acquired Onyx, a…
Purple Style Labs Buys Resort Wear Label Wendell Rodricks
Mumbai-based Luxury Fashion House, Purple Style Labs (PSL) announced the acquisition of the original resort wear label Wendell Rodricks, one of the…
Reliance Retail acquires online furniture startup Urban Ladder
Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), an arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), has bought an online furniture startup Urban Ladder. Reliance…
Flipkart buys AR firm Scapic to enhance user engagement
The Flipkart Group has acquired an augmented reality (AR) company Scapic for an undisclosed amount. Scapic, a cloud-based platform, enables the…
Titan buys wearable startup HUG Innovations
Titan, a leading Indian diversified watchmaker, has acquired HUG Innovations, the Hyderabad-based wearable, and IoT platform startup. This…
Advent International buys women's innerwear brand Enamor
Advent International, the global private equity (PE) firm, has acquired women’s innerwear brand Enamor from India Alternatives, Faering Capital and…
Tata group's Trent to buy majority stake in Booker India
Trent Ltd, the retail chain of Tata group, will be buying 51% stake in Booker India Pvt Ltd (BIPL) in a cash deal of around Rs 22 crore. This…
Pernia's Pop Up Shop acquired by premium fashion platform Purple Style Labs
Purple Style Labs (PSL), a Mumbai-headquartered premium fashion platform, has acquired Pernia’s Pop Up Shop (PPUS), a leading multi-brand e-commerce…
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance to buy majority stake in Google-backed fashion portal Fynd
Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd, will buy a majority stake…
In order to boost Prime membership plan, Amazon looks to buy Uber Eats' India business
Amazon India is in early discussions to acquire Uber Eats India, the food delivery platform by the global ride-hailing firm Uber. With this, the e-…
In order to boost its global store network, EssilorLuxottica in talks to buy Dutch glasses retailer
Eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica is in talks to acquire GrandVision, the Dutch glasses retailer, in a deal worth more than seven billion euros. This…
With Finesse International acquisition, Aditya Birla Fashion to expand presence in ethnic apparel market
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited (ABFRL) has acquired 51% stake in Finesse International Design, which runs bespoke apparel retail brand…
With 2 new acquisitions, Walmart Labs to bolster its customer service & supply chain
Walmart Labs, the technology arm of US retail giant Walmart, has acquired two Bengaluru-based start-ups, FloCare and BigTrade, for an undisclosed sum…
With acquisition of PSR Supply Chain, Milkbasket to increase customer base
Milkbasket, the daily grocery delivery firm, has acquired a popular local e-grocery store in East Bengaluru, PSR SupplyChain. This acquisition will…
Madhu Jayanti aims to be a national player in Indian packet tea biz
Madhu Jayanti International has made an acquisition of Eveready’s packet tea business and its brands, including Tez Red, Premium Gold, and Jaago, for…
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail buys ethnic retailer Jaypore
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL), a part of $44.3 billion Aditya Birla Group, has acquired online-offline retailer Jaypore. With this…
Spencer's Retail buys Godrej group's Nature's Basket
Spencer’s Retail, RP-Sanjiv Group’s retail arm, has acquired Nature’s Basket, Godrej group’s premium food retailing venture, for around Rs 300 crore…
Online classifieds platform Quikr acquires Zefo
In order to scale up its pre-owned goods business, online classifieds platform Quikr has acquired Zefo, Sequoia-backed refurbished goods marketplace…
Reliance Retail in talks to acquire toymaker Hamleys
Reliance Retail, an arm of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Hamleys, the UK-based toymaker. Presently,…
Mumbai-based Vijay Sales acquires TMC Electronics
Vijay Sales, one of India's biggest retailers of electronic goods, has acquired Hyderabad electronics retail chain TMC Electronics for an undisclosed…
Skechers acquires Future Group's 49% stake in joint venture
Skechers, the US-based footwear and lifestyle firm, has acquired Kishore Biyani-led Future Group’s 49% stake in its Indian joint venture (JV). While…
Zomato buys Lucknow-based TechEagle Innovations
In order to carve a path toward drone-based food delivery in India, Zomato, an online food ordering platform, has acquired Lucknow-based startup…
BigBasket acquires majority stake in three startup ventures
Post raising $300 million from Alibaba Online grocer BigBasket has completed the acquisition of three ventures. BigBasket has acquired 100% stake in…
Foodpanda acquires Holachef
Food delivery company Foodpanda has acquired Mumbai-based food-tech venture Holachef as reported with leading media agencies. According to the…
DailyNinja acquires WakeupBasket
DailyNinja, a hyperlocal subscription-based delivery startup has acquired Hyderabad-based Wakeup Basket in a cash and equity deal as reported with…
Walmart acquires plus-sized clothing startup Eloquii
Walmart Inc is all set to acquire Eloquii, a fashion startup that sells plus-sized clothing, for an undisclosed amount as it continues to look for…
Michael Kors buys Italian fashion house Versace
Luxury goods maker Michael Kors Holdings has strike a deal to acquire Italian fashion house Gianni Versace. The cost of whole acquisition stands at…
OBOPAY acquires consumer-technology firm Mubble
Bangalore-based OBOPAY, the global financial technology company providing enterprise solutions for Telcos, BFSIs and companies with a dominant…
PVR buys controlling stake in SPI cinemas
Leading cinema exhibition company PVR Ltd has agreed to buy 71.7% stake in SPI Cinemas for Rs. 633 crore. SPI, which runs the iconic Sathyam Cinema…
Placio Acquires Paco Meals!
In another strategic move Placio, Noida-based Student Housing Start-Up has acquired a subscription based food Start-Up Paco Meals- a subscription…
FirstCry may acquire Mothercare franchisee rights from DLF brands
FirstCry.com is in talks to buy the India franchisee right for UK’s kids products brand Mothercare from DLF Brands in a bid to bolster its presence…
Essel Finance signs Business Transfer Agreement with Intec Capital
Essel Finance Business Loans (EFBL), the NBFC business of Essel Finance announced that it has signed a Business Transfer Agreement with Intec Capital…
Flipkart makes revised offer of about $950 mn to acquire Snapdeal
E-commerce player Flipkart has proposed a revised offer of between $900 million and  $950 million to buy smaller rival, Snapdeal, sources revealed.…
ICICI Securities buys 1 lakh shares in Infibeam for Rs 11 crore
ICICI Securities Primary Dealership has bought 1 lakh shares of e-commerce firm, Infibeam Incorporation, for over Rs 11 crore through open market…
Google acquires Halli Labs for undisclosed amount
Internet giant Google has acquired Halli Labs, a four-month-old artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) start-up that was looking to…
DriveU acquires Zuver in all-equity deal
Bengaluru-based on-demand driver aggregator, DriveU has acquired Mumbai-based Zuver, in an all-equity deal. Post acquisition, Sovin Hegde and…
Paytm Mall in talks to invest Rs 200 crore in BigBasket for minority stake
Alibaba backed e-commerce venture, Paytm Mall, is in talks to buy a stake in online grocery start-up, BigBasket. The online marketplace is likely…
After Snapdeal rejects $850 million buyout offer, Flipkart to make revised offer this week
E-commerce platform, Flipkart is expected to make a revised offer in the next few days for buying Snapdeal, after its first proposal of $850…
Amazon users can now use their details to log on to Souq.com
Seattle-based e-commerce firm, Amazon has completed its acquisition of Dubai-based online retailer, Souq.com, Souq.com said that users now could log…
Warnburg Pinus to invest $360 million to acquire 43% stake in Tata Technologies
Private equity firm, Warburg Pincus will invest $360 million (around Rs 2,320 crore) to acquire a 43% stake in Singapore- based Tata Technologies, a…
Amazon strenghtens its presence in grocery segment
Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion, a move that will instantly transform the company that pioneered online shopping…
Walmart announces fourth e-commerce acquisition in less than a year
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has agreed to buy online men's fashion retailer, Bonobos Inc for $310 million in cash, the retailer's fourth e-commerce…
Flipkart to own and operate eBay's business in India
E-commerce major Flipkart's proposed acquisition of eBay India has received approval from the Competition Commission. CCI has given nod to eBay…
Gitanjali acquires stake in Verite
  India’s leading jewellery brand, Gitanjali, has acquired a 15.3 per cent stake in Japanese retail chain Verite for Rs 25 crore. “With the stake in…
Samsonite buys High Sierra
  Samsonite, the world’s leading luggage brand has announced its acquisition of the U.S. based casual and adventure wear company – High Sierra.…
Snapdeal acquires eSportsbuy.com
Snapdeal.com has announced the acquisition of Delhi-based eSportsbuy.com, a portal selling sports goods and fitness equipment.  eSportsbuy.com was…