Former Amul Chief RS Sodhi Roped In By Reliance Retail To Drive Grocery Biz
Reliance Retail Ventures, the retail arm of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), roped in former Amul chief RS Sodhi to lead the grocery business. Sodhi served as the former MD of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation(GCMMF) and known for the Amul brand all over India. Reliance Retail, India’s leading retail provider, decided to expand its…
Reliance To Launch ‘Independence’ FMCG Brand In Gujarat
On Thursday, Reliance announced the launch of its own Fast-moving Consumer Goods brand (FMCG) ‘Independence’ in Gujarat. With this, the company will enter the FMCG industry and sell products from staples to processed foods and other essentials. The company plans to develop Gujarat as a ‘Go-to-market’ state to excel in the FMCG business and will…
Reliance Retail Picks Up 89% Stake in Lingerie Brand Clovia
Reliance Retail Venture Limited acquired an 89% stake in women’s lingerie brand Clovia, owned and operated by Pankaj Panda fashion Private Limited. RRVL invested Rs. 950 Cr. in the company through a combination of secondary stake purchase and primary investment, as per the official statement. Clovia is launched in 2013 by Pankaj Vermani, Neha Kant…
Reliance Retail Acquires 54% Shares in Addverb For ₹ 983 Cr.
Reliance Retail Venture Ltd., the retail unit of Reliance Industries Ltd., has now acquired 54% stakes in Robotic Company, Addverb Technologies for ₹ 983 Cr. ($ 132 million approximately). Before this, Reliance has picked 25.5% stacks worth in Dunzo for $240 million. With this, the company is expecting business extension in Europe and US and…
Reliance Retail Buys 25.8% Stakes in Dunzo Worth $240 Million
Reliance has picked 25.5% stakes worth $240 million in Dunzo – a Google-backed hyperlocal delivery startup, as the largest Indian retail chain expands to the instant commerce space. Dunzo is a six-year-old startup that operates an eponymous hyperlocal delivery service in seven cities of India including Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Pune, Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad. Its…