Diksha Dutta
Consumer
Naturals salon in talks with 5 PE investors to sell 40% stake for $18M
Tamil Nadu-based Venus Spa and Salon Pvt Ltd, which runs a chain of beauty salons under the brand Naturals, is ......
Consumer
The Beer Café in talks to raise up to $5M in PE funding, to open 20 outlets by 2013
The Beer Café, an alcobeverage cum quick service restaurant (QSR) chain conceptualized by former Carlsberg India MD Pradeep Gidwani and ......
Consumer
Mahindra Holidays acquires resort near Shimla
Public listed vacation ownership company Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India Ltd (MHRIL), a part of the $15.4 billion Mahindra group, ......
Consumer
Biba picks 51% in a JV with designer Manish Arora
Future Ventures-promoted Biba Apparels Pvt Ltd, a retailer of ethnic women’s wear, has entered a joint venture with fashion designer ......
Consumer
Dhoni's gym venture SportsFit looks at franchise model for India, overseas expansion through licensing
Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s privately held gym venture SportsFit Pvt Ltd is in talks with over three ......
Consumer
Yo! China founders on entering fine dining segment, overseas expansion plans
In an exclusive video interview, founders Ashish Kapur and Joydeep Singh speak on Yo! China’s entry into the fine dining ......
Consumer
Starbucks stirs up Indian coffee chain biz, but is it a ripple or storm in a cup?
As Starbucks starts serving frothy cappuccinos and frappuccinos through its first three outlets in India, it has surely attracted the ......
TMT
Sun TV Network is new owner of Hyderabad IPL team franchise, bid $80M for first 5 years
Kalanithi Maran-led media house Sun Television Network has won the bid for the franchisee rights for Hyderabad team of the ......
Consumer
How PE-funded retail backend players are gearing up for FDI
The first wave of investment, when foreign money starts flowing into multi-brand retail in the country, would be soaked up ......
Healthcare
Dr Reddy's Labs to acquire Netherlands-based OctoPlus for $36M
The country’s second largest drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, is set to acquire Octopus, a Netherlands-based specialty pharmaceutical company for €27.4 ......