Mergers & Acquisitions
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 12, 2019 - 1 min readHong Kong-headquartered Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is eyeing to launch five more hotels in India by 2024. For this expansion, the hospitality company is evaluating locations like Mumbai, Goa, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Shangri currently has two hotels in the country, in Delhi and Bengaluru John Northern, Executive Vice President for the Middle East, India & ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 09, 2019 - 1 min readTBIL, The British Institute of Language & Overseas Education, is targeting to open 50 more centres in the next couple of years in India. Currently, TBIL has altogether 9 centres across the country. TBIL is one of the leading educators focusing on all diverse education & training sector, thereby empowering the career-aspiring youth with massive ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 09, 2019 - 1 min readAditya Birla Wellness Private Limited (ABWPL) has partnered with Fitternity, one of the largest and fastest growing preventive healthcare company in India. With this partnership, ABWPL will strengthen its product offering by providing access to the largest network of gyms and fitness studios across the country. ABWPL is a digitally enabled wellness and rewards programme ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 08, 2019 - 1 min readUS-based 800° Woodfired Kitchen is seeking franchise partners for expansion in India. It allows the consumer to fully customize their favorite Neapolitan pizza from the base, offering a range of specialty pizzas. 800° Woodfired Kitchen also provides rotisserie meats, salads, bowls, veggies and more. The reason for calling it 800° is that the temperature of ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 08, 2019 - 1 min readThe Brew Kitchen is eyeing expansion on pan India scale. The Hyderabad-based company will be expanding through a franchise model. The Brew Kitchen plans to launch outlets in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Moving forward, the brand is also aiming to expand in international markets. The Brew Kitchen is serving a ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 06, 2019 - 2 min readPayU, the payments and fintech business of Naspers, has acquired a majority stake in Red Dot Payment, a Southeast Asia-focused online payment solutions provider. This transaction helped PayU to expand into the Southeast Asia region. With this move, PayU moves forward with an aim to become the leading payments solution provider in high-growth markets and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 06, 2019 - 1 min readEuropean brand VOI Jeans is planning to expand its footprint in Tier II cities in India. It is also eyeing to double its turnover by 2021. The brand will open 20 more exclusive outlets in the next two years. This expansion plan is in line with VOI Jeans’ strategy to provide high fashion products at ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 05, 2019 - 1 min readPaniq Escape Rooms is planning to soon invade locations like India, Bahamas and Atlanta. The brand already has its presence in locations like Hollywood, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Phoenix, Dallas, Islamabad, Chicago, Houston, New York City, Miami, Hungary, and Washington D.C. Hungary-based Paniq Escape Rooms’ inception happened in 2012. The brand stepped into the market ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 05, 2019 - 1 min readEd-tech platform upGrad has acqui-hired CohortPlus, an online community for product managers and data science enthusiasts. The acquisition will help upGrad to reach a wider audience with the help of its online learning solution and CohortPlus’ access to the product manager and data scientist community. The consumer insights garnered through CohortPlus will also be helping ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 04, 2019 - 1 min readChurned Creamery, an American classic icecream store started in California, United States, is actively seeking master franchisees in India. The brand aims to launch 100 franchises by the next year. Amy Hsiao, CEO/President, Churned Creamery, said, “Churned Creamery was started in 2016, and received overwhelming success in the first year. The brand has expanded its ...