- AVB to buy Columbian Chemicals for $800 mn
The deal may be backed with funding organised by Standard Chartered and Deutsche Bank, the sources with direct knowledge of the deal said.
- AVB Group bids for carbon black firms
The Aditya Birla group has put in bids for two foreign carbon black makers though it will eventually buy only one.
- AVB reviews garment export, rules out sale
Aditya Birla Nuvo is reviewing its garment export operations parked with wholly-owned subsidiary Madura Garments Exports Ltd (MGEL), as the...
- Global foray of Indian cos changing biz practices
India Inc’s global foray during the last few years is bringing about a significant shift in its contours and business practices. Top execut...
- AVB Group set to don Donna Karan outfits
American fashion icon Donna Karan is poised to forge a partnership with the AV Birla Group for its India foray.
- Cement cos vie for L&T's ready-mix concrete biz
Holcim, AVB Group and Lafarge, are in the race to buy engineering major Larsen &Toubro's ready-mix concrete business, L & T Concrete. Art o...
- Carrefour to fix local partner by month-end
France’s Carrefour Group, the world’s second largest retailer, is close to homing in on a local partner for its much-awaited Indian foray. ...
- Big retailers to take care of mom-&-pop stores
Govt asks big retailers to chart out India-specific strategy for organised retail, which would result in inclusive growth of mom-&-pop outl...
Local funds rich enough to play bigWe are working on distribution infrastructure, AV Birla Group financial services chief Ajay Srinivasan.
- AVB in talks with Parsvnath for hypermart
Aditya Birla group’s retail arm is close to tying up with Delhi-based Parsvnath Developers for a hypermarket and a supermarket in the capit...
- AVB eyes high-street specialty chain for men
AV Birla Group’s retail juggernaut is rolling on. This time it is hitting the high street with a specialty men’s store by next year.
- Birlas target Italian fibre firm
The AV Birla Group is understood to have made a bid to acquire Italy-based cellulose fibre company BembergCell.
- Aditya Birla Retail’s HR chief may exit soon
Aditya Birla Retail’s HR head Vijay Kashyap is learnt to be on his way out, even before the group opened its first store in the country.
- Madura Garments lines up two-way split
AV Birla Group (AVB) is set to split Madura Garments, the country’s largest branded apparel business, into two separate companies. AVB woul...
- AV Birla eyes stake in Austrian co
The AV Birla Group appears to have embarked on “friendly talks” to buy into Austria-based Lenzing, a global player in cellulose fibre.
- Railways to get on retail track with AVB group
The Indian Railways is all set to ride the organised retail boom.
- AVB picks talent off rivals’ shelves for retail venture
Even before India Inc could recover from Reliance Retail’s talent poaching early this year, the threat of yet another round of talent hunt ...