Pepperfry eyes Rs 3,500-crore GMV, breakeven in three yearsThe city-based marketplace, which has so far raised $160 million from a clutch of global investors like Goldman Sachs will be looking for m...
08 Jan, 2017, 12.36 PM IST
Craftsvilla.com to launch ten experience centers by March 2016The first two experience centres will be set up in Mumbai and will be followed by three in Delhi, two in Bangalore, one in Chennai, one in ...
16 Dec, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
CLSA Capital Partners may park Rs 100 crore in Holisol“The company would be issuing fresh shares to CLSA Capital Partners.Holisol would be using the funds raised for expanding its business oper...
18 Nov, 2015, 11.02 AM IST
Online retailer Flipkart starts selling furnitureOnline retailer Flipkart has started selling furniture, a move that was anticipated by many as it tries to add more high margin goods.
06 Aug, 2015, 11.20 AM IST
Pepperfry to double headcount by 2016, targets to add 2,500 staffersThe online furniture and home products company, which has raised a total of $29 million so far, is also in the process of raising another R...
05 May, 2015, 12.26 PM IST
Pepperfry homes in on 11 cities to open 20 showroomsLeading furniture and home product marketplace Pepperfry will open 20 showrooms across 11 Indian cities from next month, a top official sai...
29 Apr, 2015, 09.30 PM IST
Pepperfry to raise up to Rs 500 crore in two monthsThe company is in talks with a number of investors, including existing ones like Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Bertelsmann, for the ne...
17 Mar, 2015, 06.09 PM IST
IKEA India CEO to meet DIPP Secretary, to discuss e-commerceIKEA's India Chief Executive Officer will meet DIPP Secretary Amitabh Kant to discuss opportunities in Indian e-commerce biz and issues rel...
10 Feb, 2015, 09.41 PM IST
FabFurnish, Pepperfry & Urban Ladder: How online furniture selling ventures are flourishingThirty-year-old Vikram Chopra, cofounder of FabFurnish, admits that he does up to 10 interviews a day at times and that business is good.
14 Sep, 2014, 04.06 AM IST
Stacking it online pays off: Furniture etailers sit pretty on rising salesOnline players account for just about 1% of the Indian furniture retail market, which is expected to double to about Rs 1.2 L cr in 3 years.
01 Sep, 2014, 12.07 PM IST
Urban Ladder ties up with Daakiyaa to hire women in logistics teamOnline furniture retailer Urban Ladder has tied-up with marketing and logistics company Daakiyaa, to employ women to lead its delivery and ...
27 Aug, 2014, 05.01 PM IST
Pepperfry has raised $15 million from Bertelsmann India Investments and NorwestOnline furniture retailer Pepperfry has raised $15 million from the Indian investment arm of global publishing and media company Bertelsmann
27 May, 2014, 07.44 PM IST
Private labels help online retailers like Fabfurnish, Myntra, Jabong to boost marginAs online retail sites struggle to differentiate and shore up margins, they are increasingly focusing on their private label products.
31 Mar, 2014, 03.39 AM IST
Urban Ladder raises $5 million in Series A funding from SAIF Partners, Kalaari CapitalThe proceeds will be used to expand its footprint, products range and build its technology platform, according to a press statement release...
18 Nov, 2013, 03.34 PM IST
Quirky names help startups establish unique identityFrom Happily Unmarried to Pepperfry and Gamooz, many entrepreneurs are using unique names to communicate their company's approach to busine...
11 Nov, 2013, 03.58 AM IST
'Happily Unmarried', 'No Nasties' and 'Pepperfry': Startups choose offbeat names to stand outQuirky names help startups associate coolness to the brand, get domain names at low cost and prevent a clash with the names of bigger compa...
09 Nov, 2013, 05.56 PM IST
- Bangalore’s Zovi buys rival e-tailer Inkfruit
The two investors have pumped $10 million into Zovi post the merger. The SAIF Partners-incubated Zovi is an online private label brand.
01 Feb, 2013, 11.08 AM IST