Handset companies step up focus on offline retail channelsAs the festive season approaches, handset brands in India are shifting their focus to offline retail channels from online platforms. This s...
12 Sep, 2023, 11.31 AM IST
'Xiaomi looking to leverage offline channel to regain lost share'Xiaomi India, which saw shipments decline by a sharp 44% in Q1 2023, as per Counterpoint Research, has released over a dozen job listings t...
24 May, 2023, 12.42 AM IST
Xiaomi India's director of offline sales operations Sunil Baby resignsBaby's resignation comes after the company's managing director, Manu Kumar Jain, had stepped down from his position, and moved to Dubai.
12 May, 2022, 07.58 PM IST
Anti-competitive, monopolistic and a felony in aiding e-commerce: Mobile retailers on Xiaomi’s offline strategyMobile handset retailers, in a response to Xiaomi India's recent letter, has replied saying the smartphone company’s approach towards mainl...
03 Sep, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Offline retailers write to Xiaomi, protest against online bias for Redmi Note 10Xiaomi has close to 3000 exclusive Mi stores, 75 Mi Homes and 10,000 retail points in its offline network. Retailers said that only the com...
31 Mar, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Xiaomi, Samsung to bring parity to online and offline launchesThese two companies have communicated to retailers Monday after the All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) said last week that unle...
14 Jan, 2020, 07.53 AM IST
Offline traders warn of Xiaomi, Samsung boycott over online discountingRetailers have been relentlessly campaigning against exclusive deals, cashback offers, etc, by the two.
11 Jan, 2020, 12.56 PM IST
Xiaomi bullish on offline expansion, ropes in Reliance DigitalAt present offline accounts for 20 per cent of the sales in India, the rest coming from online including its own store Mi.com, which has do...
06 Jan, 2020, 01.30 PM IST
Xiaomi India's Deepak Nakra joins Realme as sales headAt present, Vivo and Xiaomi are the two leading smartphone makers who have taken ownership of their retail operations in the country under ...
12 Jul, 2019, 07.56 PM IST
Samsung, Vivo & Oppo intensify offline battle to take on XiaomiHaving entered the offline market less than two years ago, Xiaomi claims that it has cornered over 20% of the offline market across India.
08 Jun, 2019, 10.02 AM IST
Xiaomi to significantly expand offline presence in IndiaThe country’s largest smartphone maker Xiaomi plans to significantly expand its offline retail footprint this year to expand sales, includi...
15 Mar, 2019, 10.24 PM IST
Xiaomi to set up 5,000 offline stores in rural India by 2019-endIndia's largest smartphone vendor Xiaomi said Tuesday it will set up 5,000 Mi Stores across rural India by the end of 2019, a move that is ...
20 Nov, 2018, 05.39 PM IST
Xiaomi expects 50% smartphone sales to come via offline by early next yearAccording to research firm IDC, Xiaomi led the Indian smartphone market with 30.3 per cent share in the January-March 2018 quarter, which r...
10 Jun, 2018, 02.59 PM IST
Retailers get hurt as Samsung-Xiaomi war intensifiesThe two companies have been trying to dominate the retail space since July when Xiaomi stepped up efforts to rope in leading offline stores...
14 Sep, 2017, 01.14 PM IST
Xiaomi bets big on offline sales model for India growth storySo far, Xiaomi has its flagship offline store in Bengaluru, with plans to step into Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, and Hyderabad.
07 Jun, 2017, 06.38 PM IST
Xiaomi announces its first Mi Home in India, plans 100 more in 2 yearsMi Home stores are Xiaomi's exclusive offline retail stores that allow Mi customers to experience and purchase Xiaomi's latest products und...
11 May, 2017, 04.26 PM IST
Xiaomi ropes in two companies to push offline salesThe new partners will implement Xiaomi’s direct-to-retail model, developed specially for the Indian market - where they will supply directl...
11 Jul, 2016, 02.29 AM IST