High smartphone prices fuel demand for refurbished smartphonesCounterpoint Research estimates growth for the refurbished phones market to grow 13% on year this year, compared with 25% in 2021. The rese...
06 May, 2022, 10.29 AM IST
ETtech Deals Digest: WayCool Foods, Lead School, Refyne raise fundsAgritech startup WayCool Foods, Edtech firm Lead School and salary-on-demand platform Refyne were among the startups that raised funding th...
14 Jan, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Exclusive: Thrasio’s $500M India bet; Pepperfry assembling IPOThrasio, which pioneered the house of brands model of ecommerce, plans to invest $500 million in India, and that’s just for starters. Peppe...
14 Jan, 2022, 06.46 AM IST
Musk tweets on India ‘challenges’, govt calls it pressure tacticTesla hasn’t been able to gain a foothold in India, its largest untapped market. When a Twitter user asked CEO Elon Musk for an update on t...
13 Jan, 2022, 08.54 PM IST
Flipkart group acquires electronics recommerce platform Yaantra for $40 millionWith the acquisition of Yaantra, Flipkart said it will give the company greater access to affordable refurbished smartphones.
13 Jan, 2022, 06.26 PM IST
Refurbished mobile phones flying off shelves in pandemicRefurbished smartphones are handsets owned by someone else and then have been restored and sold in a working condition by a reseller. Like ...
30 Aug, 2021, 07.30 AM IST
Smartphone prices may rise ahead of festive season as component rates hikedFor leading smartphone brands including China’s Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Realme and OnePlus who are pre-building inventory for the festive seaso...
02 Sep, 2020, 11.55 PM IST
Refurbished phones demand surges amid supply crunch for new devices“We have been witnessing a sudden increase in demand for refurbished phones in the last two-three days,” said Nakul Kumar, chief operating ...
28 Jun, 2020, 09.41 PM IST
Refurbished, pre-owned smartphones rack up numbers as incomes shrinkOmni-channel goods’ resellers such as OLX, Quikr, Cashify and Yaantra are witnessing a flow in demand towards the organised refurbished and...
28 May, 2020, 10.30 AM IST
Pre-owned phones gain amid slumpRefurbished smartphone sellers expect market to grow 25% in FY20
17 Sep, 2019, 07.18 AM IST
Yaantra raises $3.1-million bridge fundThe Delhi-based startup had last year raised $6 million in Series-A fund from the same investors.
05 Oct, 2017, 09.12 AM IST
Former RCom chief Vinod Sawhny joins YaantraSawhny, who is a consumer retail and telecom veteran, served Bharti Retail, Bharti Airtel, Spice Communications, and Godrej GE Appliances L...
11 Feb, 2017, 12.45 PM IST