FirstCry
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Franchise India Bureau Oct 25 2018 - 1 min readJapanese investment powerhouse SoftBank is exploring a $200 million investment in Pune-based baby and mother care portal FirstCry. If the deal goes through, it will value FirstCry at about $800-900 million, a nearly 100% increase from its current valuation of $350 million. FirstCry retails baby care products both online and offline. A person aware of ...
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Franchise India Bureau Feb 06 2018 - 2 min readReliance Brands pipped FirstCry.com to obtain the rights to operate stores of UK-based kids products company Mothercare in India. The deal will give the unit of Reliance Industries control over all Mothercare outlets currently run by DLF Brands, according to three people aware of the matter. Reliance Brands sells international labels such as Diesel, Hamleys, ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 1 min read“We would be opening about 100 new stores in 2016. This would be in continuation to our current rate of store openings. We want to be the clear market leader for baby product market in India. If you want to order for your baby’s products, FirstCry has to be ‘the ultimate destination’. Our ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 1 min readEarlier, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons backed pet portal DogSpot.in, data analytic startup Tracxn, and cashback and coupons site CashKaro - in his personal capacity.FirstCry, which has got a big name to its investors’ kitty, has rivals like Babyoye, which was acquired by the Mahindra group, and Hopscotch backed by Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Saverin, ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readMamaearth, a babycare products startup, which sells its products only through Amazon India and FirstCry.com has raised an undisclosed amount in seed round of funding led by Fireside Ventures and some HNIs, a top company executive told Techcircle.Founded in 2016 by a couple Varun Alagh and Ghazal Alagh, this startup develops baby range products including ...