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In 2011, Myntra began selling fashion and lifestyle products and moved away from personalisation. By 2012, Myntra offered products from 350 Indian and International brands. The website launched the brands Fastrack Watches and Being Human. [12] In 2014, Myntra was acquired by Flipkart in a deal valued at ₹ 2,000 crore (US$230 million
Mukesh Bansal is an Indian entrepreneur and author known for his contributions to digital commerce, wellness, and technology.A 1997 computer science graduate from IIT Kanpur, he began his career at Deloitte before moving to Silicon Valley in 1999, where he worked at Nextag, Centrata, and newScale, gaining expertise in technology and strategy.
[41] [42] In July 2017, Flipkart made an offer to acquire its main domestic competitor, Snapdeal, for US$700 to 800 million. It was rejected by Snapdeal, which was seeking at least US$1 billion. [43] In August 2018, American retail chain Walmart acquired a 77% controlling stake in Flipkart for US$16 billion, valuing Flipkart at around US$20 ...
Jabong.com was an Indian fashion and lifestyle e-commerce portal founded by Praveen Sinha, Lakshmi Potluri, Arun Chandra Mohan and Manu Kumar Jain. In July, 2016 Flipkart acquired Jabong through its unit Myntra for about $70 million.
In 2018, Bansal exited Flipkart following the Walmart deal. [6] In 2007, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal (not related) founded Flipkart whose valuation in 2018 was $20.8 billion. [7] In 2018, Bansal held a 5.5 per cent stake in Flipkart, which he sold to Walmart and his net worth then was a little over $1 billion. [7]
PhonePe is an Indian digital payments and financial services company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. [5] [6] It was founded in December 2015, [7] [2] by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. [8]
In 2018, Walmart acquired a 77% stake in the Flipkart Group. After the acquisition, Binny Bansal assumed the role of chairman and continued as Group CEO. [18] His 5.5% stake in Flipkart was valued at $1 billion after the acquisition. [19] [20] He resigned from Flipkart in November 2018 on allegations of personal misconduct. [21]
In June 2010, Snapdeal's holding company Jasper Infotech acquired Bengaluru-based group buying website Grabbon.com for an undisclosed amount. [36] In April 2012, Delhi-based online sports goods retailer eSportsBuy.com was acquired. [37] This was followed by the acquisition of Shopo.in in 2013, which is a customer-to-customer (C2C) e-commerce ...