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The retail landscape in India has been going through a transformation in recent years. From basic brick-and-mortar stores, today, the retail scene has evolved into one where customer experience, convenience and creation of wholistic social spaces are defining the...

As per a report in a financial daily, global private equity giant Blackstone Group has bought a majority stake in a retail project of real estate developer Forum Group. The Business Standard reports that the PE firm has invested about...

Apart from the favourite asset classes of office and residential, private equity (PE) has been taking increased interest in warehousing, logistics and retail real estate. PE investors and overseas developers are already looking at opportunities to enter India’s industrial...

Sizzling Real Estate Space International retailers and investors are back in the reckoning by swinging deals in prime real-estate destinations. According to a report by JLL, the FDI inflow in retail trading has increased between October 2014 and September 2015,...

Blackstone, one of the world’s leading investment firms, has zeroed in on 1 million sq ft of retail space in in L&T Realty Ltd’s Seawoods project in Navi Mumbai. The firm will pay Rs 1,450 crore for this space...

With an aggressive offer, Tech Mahindra is leading the race to acquire IT company Mphasis. It has been revealed by the people familiar with the matter that senior management at Mphasis might  turning this billion-dollar sale process into an...

As fears over swine flu spread across India, its effect is gradually being seen in the retail sector as well. Kishore Biyani, chief executive officer, Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd, said in an interview that his company saw some impact...

US private equity group Blackstone has emerged as a surprise contender to buy fashion chain New Look, which was put up for sale with a £2 billion price tag earlier this year. Blackstone met New Look’s management team in...