Walmart may launch IPO for Flipkart in as early as four years
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said on Saturday in a filing with a U.S. regulator that it may take India’s Flipkart public in as early as four years, detailing…
Walmart to buy controlling stake in India’s Flipkart for $16 bln
MUMBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc (WMT.N) will pay $16 billion for a roughly 77 percent stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart, the U.S. retailer’s largest-ever deal, in an attempt…
Amazon unsuccessfully approached UK supermarket Waitrose in 2017: Sunday Times
LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) made an unsuccessful informal attempt to buy upmarket British supermarket chain Waitrose late last year, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. FILE PHOTO: Waitrose shopping carts…
Britain’s Sainsbury’s and Asda agree 13.3-billion-pound merger
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) and Asda, the UK arm of Walmart (WMT.N), confirmed on Monday they had agreed a 13.3 billion pounds ($18.33 billion) merger to create Britain’s biggest…
Saks, Lord & Taylor hit by payment card data breach
TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Retailer Hudson’s Bay Co on Sunday disclosed that it was the victim of a security breach that compromised data on payment cards used at Saks and…