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Global single brands bet on India growth story

Global brands are looking to India for boosting their growth as more and more of them are looking for ways to enter this market. Taking advantage of the government’s decision to allow 100 percent FDI in single-brand retail, scores of brands have queued up with their proposals. So far proposals worth about Rs 855 crores have already been cleared...

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Auchan opens first retail store -- Decathalon

French group Auchan has announced opening of its first retail store, Decathalon, in Bangalore, the first big-format niche retail chain in India. The 43 billion euros (Rs 30,028 crores) French group’s venture is one of the early bird licences under a new investment policy which allows 100 per cent foreign funding of single-brand retail stores....