Fashion and You news and archive

Fashionandyou undertakes revamping exercise

Most e-commerce platforms are initiating various measures to remainin competition. While biggies like Flipkart and Amazon have gone way ahead of their rivals, flash sale site Fashionandyou, an e-commerce company incubated by Smile Group, is working on changing the look of its website by introducing new functionalities. After raising 10 million...

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Fashionandyou bags funds through Series D round

As per media reports, Fashionandyou, owned by the Smile Group offering luxury brands and designer apparel at discounted rates, has raised funding through Series D round. The latest fund raising has been led by Chinese discount retail specialist VIPshop’s investment arm. Existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and Intel Capital also...

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Yebhi & Fashionandyou to appeal for FDI in e-commerce

The demand for foreign direct investment (FDI) in India’s e-commerce has got more supporters. Online shopping platforms Yebhi and Fashionandyou have now decided to submit a petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allowing foreign investment in B2C companies to compete against Chinese firms. The department of industrial policy and promotion...

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Management reshuffle at Fashionandyou

Smile Group owned flash sales site, Fashionandyou.com, has announced key reshuffle of its top management in a bid to strengthen its core team and establish a strong position against its peers. Rajesh Kaul, former VP-Supply Chain at Myntra.com has re-joined as Director-Supply Chain at Fashionandyou. He earlier led supply chain management at...

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Fashionandyou.com acquires Urbantouch.com

Fashionandyou.com, the online fashion and lifestyle e-commerce company has acquired Urbantouch.com in a cash plus stock deal valued at approximately $30 million (Rs 166 crores). Abhishek Goyal, who started UrbanTouch.com in January 2011, will now join Fashionandyou.com as the new CEO and the existing shareholders of Urbantouch.com will exit the...

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Fashion and you adds kids segment

Fashion and you, the online shopping mall featuring everything from apparel, accessories, electronics, to everyday essentials, added a kids’ special category to celebrate Children’s Day on November 14. Brand collections dedicated to kids, babies, parents, and moms-to-be, will be displayed onsite. It will have products ranging from apparels to...

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Fashion and You reaping in on e-retailing in India

Fashion and You, India’s leading online private sales club and a leader in the online fashion and luxury space, is keen on undertaking various projects for the upcoming years. The co-founder and CEO, Pearl Uppal says, “We are expanding our catalogue every day. Our sourcing team is working on getting more international brands for our audiences.”...

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Online sellers offering huge discounts

New age e-commerce sites giving discounts is gaining traction with both investors and consumers. While Fashion and You raised $8 million from Sequoia Capital early this month, last month Accel India Venture Fund and Helion Advisors invested $2.8 million in Exclusively.in. Some others such as 99 Labels are close to raising private capital. It’s...