IGP (e-gifting retailer) IGP (e-gifting retailer) IGP (formerly known as IndianGiftsPortal) is an Indian online gifting company based in Mumbai, India founded in 1999. IGP claims to be the largest platform for Indian ethnic products and gifts and has the largest collection of products that caters to Indian festivals and events. IGP has five warehouses, including one in the US. IGP earlier known as IndianGiftsPortal was founded in 1999 by B2B e-commerce company IndiaMART and Manan Sharma. In 2009, IndiaMART, prior to raising Series A funding, hived off IGP (B2C part of their business) into a separate entity. In 2012, Tarun Joshi bought
Maplin (retailer) Maplin (retailer) Maplin Electronics, trading as Maplin, was a retailer of electronic goods in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In June 2017, there were 217 Maplin stores. The company also operated an extensive online, telephone and mail order service. On 28 February 2018, Maplin went into administration, placing 2,500 jobs at risk, and on 25 June 2018 all Maplin stores ceased trading. In August 2018, Peter Jones purchased the Maplin name and is making a Maplin themed website to open soon as an online only shop. Maplin Electronic Supplies was established in 1972 as a mail order business by Roger