Flipkart vendors, and vice versa, but these plans never actually came to fruit. In July 2017, Flipkart made an offer to acquire its main domestic competitor, Snapdeal, for around US$700–800 million. It was rejected by the company, which was seeking at least US$1 billion. Flipkart held a 51% share of all Indian smartphone shipments in 2017, overtaking Amazon India (33%). Flipkart sold 1.3 million phones in 20 hours on 21 September alone for its Big Billion Days promotion, doubling the number sold on the first day of the event in 2016 (where it sold a total of 2.5 million phones in
Nicolas (wine retailer) Nicolas (wine retailer) Nicolas is a French wine retailer, which also has stores in other countries. Nicolas is a French wine specialist established in Paris in 1822 and operating in London since 1989. The first Nicolas stores were opened in Paris in 1822, and the chain has since grown to include over 400 branches throughout France, with a number of branches in the UK, Belgium, Germany and Poland. In 1988, Nicolas was bought by Groupe Castel. Nicolas has 530 stores in total, located in major town and cities throughout France and abroad, notably Great Britain: there are 44 branches in