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  • Ikea to open its first city store in Mumbai on 9 December

    Ikea to open its first city store in Mumbai on 9 December

    Mumbai: Swedish home furnishing retailer Ikea (part of the Ingka Group) will open the doors to its first city store in India at Worli here on 9 December, the company announced.

    The Worli City Store will span across 80,000 sq ft and is smaller than its traditional big box stores that typically spread across 400,000-500,000 sq ft. The city store format allows Ikea to be adapted to smaller spaces in an urban context and makes it more convenient for customers to experience the entire Ikea range based on a well-integrated digital and physical shopping experience, the company said in a statement.

    “This is an important milestone in our Mumbai journey. As the first city store in the country, we are coming near to more of the many people. This is a new concept for customers to shop with Ikea. They can enjoy an omnichannel shopping experience at this store, browse and order our entire range through various digital tools,” said Ikea Worli City Store India store manager Dawid Gałka on the occasion of the wordmark unveiling.

    “Currently, the whole team is working towards creating an excellent customer experience with all safe shopping measures in place when we open. We are looking forward to fulfilling home furnishing needs through a range of digital tools as well as the new city store format,” he added.

    As a part of promoting a safe shopping experience, customers who are looking forward to shop at IKEA Worli City Store, need to follow the latest COVID-19 guidelines by being fully vaccinated with two doses and should have completed 14 days after the second dose, shared the retailer.

    Currently, the home furnishing major has two stores in the country, its first one in Hyderabad which opened in August 2018 and the second in Navi Mumbai which opened in December 2020.

  • The Quint Bags 2 Top Awards at Foxglove Awards 2018

    The Quint Bags 2 Top Awards at Foxglove Awards 2018

    MUMBAI: Digital news platform The Quint (www.thequint.com, hindi.thequint.com) has won two top awards at the Foxglove Awards, 2018 held at Hard Rock Café, Worli, in Mumbai on 7th June. The Quint was recognised for its pioneering work in digital news and media distribution, winning a Gold for ‘Best Native Advertising’ and a Bronze in the ‘Best News and Features Website’ categories.

    The Quint, in the last 3 years, has been the fastest growing digital-first new platform in the country. It had a very successful run in 2017, when it won three Golds and two Silvers at the South Asian Digital Media Awards. In the same year, it also picked up a total of eight awards at the Digipub Awards. It started off the current year on a high too, bagging seven awards at the Vdonxt Awards, presented by Adobe. Started in 2015, with the primary objective of recognising great work from young agencies and publishers, the Foxglove Awards have had over 200 ad agencies and publishers as participants in the last 3 years.

    “Every award that The Quint wins, is not just a recognition for our work but also an encouragement to stay ahead of the digital curve. With the industry coming to terms with the future of digital news dissemination, The Quint – as the fastest growing digital-first news platform – is poised to continue leading the trend instead of following it”, says Ritu Kapur, CEO and co-founder of The Quint.

    The Quint offers a compelling combination of content with topics ranging from politics to sports and entertainment. Strong, innovative videos and immersive content formats are one of The Quint’s big offerings. Since its inception, the digital platform has successfully created strong connections with its viewers and has consistently been on a growth trajectory. In a span of three years, The Quint has earned the trust of some of the top global and local brands who have chosen to advertise on the platform.

  • Sanjay Dutt to serve sentence in Yerwada prison, to file curative petition

    Sanjay Dutt to serve sentence in Yerwada prison, to file curative petition

    NEW DELHI: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt today surrendered before the designated TADA court in Mumbai to serve his sentence in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

    The court directed that he be sent to the Yerwada jail.

    Earlier on his entering the court, formalities began for his surrender. The court commenced the process for the identification of Dutt, whose conviction was upheld by the supreme court recently.

    He had come to the court with his wife Maanyata, brother-in-law Kumar Gaurav and senior filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt.

    On arrival, he was mobbed by the media and both he and Bhatt appealed to the media persons to let him complete the formality of surrender.

    Meanwhile, his lawyer later told media-persons that he would move the Supreme Court with a curative petition.

    The supreme court on 10 May rejected a review petition by the actor against his conviction under the Arms Act.

    The court had earlier on 21 March upheld his conviction under the Arms Act and sentenced him to five years of jail in relation to the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. However, he was given time to complete his assignments in the film industry.

    He had to surrender by 4.00 pm today.

    The court which had upheld the death sentence of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, a key conspirator with Dawood Ibrahim in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, had ordered that Dutt return to jail to serve three-and-a-half years’ sentence for possessing illegal arms. Dutt has already served a jail term of 18 months.

    A total of 257 persons were killed and 713 others injured when a series 13 coordinated explosions shattered the metropolis on 12 March 1993.

    The blasts occurred at 12 places, including Bombay Stock Exchange building, Air-India Building at Nariman Point, at Worli opposite Century Bazaar, Hotels Sea Rock and Juhu Centaur.