{"id":77615,"date":"2019-07-08T05:13:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T05:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=77615"},"modified":"2019-07-11T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:25:19","slug":"acquisition-of-hamleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/acquisition-of-hamleys\/","title":{"rendered":"Acquisition of Hamleys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Which of the following company has announced to acquire British Toymaker Hamleys?<br> (a) Amazon<br> (b) Softbank<br> (c) Reliance <br> (d) Disney<br> Answer: (c)<br> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reliance Industries announced that it would acquire iconic British toymaker Hamleys for Rs 620 crore in an all-cash deal.<\/li><li>It is currently owned by Chinese fashion conglomerate C Banner International. It was acquired for 100 million pounds in 2015. <\/li><li>Hamleys, a 259-year-old toy-maker, has struggled to generate profits in recent times. It reported a profit after tax of 2.44 million pounds in 2018 after suffering a loss of 11.24 million pounds in 2017.<\/li><li>Hamleys was delisted from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2003 when it was taken over by Icelandic investment firm Baugur Group for USD 68.8 million.<\/li><li>Hamleys opened its flagship Regent Street London store in 1881. This flagship store is set over seven floors covering 54,000 sq ft, with over 50,000 lines of toys on sale. <\/li><li>It is considered one of London&#8217;s prominent tourist attractions, receiving over 5 million visitors each year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/industry\/services\/retail\/reliance-industries-buys-global-toy-retailer-hamleys\/articleshow\/69256149.cms\">https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/industry\/services\/retail\/reliance-industries-buys-global-toy-retailer-hamleys\/articleshow\/69256149.cms<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/national-international\/reliance-acquire-hamleys-rs-620-cr\">http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/national-international\/reliance-acquire-hamleys-rs-620-cr<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following company has announced to acquire British Toymaker Hamleys? (a) Amazon (b) Softbank (c) Reliance (d) Disney Answer: (c) Related facts: Reliance Industries announced that it would acquire iconic British toymaker Hamleys for Rs 620 crore in an all-cash deal. It is currently owned by Chinese fashion conglomerate C Banner International. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":77616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1151],"tags":[2346],"class_list":["post-77615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tta","tag-treaty-agreements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}