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PhonePe’s Indus Appstore on Monday signed a long-term OEM partnership with Alcatel that will see the app marketplace pre-installed on the latter’s smartphones sold in India, expanding the store’s local distribution push.The move comes months after PhonePe inked a similar multi-year deal with Xiaomi in March 2025, under which Indus Appstore is now pre-installed on all new Xiaomi smartphones sold in India. It is also replacing Xiaomi’s GetApps store on existing devices via a software update.PhonePe seeks to position Indus as a viable, India-first alternative to Google Play and other pre-loaded app stores.“This collaboration enables Alcatel users to discover and…

Private equity firm A91 Partners is in the advanced stages of investing Rs 175 crore (approximately $20 million) in Coimbatore-based sweets and snacks chain Shree Anandhaas Sweets, according to a person familiar with the matter. This deal would mark the first institutional funding round for the nearly three-decade-old business. Founded in 1998 as a restaurant operation, the business transitioned into sweets and savouries retail in 2017 and now operates 19 outlets across Tamil Nadu.Shree Anandhaas would join the likes of A91 Partners’ other portfolio companies, including Akshaykalpa, Blue Tokai, Happilo, Paper Boat, and Pushp Spices. Family-owned Shree Anandhaas Sweets plans to…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If your email marketing doesn’t factor in Gen Z, it may not be working as well as you think. Yes, Generation Z – born between 1997 and 2012 – spends hours on social media. They binge short-form content and skip anything that doesn’t grab them in five seconds.But they also use email more than you think. In a recent ZeroBounce survey, 36% said they check their inboxes for fear of missing out on brand deals and job offers. That makes email one of the few channels where brands like yours can still…

Ather Energy joined a growing list of automotive companies sounding the alarm bells on the ongoing rare earth magnet crisis, triggered by import restrictions placed by China. According to Tarun Mehta, CEO and co-founder of Ather Energy, the company sees the impact of the ongoing crisis restricted to the second quarter, leading to possible delays of up to one week in supplying vehicles to its dealers during this period. Mehta, during the company’s post-earnings call, added that the company is working towards minimising this gap. ”This was a larger gap a few months ago, but a lot of strong R&D…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When I launched PhotoPacks.AI, I didn’t have a team or funding. Just an idea: offer studio-quality headshots, powered by AI, for a fraction of the cost of a traditional photo shoot. Today, the product works, and it’s growing steadily. But I’ve learned a lot of lessons the hard way.Here are seven mistakes I made early on, and what I’d do differently if I had to start over.1. I tried to build for everyone, and converted no oneAt first, my startup offered everything: headshots, modeling photos, pet portraits, fantasy scenes. I figured, if…

AT&T CEO John Stankey is standing firm on the company’s strict in-person work policies — and says employees who aren’t aligned with the direction of the company might want to reconsider their roles.In a memo obtained by Business Insider and sent to employees last week following AT&T’s latest internal survey, Stankey acknowledged declining engagement scores and growing employee frustration amid sweeping operational changes. But he made clear the company has no plans to reverse course.Related: AT&T and Sweetgreen Are Following Amazon’s Lead With Stricter Return-to-Office Mandates — Though Amazon’s Plan Has Hit a Snag “We have consciously shifted away from…

The Tesla board has announced it’s awarding Elon Musk with 96 million restricted shares of the company, worth around $29 billion based on its current share price.In a letter released on Monday, Robyn Denholm and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, members of the Tesla board of directors, announced that the pay package is the “important first step in compensating Elon Musk for his extraordinary work at Tesla.”According to the letter, Musk has “not received any meaningful compensation for eight years,” and the $29 billion pay package is a “good faith” payment to the CEO. Musk’s 2018 pay package, the highest in U.S. corporate…

These days, rapidly evolving workplace technology, like AI, has many professionals grappling with new productivity tools on a regular basis.But not all employees believe the benefits outweigh the pain points.One in seven workers refuse to use new tools, and 39% of them identify as reluctant users, according to the 2025 Workplace Tech Resistance report by Yooz, a provider of cloud-based purchase-to-pay automation solutions. Software company Quickbase’s 2025 Gray Work Report, which surveyed more than 2,000 full-time working professionals including C-level, manager-level and director respondents, took a closer look at how workplace tools impact professionals and productivity.Related: Avoid These 10 Business…

If relocating is part of your retirement plan, you’re not alone.In 2024, 258,000 Americans relocated for retirement, per research from HireAHelper, an online marketplace that connects people needing moving assistance with local moving professionals.But before you plan your move to Florida or one of the other hot spots for retirees in the U.S., you might want to take a look around the globe.Related: Are You on Track for a Comfortable Retirement? Here’s How Much Money You Should Save Every Month Depending on Your Age and State.Life insurance company Everly Life released a report last month that unpacked the best places…

Bharti Airtel’s wholly owned subsidiary Xtelify has launched a sovereign cloud platform called Airtel Cloud, along with an AI-driven software platform designed for telecom companies.Initially built to handle 140 crore transactions per minute for Airtel’s internal operations in India, the company is now offering the platform to external businesses. The move comes amid growing demand for data localisation and digital sovereignty, especially in light of India’s evolving data protection regulations.According to the company, Airtel Cloud operates from next-generation, energy-efficient data centres, uses Gen-AI to manage and allocate resources, and is overseen by a team of 300 certified cloud experts.The platform…