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So-called single-brand retailers, the likes of Apple and Ikea, can own 100% of their stores, up from 51% previously.

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Until now, single-brand foreign retailers such as Nike Inc. could hold only 51% of an Indian joint venture.

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NEW DELHI – The Indian government is likely to soon issue a formal order for the full opening up of the country's single-brand retail segment to foreign direct investment, P.K. Chaudhary , secretary at the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, said Friday.

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The Financial Times reported earlier that IKEA is withholding its investment into India because of the single-brand retail restrictions.

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The federal cabinet late last year decided to allow 100% foreign investment in single-brand retail, removing an earlier 51% cap.

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Mukesh Gupta/Reuters The Indian Cabinet agreed to allow up to 51% foreign direct investment in the multi-brand retail segment and 100% in single-brand retail in November, leading to a wave of protests from opposition parties and few government allies who feared that the decision will adversely affect small Indian retailers.

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So far, single-brand retailers were allowed to hold only up to 51% in Indian operations.

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Starbucks is classified as a hospitality business rather than a retailer and was allowed to have 100% ownership in India prior to the new policy for single-brand retail.

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The retailers are probably taking heart from the fact that India is going ahead with allowing single-brand retailers to own 100% of their Indian businesses, up from 51% previously.

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The government did allow 100% foreign investment in single-brand retail.

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