Nothing, the {hardware} firm backed by Tiger World, is opening its first retail retailer in India, its greatest market. The shop is positioned in Bengaluru, the place a big chunk of Nothing’s userbase in India is concentrated, the corporate mentioned.
The brand new, two-storied location will exhibit Nothing’s merchandise and different initiatives. Clients may even have the ability to purchase {hardware} merchandise and different merchandise from the shop and have choose objects custom-made.
“We wished to create a enjoyable area. It’s form of impressed by all of the elements which might be associated to the model. As an example, the manufacturing facility: when you purchase a product, there’s like a manufacturing line the place the product comes out. We additionally present machines the place telephones undergo testing, like USB port testing or water resistance testing. So we simply wished to carry that world collectively,” the corporate’s co-founder and CEO Carl Pei mentioned.
The shop will characteristic merchandise from each Nothing and CMF, its finances model, which it spun off last year. Notably, CMF is headquartered in India and has a three way partnership with native Indian ODM (unique design producer), Optiemus.
Pei talked about that each manufacturers are differentiated when it comes to the merchandise they provide, which fall in several worth ranges, in addition to the viewers they aim.
“Nothing is extra area of interest with the next worth. CMF is extra [targeted towards] mass. You recognize it’s mass, but it surely’s not like simply off-the-shelf rebrand merchandise that often what happens on this worth level. They’re additionally merchandise that we put plenty of care into,” he mentioned.
India has been Nothing’s strongest market, with over 2% market share in smartphones, analyst agency IDC informed TechCrunch final yr. It additionally famous that Nothing was the fastest-growing model within the nation in Q2 2025, with 85% development in shipments year-over-year.
Different {hardware} makers are constructing aspirational retail shops in India, too. Apple is about to open its sixth store in the country this month, located in Borivali, Mumbai, for example.
That is the primary Nothing retailer exterior of London, the place the corporate is headquartered. The startup mentioned that it plans to open two extra shops in Tokyo and New York, however didn’t present timelines for openings.
The corporate raised $200 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation last year, led by Tiger Global, together with traders like GV, Highland Europe, EQT, Latitude, I2BF, and Tapestry. Nothing has raised $450 millon to this point.
Trending Merchandise
