Month: August 2008

Aokang International is cashing in on the Olympics wave and has unveiled Footwear collection of formal and casual products. The collection is priced upwards (more…)

Nature’s Essence – Beauty and Healthcare products manufacturer is planning to venture into organized retail by opening Salon cum Stores on a PAN India basis.

Mr. Saurabh Nanda, Director of Nature’s Essence said,

We would be opening 100 stores, (more…)

Last April we had broken the story about Titan’s foray into Eye Wear retail business with Titan Eye Plus stores. Buoyed by the initial success of its pilot project, Titan is thinking big on establishing presence in this sector.
Titan Industries Retail which caters to most segments of Indians (more…)

Godrej Lifespace – Home and Office Interior and white goods retailer will reposition its branding as Moodspace to capture upon the emotional element of the shopper and create the mood for product selection. Their retail front (more…)

Compiling data from various sources – Annual reports, Magazines, Websites etc Here is how Pantaloon Retail, Vishal, Trent, Shoppers Stop and Spencers stack up against each other in the following key factors.

Retail Space Under (more…)

Pepe Jeans London unveiled their latest spring collection for men and women. Hollywood Hills, Pop-up revolution and 73 jeans are some of the new collections introduced. Future Brands introduced DJ&C (more…)

India the home for popular music such as Carnatic, Classical, Bhangra and instruments like Sitara, Tabla etc is losing its sheen with the current generation youngsters embracing Western Music. To cash in on this emerging market, Furtados Music has teamed up with Yamaha to retail sophisticated instruments for professional (more…)

It is monsoon here in India and it is Retailers across India are raining discounts. Some ran the best discounts to mark the celebration of Indian independence last weekend. However, our team was busy analyzing the retail discount and freebie mode visiting store after store. [Localized way of running promotions in India]
Several arrangements were made for crowd management and that proved to be helpful. Lifestyle retailing also had similar deals to offer and managed to pull in good crowds.

In nearly all the hypermarkets and departmental stores, apparels were being sold at 20%-50% (more…)