Month: August 2008

Last month we saw series of Luxury brand launches from global retailers. Today, we have Madura Garments Lifestyle, 100% arm of Aditya Birla Nuvo planning to launch luxury lifestyle products for the urban Indian man to look par with his global counterpart under the brand name – The Collective. (more…)

Earlier this year we had reported about Future Brands venturing into building its own private labels and were wondering if it will have big FMCG subsidiaries. The company (more…)

The Tata group’s retail arm Trent has announced the launch of new apparel format. Trent is planning to launch its first store in Kalyan, (more…)

Titan Industries promotes watches in India to every segment from the Super Rich Limited Edition brands [Nebula Zeus] to Aam AAdmi brands [Sonata, Sonata SF]. Titan is expected to face fierce competition with the influx of poor quality Chinese watches in the entry level segment. To fend off (more…)

It looks like Reliance has changed its Retail strategy [or probably forced to change due to lack of business experience ?] instead of going solo, the company is now forging partnerships mostly with European majors – Marks (more…)

Krauter group owned Tenderils brand which is mainly into manufacturing and marketing of herbal baby products is now expanding its portfolio to include maternity care and baby wear. Currently, Tenderil (more…)

Kishore Biyani promoted Pantaloon Retail’s expansion has continued relentlessly even in the difficult macro environment that has griped the Indian economy.

The company opened its 100th KB’s Fair Price store within 10 months of launch. KB’s FairPrice retail (more…)

After scouting for a local retail partner for over 12 months in India, Tesco has decided to go solo in India and enter the lucrative retail market via Cash-n-Carry [wholesale] format. Philip Clarke, Director, Europe and Asia, Tesco, said

We are doing 100 per cent ourselves. It (more…)