Year: 2008

From Value to Luxury retailers, it has been destination India this summer. After Louis Vuitton opened its second shops in Bangalore,India, every week half a dozen new brands are being launched.
Kappa & Bossini introduced its spring-summer 2008 collection for Women and (more…)

The buzzword in Indian industry is now – “Organized Retail”. We would like to educate many of those who have asked us on how the organized retail industry (more…)

With the emergence of big retail sector, many business houses jumped into the fray without a second thought on operational efficiencies but to capture market and establish brands. However, these companies are now feeling the heat as their (more…)

Call it lack of will by the Government or the APMC traders cartel, the much needed agriculture reforms to benefit the farmer and the consumer are no where to be seen. ITC, the pioneers of fresh vegetable retailing under the brands Choupal Fresh have hit a pause on (more…)

We have earlier reported that how Reebok India changed its business model to expand via franchisee route. Trent is following the same model now to expand presence of Westside in Tier-II and Tier-III Indian cities. The management cited that Real Estate bottlenecks have hampered its growth prospects severely. (more…)

Hatsun Agro Products, a leading Milk & Dairy products company is venturing into Rural retail segment. Currently, the company has 5,000 rural logistics centers for milk collection and related activities. However, the management of the company (more…)

Most of Indian Jewellery Market is still with unorganized old fashioned Jewellers. With rapid demand from the new generation urban Indians, Lifestyle Jewelery has captured 27% of the total amount spent by affluent Indians in Retail.

Gitanjali enjoys strong brand presence in its domestic jewelry retail operations. It sells its products under various brands like Asmi, Sangini, Gili, Nakshatra and D’damas. Gitanjali has recently launched its plain gold jewelry brand called “Maya Gold“, (more…)

Six months ago, automobile major, Hero Group ventured into Home Lifestyle retailing unveiling Oma Retail store. Now textile and apparel retailer, Raymond ventured into a Home (more…)