India Retail News and Research
Virtuous Retail, an institutionally owned developer-operator of community-oriented premium Lifestyle Shopping Centres in India’s top cities sponsored the Best British Luxury Brand Overseas Award at the 2012 Walpole Awards for Excellence held at London recently. This is the first time that any Indian company has sponsored this category at Walpole.
Jaguar was announced the winner in the Best British Luxury Brand Overseas category. The category shortlist (more…)
Multibrand Watch Retailer Helios from Titan with 25 International Brands under its roof is planning to expand to all Tier-II cities in India. You maybe aware that Tier-II and some Tier-III city consumers are shopping for premium watches online as they don’t have a store to shop-in at.
Helios has been in business in India for (more…)
Vimal is the first and the heritage brand of controversial Reliance Group which marked its entry into the Indian textile market. Vimal was named after Dhirubhai’s nephew, was revamped in 2007 with the groups foray into retail business.
In a fresh communique, Reliance has released “1,500 new outlets across India waiting for you” with new Tag Line Dressing up New India wants to send a signal that it is not an end of road for the brand yet. The message also highlights Indian Woman in Western Wear which is something Reliance was averse to but maybe with changing times they mad adopt and cater to the growing aspirations of Indian women. (more…)
Center One a part of the Benzer group, is a 1,50,000 sq.ft. mall. Located at Vashi, the heart of Navi Mumbai, it is very close to the affluent residential areas of Nerul and CBD. The property is strategically located between Sector 17 and Vashi Railway Station / Bus Depot and shares a common border with Mumbai-Pune Express Highway on one side and Palm Beach Road connects Nerul, NRI Complex, CBD & Dronagiri to Vashi) on the other. Because of its strategic location Center One is also easily accessible from Ghatkopar at one end and Panvel on the other.
Center One is the premier and most preferred shopping destination in Navi Mumbai. It re-defined the (more…)
Allen Solly the premium fashion brand best known for Friday dressing concept will shortly launch Mens footwear range.
Allen Solly broke the monotony of Black / White / Grey dressing and introduced men to colorful dressing which was later adopted by corporates as well, especially for Fridays and thus began the journey of Friday dressing which included semi-formals as well. (more…)
Everything about the Ansal Plaza, Jalandhar is geared to draw footfalls – path breaking architecture, inspirational interiors, the biggest brands, the best value and much more. The Property’s upcoming shopping arcade is such an end in itself. Taking up retial space in the arcade will be top-of-the-line brands in menswear, women’s designer wear and kidswear labels, leading music and electronic stores, sports brands, accessories, memorabilia and much more.
Ansal Highway Plaza promises to be just the right stop-over for (more…)
Jubilant Foodworks master franchisee of Dominos Pizza and Dunkin Donuts in India reported healthy 42% YoY revenue growth in 2QFY13. Company highlighted that consumer demand has seen a healthy pick-up since Sept-12. Same store sales growth came in at 20%. Online and mobile ordering platforms have been well accepted by the consumers reflected in the fact that 14% of delivery orders were made online.
The management told us that they have hiked the prices by 3% in November and is unlikely (more…)
The Mahindra Industrial group primarily focused on Automobiles and Finance ventured into retail few years ago with the launch of Mom & Me chain of stores exclusively catering to expecting mothers, new born babies. The retail business expanded to 45 cities with 99 stores as on date.
Mahindras now plan to add another more stores and reach 100 Cities / Towns on PAN India basis. The first two franchise stores are operational, one in Coimbatore the other is in Delhi. Since retailing is (more…)