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Retail Brands

Tata’s Marriage with Starbucks by FDI, helps Himalayan Find Space on Global Retail Shelves

Mount Everest Mineral Waters, a subsidiary of Tata Global Beverages, manufacture premium brand mineral water Himalayan. Himalayan facd distribution hurdles and even acceptance in local market. However, the marriage of Tata’s with Starbucks world’s leading Coffee chain to establish Tata Starbucks Coffee outlets in India has helped the former win retail shelf space for Himalayan across overseas outlets of Starbucks. If you have read our articles on FDI in retail, we highlighted and stressed on this benefit where India Private Labels and vendors could gain access to Global Markets.

Tata Global Beverages acquired (more…)

Retail Research

Shoppers Stop – Tough Economy, Same Store Sales Muted

India’s Leading Lifestyle Retailer, Shoppers Stop’s same store sales growth remained muted at just 5%, despite of an extended sale season. Overall sales growth for the departmental store format was higher at 17% due to 11 new stores opened within the last one year.

Apparel Vs Non ApparelsApparels contributed 61.2% to total departmental store sales (flat YoY)—Men’s wear contributed 32.2%; good growth in sports formal (more…)

News & Views

Titan to Double Small Format Stores, Large Format Titan A Company store

Titan India’s Leading Watch Brand is all set to cash in on the growing purchasing power of the Middle Class Indians in smaller cities and towns. Currently, Titan has 50 small format stores. The company plans to add 50 more within a year. Titan VP, Mr. Chawla said – Middle India is big growth belt and an important part of our strategy as our growth lies there.

The company has undertaken an exercise to revamp the World of Titan to (more…)

News & Views

Nilgiris Record 30% sales from private Label, Bill Size 100% Higher than Industry Average

Nilgiri’s the food and Grocery Retail Chain with large presence in South India earns over 30% of its food category revenues from Private Labels in categories such as Cereals, Dairy Products, Bakery and Pulses. Bakery products contribute 15% of the overall food segment sales.

Private Labels are in-house manufactured and sold thus providing higher bottom-line to the retailer. Nilgiris will undertake a (more…)

Malls and Stores

Iscon Mall – Surat’s Largest Mall – Review

ISCON Mall is the largest mall in South Gujarat located on 150 ft. Dumas road, ISCON Mall has a sprawling 3,00,000 sq. ft. of retail space with a central Atrium of 18,800 sq. ft. which also adds to the beauty of mall.

ISCON Malls offers shopping with more than 70 brands for men, women & children along with food court, restaurants & general accessories. With Westside & Pantaloons as anchor stores, shopping under one roof becomes a-must-visit for its customers. (more…)

News & Views

Subway – Eat Fresh Targets 1000 Outlets in 5 Years across India

Quick bit fast food chain Subway – Serving Fresh and Healthy Sandwiches / Subs has reached 300 store locations across India. The company recently opened the 300th restaurant at Terminal 2 of the Mumbai International Airport. with the rising inclination of eating healthy food, Mumbai figures prominently in subway’s growth plan.

The American headquartered brand has presence in 50 cities with 263 franchisees. Apart from Food-courts in Malls, (more…)

Retail Brands

Croma Care Center – After Sales Service for TV, AC, Refrigerator, Consumer Electronics / Durables

Tata’s promoted Croma Electronics / Consumer Durables Retail tested the waters of after sales service for their private labels through Croma Care Centers and the results have been encouraging.

Currently, retailers like Reliance Digital raise their hands after sales is done and consumer has to hunt for the service center of the electronics / gadget brand to get it repaired. However, this is all set to change as Croma Care Center is planning to (more…)

News & Views

Carrefour, Metro Rush to Tier 2 / 3 Cities Post FDI Clearances

With the opening of FDI in Retail, French Retailer Carrefour and German retailer Metro already present in Cash-n-Carry / Hypermarket format are strengthening their presence in Tier 2 / 3 Cities. Carrefour announced the opening of its third store in Meerut while Metro is opening its 10th store in Amritsar. Bharti Wal-Mart’s Best Price Modern Wholesale is already present in both these cities thus offering consumers a big choice for shopping.

Carrefour plans to have atleast 300,000 sft of retail trade by the end of March-2013. The management said, (more…)

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