Category: News & Views

We all know that Cinema and Cricket are close to the heart of millions of Indians. Companies don’t take too much time to realize this and have encashed upon the India consumer sentiment.

Banking on this trend, the range of Kurtis worn by Deepika Pudkone (more…)

French sports goods manufacturer, Decathlon, has informed us that the company has launched first Store in Sarjapur, Bangalore as a cash and carry business, on the lines of German retailer Metro.

Decathlon has 500 stores across (more…)

ITC promoted Wills Lifestyle, a well known brand with 12% Lifestyle market share is all set to enter the Affordable DesignerWear market. The company has hired designers who are already creating special collections which will be displayed and marketed (more…)

Here is an excerpt on the study of Key Emerging Trends in Indian Retail Sector.

Focus on private labels:
Companies are looking to focus on increasing their private label sales. They are similar in quality [not all, we agree] compared to branded products but offer higher value as they are 15-20% cheaper than national brands. Industry players are looking to increase the sales mix of private labels (more…)

The year 2008, was difficult for retailers. The pioneer of Indian Retail – Kishore Biyani now famous in IIMs and other business schools across the world for his Garva Sey Khao Hum Kanjoos Hey e-mail because he could foresee the storm and made all (more…)

Dubai based Landmark group betting big in the Indian retail space has earmarked $100 mn infusion into its various lifestyle chain – Max, City Max and Max (more…)

Notting Hill the brand for aam aadmi launched in 2007 proved costly for Raymonds India. The management has decided to withdraw the brand from metros and Tier-I/II cities with immediate effect.

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German sportswear major Puma is changing its Retail strategy in India from being pure-play sports retailer to complete lifestyle brand. In collaboration with Gini (more…)