Category: News & Views

Q3 FY09 is the first quarter when Indian businesses were influenced by the slowdown, despite the festival season. We now review the performance Vishal Retail – Megamart.

The company saw significant reduction in winter apparel sales witnessed during the quarter led by poor winter season in North India; which has resulted in an overall decline of 12-15% in the sales of the company. The app areal sales fell from 57% in Q2 to 54% in Q3 of overall sales.

Impact of seasonality coupled with low consumer (more…)

In continuing our coverage on Indian Retail Chains – [Read Apparel, Footwear, Pharmacy, Coffee] today we are covering the Consumer Durables sector. We are excluding the coverage of Mobile retailing because it can be covered as a separate topic.

The current consumer durable market is worth US$ 20 billion accounting for 5 per cent of total retail market. The market is growing at the rate of 10-12 per cent. The organized consumer durables market is valued at US$ 6 billion which is 20 per cent of organized retail market. Tata Croma, Vijay Sales, Godrej Lifespace, Viveks, Girias, Reliance Digital, Videocon’s Next, eZone and Electronics Bazaar are the (more…)

Last October we broke the news about Cafe Coffee Day opening new formats – Square + Lounge formats, to be in sync with city’s night life. Now, Cafe Coffee Day – CCD the most successful Coffee and pastry retailer in India is looking to expand its presence in Professional Colleges (more…)

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has announced soft launch of its specialty format Mom & Me, intended (more…)

Estimates abound pertaining to the size of the retail market and the share of organized retail. We refer to the data provided by the India Retail Report, 2009 (IMAGES F&R Research). The report indicates that the retail market is around US$243bn, (more…)

The latest in nightwear in Lifestyle for the trendy lady is launched by ENAMOR. The collection is focused specifically on red and black. It is available at Lifestyle (more…)

Kishore Biyani the Pioneer of Indian Retail has built so many successful retail chains, some of our readers wanted to invest in the same and hence requested for updates on what will they get if they BUY the shares of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd – PRIL. Here is how the Pantaloon / Future Group is Structured.

Standalone Entities of PRIL:

• Value Retail – Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar
• Lifestyle (more…)

Raymond Ltd promoted NeckTies & More Mens accessories brand is planning an expansion of opening 100 stores.

Raymond Apparel, one of the oldest players catering to the needs of the business (more…)