Category: News & Views

Last month we had written about Spencers ambitions to enter the bakery quick bite segment in India. Spencer’s JV partner is Au Bon Pain [Place for (more…)

Spencer’s Retail entered into an exclusive agreement with Woolworths to sell Ladybird Kids wear and Chad Valley Toys in India. This is part (more…)

Titan Watches after tasting success of retail is now eying market overseas. The company has opened exclusive showrooms in Lahore, Pakistan; Bangkok, Thailand; and KualaLampur Malaysia.

Mr. Chawla, Business Head said,

We would like to open 2-3 (more…)

In continuing our retail Business Research and Analysis of Reliance Retail India, today we cover more of what businesses have been accepted by the Indian consumer.

Reliance Retail is headed by Raghu Pillai who is the President (more…)

In a retailer survey, the most sought after item for shopping by consumers apart from Groceries is Apparels and Footwear. No organized retailer had ventured into the virgin territory of Fabric Care and the (more…)

As per Jones Lang LaSalle data, mall space in India’s seven Tier-I cities has grown from 12m sf in 2005 to 37m sf by 2007. Wit (more…)

A week has not passed in 2008 without an introduction of luxury multi-national product into the Indian retail space. This week we (more…)

Pantaloon Retail’s flagship seconds sale mega retailing format Brand Factory has revamped its business model. It will no longer stock just items that were unsold in Central Malls [mainly apparels, watches, footwear and accessories] but (more…)