Category: News & Views

American fashion retailer – Calvin Klein has ambitious expansion plans to woo Indians who are increasingly adopting and switching to premium and Global fashion brands. Calvin Klein currently has 2 exclusive stores (more…)

The Real Estate lobby across India with vested interest from Politicians and Bureaucrats is a serious threat to the growth of organized retail in India. Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (more…)

Celebrity Fashion’s Ltd owned retail and export brand Indian Terrain has launched Womenswear including accessories and bags. The company has invested Rs 7 crore to build the Womenswear portfolio. Mr. Narshiman of Celebrity (more…)

From Value to Luxury retailers, it has been destination India this summer. After Louis Vuitton opened its second shops in Bangalore,India, every week half a dozen new brands are being launched.
Kappa & Bossini introduced its spring-summer 2008 collection for Women and (more…)

The buzzword in Indian industry is now – “Organized Retail”. We would like to educate many of those who have asked us on how the organized retail industry (more…)

With the emergence of big retail sector, many business houses jumped into the fray without a second thought on operational efficiencies but to capture market and establish brands. However, these companies are now feeling the heat as their (more…)

Call it lack of will by the Government or the APMC traders cartel, the much needed agriculture reforms to benefit the farmer and the consumer are no where to be seen. ITC, the pioneers of fresh vegetable retailing under the brands Choupal Fresh have hit a pause on (more…)

We have earlier reported that how Reebok India changed its business model to expand via franchisee route. Trent is following the same model now to expand presence of Westside in Tier-II and Tier-III Indian cities. The management cited that Real Estate bottlenecks have hampered its growth prospects severely. (more…)