Retail Mantra

Madura Garments promoted affordable super luxury brand – The Collective went live for business a week before on the eve of Diwali. We hard earlier written (more…)

Puma has introduced the Ballerina collection in India to embrace the Dance lovers. Espera, Icon, Prance and Sabadella range were unveiled. Suggested Retail (more…)

Oriental Cuisine Ltd owned Thai Restaurant Chain – Benjarong, Bakery Chain – French Loaf and Zara Tapas Bar is on a massive expansion spree in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Pune. Oriental Cuisine Ltd had raised money by offloading (more…)

At the BuildUp 2008 conference in Bangalore, Retailers discussed the various challenges ahead of them. The consensus was, Retail cannot develop unless infrastructure develops.

Mr. Suresh, President of Reliance Retail Infrastructure said,

India should encourage FDI in retail. There is a requirement (more…)

Trent – the lifestyle retailer under the brand name Westside has opened a new value format fashion store for business under the brand name – Fashion Yatra. The first Fashion Yatra store was inaugurated (more…)

A year ago we had broken the news about Future Group’s Mobile retailing venture in India with Axiom Telecom of the UAE. Today the JV announced the start of operations with a 50:50 JV. Big (more…)

Unilever launched Aviance Men’s Solution – premium skin care brand for the smart Indian men. The product combats (more…)

The global financial crisis combined with liquidity crunch in the Indian market hast hit the Retail sector now. Foodland Fresh and Spinach supermarket retail stores have closed some outlets and are on the verge of closing more stores. The Wadhawans of (more…)