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Networking holds the key
In the 21st Century it’s no longer about whom you know, but who they know, and can they connect you? Networking is a currency, and just like money, your network should be saved, invested, audited and, above all, valued...

Aépure, Paris
A catalogue store of the senses, Aépure speaks to customers in order to distribute the cosmetics brands that it tracks down all over the world. Aépure presents itself as more than just a perfumery and will offer "cosmetics, wellness and luxury perfumes from here and abroad," carrying other brands than its own. The tagline for the store is “Extraits de Beauté” (Essences of Beauty)...

Build a share
The final session (titled Partners in Progress), designed to argue out troublesome areas in the developer-retailer relationship, was argumentative, but largely non-confrontational, to the surprise of some. Surprise because, behind closed doors, each side has plenty of uncomplimentary things to say about the other...

Mera World
The report further explains that the Indian retail market is a unique case of consumption driven economy and it has a large base of young population whose appetite for leisure and entertainment is galloping at an enormous 14 per cent per annum. With such market characteristics the leisure retail market in India is all set to experience the new affluence...

Adding Animation to Retail
Anyone who has been around tots would have witnessed the phenomenon of ‘eating with the cartoons’, that is, to be tuned onto their favourite TV show if even a single food particle is to be ingested. The same principle applies to everyday items that children use – garments, pencil boxes and school bags. If it’s not emblazoned with their current favourite character, then it just doesn’t cut and will lead to the strident of tantrums and perhaps an imagined social death...

Right-sizing on Loyalty
Customer Loyalty, BE it a behavioural construct or a profit maximiser, continues to be an intriguing riddle; with some believing that it is a potent tool to reap better returns and many others holding that it is about an emotional involvement with the consumers, where profits figure at the tail end...