Bijou Kurien

India’s leading retail giant Reliance Retail has opened stores of its three different formats at Oberon Mall in Kochi. The three formats comprise ‘Reliance Trends’, ‘Reliance TimeOut’ and ‘Reliance Footprint’.While ‘Reliance Trends’ covers a carpet area of 28,000 square...

Day 2The second day of India Retail Forum (IRF) 2008, India's largest retail congregation, kick started with a discussion on various issues faced by the retailers and the prospective strategies to overcome them.Speaking on the needs of today’s shoppers,...

India Retail Forum (IRF), arguably the country’s largest congregation of retail minds, has a new chairman on board. The Forum, for the year 2008, will see R Subramaniam, the managing director of Subhiksha, control its reins.Handing over the charges...

After successfully launching various verticals of retail including FMCG, electronics and consumer durables, apparel and footwear, lifestyle and home improvement categories in India, the Mukesh Ambani led-Reliance Retail Limited (RRL) has now planned to enter the country’s toy market...

Reliance Retail today said that it will launch the first optical retail outlet under the brand name Vision Express in Bengaluru, by September this year. For this, the company has signed a joint venture with Pearle Europe.Speaking to media,...

The Florida-based office stationery retailer Office Depot Inc. (OPD) has signed a 51:49 joint venture with the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail in India.In an exclusive revelation to Indiaretailing, Marisa Bluestone, Office Depot spokesperson from the United States, confirmed the...

To discuss challenges and evaluate opportunities in the business of shopping centres in India, the first India Shopping Centre Forum (ISCF) opens today in Mumbai.The two-day event has been organised by Images Group in association with the Shopping Centres...

Emerging markets and Asia’s retail economies were among the key subjects of discussion on day 2 of the 9th Marketing & Retail Conclave, 2008, organised by Technopak in New Delhi.Staf Lenders, property and establishment manager, Ikea, India, communicated his...

“India has now emerged as one of the most potential markets for global brands and retailers,” so saying, EVKS Elangovan, minister of state for textiles, officially marked the inauguration of India Fashion Forum (IFF) 2008 at Mumbai, on January...