Retail Icons of India: The People, Ideas and Events that’ve transformed India’s consumption story, a collector’s edition book narrating lessons from retail leaders, major developments and events impacting, facilitating and transforming retailing in India launched on August 26 at the Grand...
In an initiative led by members of the Association of NIFT Alumni (NIFTA), several fashion, retail and consumer sector industry leaders have declared their personal commitment and encouraged others to fight one of the biggest, most persistent and most...
Indian retail industry is very attractive to investors right now because of bright prospects. Devangshu Dutta, Chief Executive, Third Eyesight, gives some advice about how retailers can leverage the opportunity to get some much-needed funding.
India is one of the...
Trent, the flagship retail arm of Tatas, is in talks with Spanish retailer Inditex group to bring another fashion brand, Massimo Dutti, to India, according to a person close to the development.However, it is not known whether both parties...
Major Brands (India) Pvt Ltd, the local franchisee for fashion apparel and accessories brands such as Mango, Aldo, Charles & Keith and Nine West, will form a joint venture with French womenswear retailer Promod.This changes the existing franchise agreement...
The Indian presence of the Dutch supply chain cluster, Food Tech Holland, was formally launched by Ashok Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, at the recently held Food Forum India 2011 in Mumbai. The Food Tech Holland is...
The MRP, or the maximum retail price, of a product plays an important role in the customer's purchase decision. It tells them the maximum amount they need to spend to buy a product.The rationale behind printing the MRP on...
As the competition heats up among shopping centres, what would differentiate one from the other? The answer lies in localisation of the shopping centre in line with local tastes and preferences. This becomes all the more important, because today's...
Customers visiting a store are looking for either the width of merchandise – the variety of product lines offered – or the depth – the number of each item or particular style of a product on offer. For most...
If we were to look at phrases that have cropped up during the recent recessionary times in the consumer goods sector, “private label” has to be among those at the top of the list. From clothing to cereals, toothpaste...