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Retail
Retrospect: How did the retail industry fare in 2017
Demonetization, that was announced in November 2016 had an overbearing influence on the way 2017 started, barely 45 days into what was arguably one of the boldest reforms India has seen. This had both positive and negative rub-offs on...
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Significant supply churn, more global and luxury brands line up in Pune
While the demonetization wave put a dampener on residential sales across India, the retail market was comparatively unaffected and showed good flexibility in terms of a steady consumer spending pattern. Pune’s retail market is receiving considerable investment attention from...
Food
D-Mart strikes gold by getting the basics of retail right
While majority of retailers, both brick-and- mortar and online are reeling under pressure to make their bottomlines positive, the low-profile Mumbai-based D-Mart has breathed life into the challenging retail sector as it debuted on the stock market with a bumper...
Retail
Pune’s Retail Real Estate Sector: The Game Gets Real
While the demonetisation wave put a dampener on residential sales across India, the retail market was comparatively unaffected and showed good flexibility in terms of a steady consumer spending pattern. Pune’s retail market is receiving considerable investment attention from...
Fashion & Lifestyle
Fbb to go Omnichannel: To launch fbbonline.com, open 40 stores every year
As fashion business matures in the country, Future Group's very own value fashion brand, fbb, is set to reap the benefits of economies of scale in the backdrop of their recent store opening in Kolkata at Sheikh Sarai Sarani.
A...
Who’s Who
Dr Anil Chinnabhandar, Senior VP – Supply Chain, Max
Dr Anil Chinnabhandar
Senior VP – Supply Chain
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Dr Anil Chinnabhandar is an engineering and supply chain professional; passionate about transforming businesses into more value driven, innovative and profitable organizations; brings strong work ethics, objective decision-making, greater ownership of end-to-end business...
Retail
US-based Blackstone Group acquires 50 pc stake in Pune's Westend Mall
In a landmark deal, international property consultancy JLL India has facilitated the sale of 50 per cent stake in Westend Mall in Aundh, Pune to US-based private equity player Blackstone Group.
Post-acquisition of retail malls in Ahmedabad, Amritsar and Navi Mumbai last year,...
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Understanding mall occupancy of leading Indian cities
In India, currently, only the top six cities have a mall stock of approximately 67 million sq.ft. Roughly 36 malls have become operational between 2012-2016. However, the last three years saw a slowdown in new malls being operationalised with developers...
Retail
How online and offline players are gearing up for Diwali sales
The festive season, which is almost upon us, is the most important one yet for Indian e-commerce firms. E-commerce players – who in 2014 queered the pitch for brick-and-mortar retailers with the latter witnessing the slowest festive season sales – are...
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The Forum: Adding zing to Chennai’s shopping experience
Home. Work. Forum. The Forum Chennai set in the heart of Chennai is positioned around this vision with the mall being an ideal third place or a hangout destination for a Chennaiite apart from their households and work spaces. The...
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By December 2026, The Souled Store expects to have about 200 stores: Co-Founder Harsh Lal
Harsh Lal, co-founder of The Souled Store, shares insights into the brand’s journey, design strategies, plans for both online...
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