Strategy

Giordano, a Hong-Kong-based apparel retailer, plans to take its total store count  to 250 in the Middle East by 2015. It has recently opened its 200th outlet at Mushrif Mall, Abu Dhabi, spread over 1,900 sq.ft.During 2011, the company...

Natuzzi Group, one of Italy's largest furniture manufacturer, has recently opened its first Natuzzi store in West Bengal at AJC Bose Road, Kolkata. Spread over an area of 6,000 sq.ft., this is the company's fourth store in the country.Speaking...

Retailers not providing seamless service and multi-channel experience to shoppers are falling behind, says Kiran Kumar Malathkar, Senior Project Manager, e-commerce, MindTree.In today’s world of ubiquitous connectivity, retailers need to ensure convergence and consistency across multichannels. Harmonising consumer interactions...

Significant customization and localization of the product line to suit the unique Indian preferences and customer budgets is an essential part of Marks & Spencer’s marketing strategy in India, the apparel retailer’s CEO in the country, Martin Jones, has...

Nepal's Chaudhary Group, with over 40 companies from FMCG, banking and automobiles to consumer durables, plans to foray into retail by opening a chain of supermarkets and hypermarkets in Nepal in the next 5 years under CG Retail through...

Real estate development company Ambience Limited has been setting new standards for over two decades. The group entered retail with Ambience Mall, Gurgaon in 2007 and has now completed another mall in Vasant Kunj, Delhi. In an exclusive interaction...

Perfume and cosmetics (P&C) have emerged as one of the largest selling categories at the duty-free shops of the newly built international airport at Delhi, in some cases even surpassing liquor sales. Talking to indiaretailing.com, Delhi Duty Free...

At last someone with access to the finer details of how much we spend online has undertaken the massive task of churning through the detail.There has been an abundance of fear and plenty of posturing about the extent to...

In only four years after she joined the family business in 2005 as a 21-year-old, Lavanya R Nalli drove more new initiatives than had ever been seen in the 83-year-old retail chain, known worldwide for its six yards of...