Strategy
Retail
Ad spends outpace sales growth for FMCG cos
Makers of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) are setting aside a much larger slice of their sales towards advertising and promotions (A&P) this year. Take the case of Hindustan Unilever. Its advertising and promotion spends in the six months...
Retail
Shoppers Stop adds Mustang to its brand offering
Shopper's Stop Limited, in an exclusive retail arrangement with the German jeanswear and lifestyle brand, will merchandise Mustang at its department stores through shop-in-shops (SIS). On the onset, five SIS of Mustangwill start operations within this financial year ending...
Retail
Biyani divides market to sell branded commodities
Kishore Biyani is going ahead with his ambitious plan to sell branded consumer staples such as rice, wheat and pulses to consumers nationwide. Within 18 months, Biyani expects his team to replicate the fashion business value chain strategy (of...
Retail
Red Tape goes online
The internet savvy Gen Next of India now has a new shopping destination – the Online Store of India’s premium men’s shoes and apparel brand – Red Tape. The first of its kind initiative in the industry makes Red...
Retail
Booker cash & carry opens in east Mumbai
Booker India Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Booker Group Plc – the Cash and Carry operator with 173 stores in UK – opened its first store in Cash and Carry format in Mumbai. Around 35,000 square feet...
Retail
Gitanjali Gems Ltd announces the Brand Valuation for Nakshatra, Gili, D’damas and Asmi
Gitanjali Gems Limited, one of India’s leading integrated diamond and jewellery retailing and manufacturing companies, announced that a Brand Valuation study carried out by well known UK based firm Brand Finance has valued four of its major Brands viz....
Retail
Puma looks beyond sports
Shoes and sportswear maker Puma Sports India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport, is moving from being just a sports and accessories brand to a complete lifestyle brand. The company has entered into an exclusive...
Retail
Tata Coffee says no to café retail
Even as the café retail business is seeing a growth of 30 per cent per annum in India, Tata Coffee has no plans of re-entering the café retail business. Tata Coffee had tried its hands in this business when...
Retail
Pantaloon Retail shifts focus to profitable growth
The previous fiscal was a humbling one for Indian retailers. Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd was no exception, with its FY09 (year ended 30 June) stand-alone net profit growing by just 12% to Rs141 crore while sales grew by 25.6%...
Beauty & Wellness
Beauty industry issues
The industry stalwarts of the beauty industry came together at the India Retail Forum in Mumbai to discuss the opportunities and avenues of the beauty care business in the advent of modern trade in India at the India Retail...
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Indian consumers prefer ‘offers’ faster online than offline: Report
The research reveals that online buyers are more price sensitive and avail more offers compared to offline buyersBengaluru: As...
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