Strategy

In sync with company’s aggressive expansion plan, Big Bazaar, the hyper market format of Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, has planned to open three stores in the next month. The proposed stores will be launched in Karad, Nashik and Kanpur,...

Pantaloon Retail, one of India’s largest retailers with more than 1,000 stores across 60 cities, has implemented Reflexis’ Task Manager and StoreWalk. Reflexis helps retailers execute their strategy flawlessly and uncover profit."By implementing Reflexis, we have already seen improvements...

art’dinox, a premium home décor brand from Jindal Stainless Ltd, plans to strengthen its presence into e-tailing extensively at a time when economic slowdown has affected the retail sectors. Further, the company plans to strengthen its presence in overseas...

In an effort to attract consumers, discount retailer Vishal Retail has said that the company is working on a new pricing strategy. As part of the plan, some of the products will be priced in ranges between Rs 19...

Tough times are challenging supermarket frozen food departments across the USA, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, in many ways the forces changing consumer spending habits and wreaking havoc on industry costs are benefiting the frozen...

Chennai-based FMCG major CavinKare has entered into a distribution deal with Paris-based international fragrance marketer Coty to market and distribute two of its brands across India. As part of the deal, CavinKare will distribute Coty’s Adidas and Jovan range...

French pen and stationery manufacturer BIC has picked up a 40 per cent stake in Mumbai-based stationery products maker Cello Pens. The deal, worth Rs 8 billion, also allows the former to increase its stake to 55 per cent...

Making best use of the available retail space, Croma has introduced its second Croma Zip – India’s ‘Small big electronics store’. The first Croma Zip store was launched at the Mumbai domestic airport and the second store opened its...

India may have been adding 8 to 10 million of new mobile users every month but when it comes to business, mobile retail remains a low margin business, according to Rajiv Agarwal, CEO and director, The MobileStore. “Being a...