IndiaRetailBiz

Reliance Fresh stores in Jharkhand
Reliance has begun its retail journey in Eastern parts of India with the opening of four ‘Fresh’ outlets in Ranchi on 18th March, 2007. It will also begin opening shops in Kolkata from Mat, 2007. Reliance, according to its officials, has decided to open one Reliance outlet catering to every 3,000 […]

What it takes to succeed in the highly competitive marketplace of today?
“Narrow your focus,” says Marketing Guru Laura Ries, President, Ries & Ries, an Atlanta (US) based marketing strategy firm.
You can’t appeal to everybody. You can’t make your brand stand for everything.
While, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer stands for “low price,” Saks stands for […]

Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, which is looking at making its foray into India with the likely opening of its stores in New Delhi and Mumbai could apart from brewing coffee also look at distributing mineral water brand ‘Ethos’ which it had acquired in 2005.
Starbucks, for its India foray, as reported […]

Having already launched a number of neighbourhood, convenience format stores under the brand name of ‘Reliance Fresh’ in Hyderabad, Chennai and a few tier II towns of Andhra Pradesh, Reliance Retail, the retailing arm of Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries, is now moving into Karnataka state with the opening today of a slew of […]

Apart from expanding the network of its Lifespace retail stores chain, Godrejs are looking at launching a chain of 20 speciality boutique retail stores, by 2010, in top eight metro and megapolis of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune. These stores will offer a range of products in four categories comprising, home […]

This was in the making, since, there is nothing unusual about the movement of top talent in an industry that is on the roll.
Retail industry in India, to begin with, did not have many professionals. It grew with the local retailers like Shoppers’ Stop, Pantaloons and RPG. Most of it was initially drawn either in-house […]

Infinity Retail, one of the two retailing arms of the Tata Group, which is setting up a retail chain of consumer durables’ stores under the brand name of ‘Croma,’ across the country, which are modelled on Australian Dick Smith chain of ‘Powerhouse’ retail stores, is soon launching 17 multi-brand megastore outlets in Gujarat; two […]

Godrej Lifespace, the retailing division of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd., the flagship Godrej Group company, having 47 exclusive showrooms spread across 22 cities in India, has decided to increase the number of its stores five fold to over 200 at an investment of Rs 90 crore in the next four years, by […]

Walt Disney, the US based world’s largest licensor with US$23 billion in 2006 global retail sales, with product lines, among others, ranging from the world famous Disney Toys and Games to Stationery and from Apparel and Accessories to Footwear, launched its first retail store to sell branded kids products in New Delhi on […]

Pantaloons, presently having three stores in Kolkata, occupying two lthird of the three lakh square feet of retail space occupied by the company in the Eastern India, has planned to open three more stores in the city during the next fiscal 2007-08. Each of the new store in Kolkata on an average will […]