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Comrades in Kerala appear to have developed a penchant for inaugurating Reliance shops. When questioned, they either feign complete ignorance or blame their friends for blunders committed by them.
Reliance has pulled another coup of sorts, when it roped in Comrade C K Manisankar, Deputy Mayor of Kochi, to open another of its […]

Most global luxury brands like Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Jean Paul Gaultier and Gucci, Tag Heur, Espirit, Armani, Gabbana, Escada, Dunhill are betting big on India. This was evident from the views expressed by the premium luxury goods retailers during the conference on the subject held a few months ago at New Delhi by the HT-Mint. […]

The Kolkata-based, Rs. 310 crore, electrical major, Khaitan Electricals, which among other manufactures and markets electrical fans, appliances, lighting products and pumps, has decided to foray into organised retailing.
Khaitan will launch its multi-product, multi-brand, ‘Lmart’ shop in Kanpur next month. The 9,000 sq.ft. shop, apart from offering premium range of fans, will offer electrical appliances […]

To cash in on the rising demand of branded garments, Tommy Hilfiger– the US-based, internationally famous, premium fashion brand, has decided to more than double its presence within the next six months, in the country. It licensee Arvind Murjani Brands will set up 11 new stores to the existing network of nine exclusive stores […]

RCOM (Reliance Communications) has joined hands with BIMTECH (Birla Institute of Management Technology) and the US-based Philadelphia University to offer a course on retail management titled `Executive Program for Retail Management (EPRM)’. Graduates with minimum two years experience will be eligible for the course.
Admissions could be offered to up to 1,000 […]

Reliance Retail, whose entry in the left controlled states of West Bengal and Kerala is scoffed at by the ruling combine, according to an Sunday Express (24th June) report, has pulled off a coup of sorts by getting Comrade Dinesh Mani, ex-mayor and present MLA of Kochi, to inaugurate a supermarket it opened in […]

Starbucks, the US-based, over $8 billion, biggest retailer of coffee in the world, having more than 13,000 stores across the world, has decided to re-submit its proposal for foraying into India. This will obviously further delay its plans to enter the country. It had planned to open its first coffee store in New […]

RPG Retail, the retail arm of R. P.Goenka group, is eying a growth of 150% in its turnover this year, over the previous year. It expects to garner Rs. 1,500 crore business in 2007-08 against the turnover of Rs. 600 crore in 2006-07, said Sanjiv Goenka, Vice-Chairman, RPG Enterprises. He was speaking […]

Lodestar Universal Labcenter recently conducted a study of 72 towns across the country to understand the factors influencing the behaviour of shoppers, which then were ranked on the basis of their shopping potential.
Lodestar Universal, a part of the international media and advertising powerhouse Interpublic Group (IPG), was formed in India by merging the […]

The state Government of Delhi has come heavily on big retail chains and asked them to comply with the provisions of Delhi Agriculture Produce Marketing Regulation Act, which mandates payment of 1% fees on every commercial purchase of agri products including vegetables, fruits and milk-based products like khoya.
These chains escape the […]