IndiaRetailBiz

“We are doing a legitimate business, and there are so many others doing the same business. So why should people try to stop Reliance alone from entering Bengal. I appreciate there’s some anxiety, but such things happen all over the world. We’ll have to address it.”
“We should be there, hopefully, in the […]

“The proposed Reliance Retail-Avery Dennison JV will combine the global resources of Avery Dennison with local market knowledge and resources of Reliance Retail to strengthen existing supply chain network and enhance merchandising capabilities.”

Avery Dennison Corp, the Pasedana (US)-based, global giant in pressure sensitive technology, with $6.3 billion in 2007 sales, […]

“Reliance Retail is well on track to create significant value creating platform, generate employment opportunities and trigger a socio economic transformation particularly in rural India.” — Mukesh Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Industries Limited, while addressing the 34th AGM of the company’s shareholders.

“We have addressed the challenges which we faced last year in its […]

Reliance Retail, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, which forayed into retail business with an avowed objective of going alone without any external partners, after nearly 20 months of actual launch, has reconciled to form joint ventures with global leaders to provide momentum to its business.
The need to […]

A number of ‘modern retail brands,’ all of which are quite young in terms of either their launch or geographical spread, have begun catching imagination of Indian consumers. They have entered the prestigious listing under ’services’ category this year of the “Most Trusted Brands” list of the Economic Times.
In the next few […]

“We believe India is an attractive and important market and we are currently developing our strategy there.” — Jane Randel, Vice-President, Corporate Communications, Liz Claiborne.
Liz Clairborne, the New York (US)-based fashion group that designs and markets a global portfolio of retail-based premium brands including Kate Spade, Juicy Couture, Lucky Brand and […]

Gini & Jony, one of the country’s best known kidswear brand, which sells clothes through its own retail outlets, also sells its premium apparel through ‘Shop in Shop’ outlets of many well known national retail chains. Besides the retail chains operated by Shoppers’ stop, Indiabulls, Lifestyle, Ebony, and Pantaloons, Giny & Jony […]

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), the Mukesh Ambani-led owner of Reliance Retail Limited, which incurred a loss of about Rs 800 crore on operations of its 1,432 fuel stations during 2007-08 is looking at converting about 700 to 800 of them into shopping malls and multiplex halls. This will mean an […]

Reliance Retail (RRL), the retailing arm of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance group, which in a tie up with the US-based Steve Jobs-led Apple Inc. has set up exclusive Apple premium reseller stores called ‘iStores,’ to offer genuine iconic Apple consumer and professional electronic products like iMac desktop computers, MacBook notebooks, Mac Air notebooks (world’s thinnest), Mac […]

Reliance Retail, the retailing arm of Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries Limited, which for about a year has been in talks with Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films Limited, to form a Rs. 200 crore ($50 million) joint venture, has now initiated discussions with Manmohan Shetty, the founder of Adlabs Films […]