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Reliance’s ‘Dairy Pure’ ventures out of family stores; ropes in outside retailers to expand business

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Reliance Dairy Foods, a subsidiary company of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which manufactures and markets milk and other dairy under ‘Dairy Pure’ brand, has begun expanding footprint of its dairy products by roping in retailers outside the group. Apart from state cooperatives which operate within their respective states/ regions, Amul, Nestle, Mother Dairy [...]

Tags: Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Convenience Store · Expansion/ New Investment · Fresh Foods · Indian Owned · Lifestyle Segment · Mukesh Ambani (Reliance) · Multi-format · Supermarkets/ Megastores · Value Segment

Walmart Chairman meets PM to lobby for allowing FDI in multi-brand retail in India

November 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Walmart Stores, world’s largest multi-brand retailer with over $400 billion in annual sales and operations under 53 banners across 15 countries (including India), is lobbying hard for change of policy on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in India.
Currently, while no FDI is allowed in the multi-brand segment of retail operations, up to 51 [...]

Tags: Bharti (Bharti Retail/ Bharti-Wal-Mart) · Brands/ Strategy · Economy · International · JV/ Franchisee · MNC/ Foreign Owned · Policies/ Government · Views/ Opinions

Diwali brings cheer back to retailers; ‘durables’ and ‘home’ retail sales show highest growth, while ‘fashion’ sales too are buoyant

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Consumers are returning to retail stores with a vengeance. Diwali, which this year was celebrated about a fortnight or so earlier than usual, brought cheer back to faces of harried retailers.
Compared to the boom year of 2007, which had seen a large number of serious and non-serious players entering the sector, the year 2008 turned [...]

Tags: Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Consumers/ Behaviour · Economic Slowdown · Economy · Kishore Biyani (Future Group) · Lifestyle Segment · Mukesh Ambani (Reliance) · Multi-format · Retail Research · Retail Trends · Shoppers' Stop/ HyperCity · Specialty/ Concept stores · Views/ Opinions

Allen Solly to reinvent itself as full ‘lifestyle’ brand; expand present portfolio to add women’s fashion products

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Allen Solly, the Rs 250 crore (2009 turnover) fashion apparel brand, which accounts for 28 to 30 per cent of Madura Garments’ turnover, is reinventing itself from the image of ’semi-formals’ and ‘casuals’ brand to a brand of fashion and personalcare lifestyle products. Madura Garments– a Kumar Mangalam Birla group company, is also retailing several [...]

Tags: Accessories · Aditya Birla (More/ Other) · Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Apparel · Brands/ Strategy · Expansion/ New Investment · Health, Beauty, Wellness · Image Makeover · Indian Owned · Lifestyle Segment · Specialty/ Concept stores

‘Provogue’ to recast business strategy; focus on small format stores, prefer vendor labels, limit expasnsion of discount format stores

October 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Reeling under pressure of sharply declining operating margins and slow growth in sales, Mumbai-based, lifestyle, fashion retailer and mall developer Provogue, according to a BS report, has decided to recast its future business plans and strategies.
The company has registered a sharp decline of 500 basis points (bps) or 5 per cent in its operating margin [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Brands/ Strategy · Consolidation/ Restructuring · Economic Slowdown · Expansion/ New Investment · Indian Owned · Lifestyle Segment · MBO (Multi Brand Outlet) · Private Label · Property/ Realty · Shop-in-Shop (SIS) · Specialty/ Concept stores

Domino’s Pizza may become first fast-food chain to list on Indian bourses; mulls IPO for dilution of PE equity

October 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Bhartia’s owned “Jubilant FoodWorks Limited,” — the master franchisee of world renowned QSR (Quick Service Restaurants) pizza brand “Domino’s Pizza” in the South asia (except Pakistan)– according to media reports is looking at an IPO so as to enable one of its private equity (PE) investor JPMorgan Chase & Co, a JP Morgan Partners affiliate, [...]

Tags: Brands/ Strategy · Capital/ PE/ IPO · Consolidation/ Restructuring · Expansion/ New Investment · HR/ Employment · JV/ Franchisee · Lifestyle Segment · Restaurants · SBO (Single Brand Outlets) · Specialty/ Concept stores

Future looks at ’sports’ as growth segment; aims Rs 1,000 cr of annual sales in future

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Kishore Biyani-led Future group, which operates several multi-format, multi-product retail chains across consumer segments, is looking at sports business segment as one of the potential categories that can help shape its ambitious future growth plans. The group, as may be recalled, has recently announced its goal of achieving Rs 250 billion (Rs 25,000 crore) in [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Brands/ Strategy · Consolidation/ Restructuring · Expansion/ New Investment · Indian Owned · Kishore Biyani (Future Group) · Leather/ Footwear · Lifestyle Segment · MBO (Multi Brand Outlet) · SBO (Single Brand Outlets) · Specialty/ Concept stores

Bharti Retail will create 60,000 jobs, touch $1 bn. in turnover by 2015; makes strong pitch for FDI in multi-brand retail

September 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Rajan Mittal, Vice-Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, which owns Bharti group’s retail arm Bharti Retail, has pitched hard for allowing foreign investment (FDI) in front-end, multi-brand, retail. Currently, there is a complete ban on inducting FDI in this segment, which accounts for bulk of retail business, in India.
FDI in retail has traditionally been opposed by small [...]

Tags: Bharti (Bharti Retail/ Bharti-Wal-Mart) · Brands/ Strategy · Education/ Training · Expansion/ New Investment · HR/ Employment · Indian Owned · JV/ Franchisee · Lifestyle Segment · MBO (Multi Brand Outlet) · Policies/ Government · Private Label · Supermarkets/ Megastores · Value Segment · Views/ Opinions

Dussehra festival brings cheer to luxury car retailers in Gujarat; Mercedes sells 45, as Honda braces to cross 100 vehicles mark

September 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Beating slowdown blues, this festive period appears to have brought a lot of smiles on faces of luxury goods retailers, particularly luxury car retailers in Gujarat.
The Dussehra day is turning out to be a bonanza time for retailers as Gujaratis, who prefer to buy vehicles, houses, and other expensive durables on this auspicious day, are [...]

Tags: Auto/ Accessories · Consumers/ Behaviour · Economy · Lifestyle Segment · Luxury Segment · MNC/ Foreign Owned · SBO (Single Brand Outlets) · Specialty/ Concept stores

‘Tanishq’ to push sales during festivals; expects major growth from diamonds’ range

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Tanishq, the country’s most prominent gold and precious jewellery of brand, which has deservedly been credited for pioneering and promoting the concept of branded jewellery in India, is expecting to make a big splash this festive season. Tanishq is currently operating a retail network of 117 exclusive boutiques across 78 cities of India.Tanishq is expecting [...]

Tags: Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Indian Owned · Jewellery · Lifestyle Segment · Luxury Segment · SBO (Single Brand Outlets) · Specialty/ Concept stores · Tatas (Westside/Croma/Landmark/Teisco/Other)

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