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‘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)

Shoppers’ Stop’s Nagesh moves into non-executive position; Shrikhande to take over as President & CEO; new organisation structure to become effective from today

August 18th, 2009 · No Comments

B S Nagesh, the public face of India’s leading department format retail chain and managing director of Shoppers Stop, who has been working with the company since its inception in 1991, is taking over as Vice Chairman of the company, from today.
Founded 19 years ago on the 27th October, 1991 with the unveiling of its [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Books/ Music/ Toys/ Gifts/ Leisure · Consolidation/ Restructuring · Consumer Electronics/ Home Appliances · Department Store · FMCG · Food and Grocery · HR/ Employment · Health, Beauty, Wellness · Home: Furniture & Improvement · Homeware/ Household · Indian Owned · Jewellery · Leather/ Footwear · Lifestyle Segment · Multi-format · Multi-product Categories · Restaurants · Shoppers' Stop/ HyperCity

Reliance Jewels forays into Mumbai; opens 13th store of ’speciality’ retail chain

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Reliance Jewels, the specialty format of Reliance Retail, a Mukesh Ambani group company, recently unveiled its first fine jewellery store in Mumbai. The Mumbai store located at R-City Mall in Ghatkopar suburb of the city happens to be the 13th such store of the retail chain.
The retailer is already operating similar stores in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, [...]

Tags: Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Expansion/ New Investment · Indian Owned · Jewellery · Lifestyle Segment · Luxury Segment · Mukesh Ambani (Reliance) · Specialty/ Concept stores

Pantaloon terminates JVs with Planet Retail and Blue Foods

July 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Pantaloon Retail, the country’s largest muli-format, multi-products, listed retailer, part of Kishore Biyani-led Future group, has decided to severe its commercial ties (joint ventures) with Planet Retail Holdings and Blue Foods.
Planet Retail Holdings Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between Kishore Biyani  (49 per cent) and V N Sharma (an Indonesian resident of Indian [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Capital/ PE/ IPO · Consolidation/ Restructuring · Department Store · FMCG · Food and Grocery · Homeware/ Household · Hypermarket/ Supercentre · Indian Owned · Jewellery · Kishore Biyani (Future Group) · Leather/ Footwear · Lifestyle Segment · MBO (Multi Brand Outlet) · Mergers, Acquisitions, Dilutions · Multi-format · Multi-product Categories · Restaurants · Specialty/ Concept stores

Mothercare in talks with Tatas? May severe ties with Shoppers Stop

July 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Mothercare, the iconic UK-based, retailer, which operates 21 retail stores (8 standalone and 13 shop-in-shop format outlets) for kids and expecting mothers in India, according to an ET report, may be looking for severing its ties with Shoppers’ Stop.
The Rahejas-led Shoppers’ Stop is among the country’s pioneering and leading listed retailers. It operates a [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Brands/ Strategy · Department Store · FMCG · Food and Grocery · Fresh Foods · Homeware/ Household · JV/ Franchisee · Jewellery · Leather/ Footwear · Legal · Lifestyle Segment · Mergers, Acquisitions, Dilutions · Multi-format · Multi-product Categories · Products Segment · Shoppers' Stop/ HyperCity · Tatas (Westside/Croma/Landmark/Teisco/Other)

Reliance unveils 12th ‘Reliance Jewels’ store in NCR

June 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Reliance Jewels, a speciality format of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail, which specialises in offering a wide range of certified gold, gold jewellery, and diamond jewellery, launched its 12th store in the National Capital Region (NCR). The new store is located at the Gold Souk Mall in Sushant Lok-1, in Gurgaon. Reliance [...]

Tags: Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Expansion/ New Investment · Indian Owned · Jewellery · Lifestyle Segment · Luxury Segment · Mukesh Ambani (Reliance) · Specialty/ Concept stores

Pantaloon to call off licencing agreement with ‘Replay’ of Italy?

June 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Close on the heels of withdrawing from tieups with Etam, the well known brand of lingerie from France, and Alpha group of UK for setting up airport shops, Kishore Biyani-led Future group, is also believed to be getting out of its licensing agreement with ‘Replay.’
The € 350 million, Replay is a 28 years old, [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Brands/ Strategy · Downsizing/ Closure · JV/ Franchisee · Jewellery · Kishore Biyani (Future Group) · Lifestyle Segment · Specialty/ Concept stores

Westside opens 37th store in Nashik; plans 10 new stores this fiscal

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Westside, the flagship department store format, lifestyle retail chain of Noel N Tata-led Trent Ltd, one of the two retail arms of Tata group, which currently operates 36 stores, recently opened its new store at Nashik in Maharashtra. The new store occupying a retail space of 24,000 sq ft is located in the [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Books/ Music/ Toys/ Gifts/ Leisure · Department Store · Expansion/ New Investment · Food and Grocery · Health, Beauty, Wellness · Home Improvement · Homeware/ Household · Hypermarket/ Supercentre · Indian Owned · Jewellery · Leather/ Footwear · Lifestyle Segment · Private Label · Tatas (Westside/Croma/Landmark/Teisco/Other)

Gitanjali to sell 400 Kg Gold on Akshaya Tritiya; forms JV to sell pure gold; launches first ‘Shuddhi-Sampurna Viswas’ store

April 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

Gitanjali Group, one of the country’s largest jewellery makers, is planning to sell around 400 kilograms of gold coins during Akshaya Tritiya– an auspicious day in Hindu calendar. The demand for precious yellow metal always remains very high during this festival. Akshay Tritiya will be celebrated in the country on April 27, this year.
Founded at [...]

Tags: Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Capital/ PE/ IPO · Events/ Happenings · Expansion/ New Investment · Indian Owned · JV/ Franchisee · Jewellery · Lifestyle Segment · Luxury Segment · New Ventures/ New Launch/ Expansion/ Investment · Specialty/ Concept stores

Gitajali to undertake expansion of jewellery stores chain; plans to add 30 stores in 4 months

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Gitanjali Group, the country’s largest integrated jewellery maker and pioneer in the business of branded jewellery, which among others offers branded ornaments under Gili, D’Damas, and Nakshatra brands, is going in for an aggressive expansion of its retail network. Gitanjali had recently launched ‘Rivaaz’ line of Gold CZ jewellery that marked the [...]

Tags: Brands/ Strategy · Expansion/ New Investment · Indian Owned · Jewellery · Lifestyle Segment · Luxury Segment · Luxury Store · Specialty/ Concept stores

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