Retail Articles
Online visual merchandising - the future of retail
The retail industry is as competitive as it can get. With increasing amount of shoppers purchasing products from online stores, especially in US and Asia, retailers need to up their game to attract...
Opportunities and Growth prospects in Textile Retailing
Man’s apparel work like a preliminary round in every interview and confidence at every stage of his life. Today employees are spending more time at work place than at homes. There’s no doubt that...
Ramadan specific Retail Rises
Retailers have been eyeing occasions and events to increase sales and thereby increase revenues. Shopping has become an essential element of celebrating the festive seasons all across the globe....
New age retailing with Mobile Point of Sale
Apparel retailers have also caught the trend and are exploring the new age retailing with Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS). It provides clothing retailers with an opportunity to put their digital...
Consumer psychology behind apparel purchase during the End of Season Sale (EOSS)
End of Season Sale (EOSS) is now a trend among the apparel retailers in India. It is one of the discount sales techniques adopted by the apparel retailers. Many consumers are looking forward to make...
Fashion retailers tapping new market segments
Thanks to such market segmentations, fashion brands have created categories like maternity wear, kids wear, teen wear, and apparel for older generations. But many brands are now tapping new markets...
CPFR to boost the apparel retail supply chain
Using an advanced and technologically forward model for apparel retail that integrates all the involved members of supply chain including retail and distribution activities can help in efficient...
Stock Keeping Unit
The complete product offering of the retailer is termed as merchandise mix. It comprises of the entire range of products stocked by a store offered for sale. In merchandise management one has to buy ...
Click and Mortar an innovative hybrid retail model
The hybrid retail model helps in amalgamation of the trinity of any apparel retail company, the manufacturers, retailers, and the brand across the supply chain in order to protect margins. To stay in ...
Knocking off cybercrime in apparel retailing
Since the burst of the dot.com bubble, e-commerce has been increasing exponentially. Small and large companies have got into the business of buying and selling online and reaped the benefits of...
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It was in 1987 that Asif Merchant got into the business of wholesaling of footwear. He bought from...
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Asif Merchant | Sep 02,2015
Asif Merchant | Sep 02,2015
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
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Abhay Gupta | Dec 23,2016
Abhay Gupta | Dec 23,2016
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
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Rahul Mehta | Aug 12,2017
Rahul Mehta | Aug 12,2017
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
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Gabi Seligsohn | Feb 04,2016
Gabi Seligsohn | Feb 04,2016
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
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Arun Sirdeshmukh | Jan 21,2016
Arun Sirdeshmukh | Jan 21,2016
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
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Anurag Batra | Sep 02,2015
Anurag Batra | Sep 02,2015
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
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Rahul Mehta | Sep 11,2015
Rahul Mehta | Sep 11,2015
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel | Jun 24,2016
Fanny Vermandel | Jun 24,2016
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0?
Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
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Aseem Prakash | Apr 25,2016
Aseem Prakash | Apr 25,2016
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta | Jan 23,2016
Pradip Mehta | Jan 23,2016
