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Indian Fashion Retailing : Growth and Issues

Fashion Retailing in India is rapidly evolving, with organized retail gaining popularity in metropolitan and semi-rural areas. The sector's growth creates numerous job opportunities. With a large...

Online retailers offer 'Touch & Feel' comfort to consumers

Online retailers like Zivame and Zovi are enhancing the shopping experience by simulating offline "touch and feel" comfort. Zivame conducts lingerie fitting workshops to build brand credibility,...

Fashion Retailing : the power of presence

Fashion retailing has evolved from general stores to specialty and departmental stores. The market is driven by consumer demand for fashion, with short product life cycles and fierce competition....

Countervailing Strategies for Private Labels

Private label products have steadily grown over two decades, with Europe leading, where they account for 35% of the market and 52% in UK supermarkets. In the U.S., their share is under 20%, while...

The wilder side of sales - Guerrilla Marketing

Guerrilla marketing uses unconventional, surprise-driven strategies to captivate audiences and boost apparel retailers' profits. Originating from Jay Conrad Levinson's concept, it parallels guerrilla ...

Falling Retail Sales Shows up Weak Recovery in China

Beijing's retail market reflects an economic slowdown and a shift to online shopping. Retail sales grew by 11.7% in the first half of the year, below the 15% benchmark for robust growth. High-end...

FDI in Retail: is India for sale?

India's retail sector has been a focus of policy debates over FDI, aimed at reducing deficits and boosting the rupee. Ranked fifth in AT Kearney's 2012 GRDI, the sector was projected to grow from...

Foreign Retailers Selling Products to Indian Customers Online

Despite debates over FDI in Indian retail, online stores like Myntra, Snapdeal, and HomeShop18 are offering discounted Western brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle, which have yet to ...

Digital Retailing to Rule Market in Future

Digital retail is one of the most advanced concepts in the world of apparel retail. It includes online retailing and retailing with mobile apps. Buyers are gradually shifting their interest from...

Reactions for FDI in Retail by Different Sectors in India

The implementation of law in favor of bringing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail to India finally took place. People across the country had differing opinions. Some were in favor of the law...

Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
Posted by
Aseem Prakash
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
Why do I ask if India can afford to miss the bus again? Because whether we like it or not, whether...
Posted by
Rahul Mehta
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh