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"Where Trends Meet Tradition" - rural customers dominate Indian retail market

A report by the associated Chamber of Commerce states that rural consumer market is estimated to grow at the rate of 40%, while urban market sector growth would be only 25%. By 2020, 66.3% of the...

Views from the clothing sector on Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart's entry into South Africa has sparked mixed reactions in the clothing sector. While some foresee opportunities for local manufacturers and competitiveness, others worry about price wars,...

Women in Retail: Necessity or Substitute

The article talks about the strong existence of women in the retail industry and successfully carrying the responsibilities of both a home maker and a working woman. Retail which was supposedly an...

Customized Clothing Fixtures to Display Your Apparel Merchandise

Customized clothing racks are essential for effective apparel displays in retail. They enhance product presentation, attract customers, and maximize store space. Well-chosen fixtures highlight the...

Drop Shipping: how good is it for retailers?

Drop shipping is a retail method where goods are shipped directly from the manufacturer to the consumer, bypassing the retailer's need for inventory or storage. Retailers profit by marking up prices, ...

Ethical Strategies for Managers: Approaches to Making Moral Choices

Managers can adopt four key ethical approaches when making decisions: utilitarian (maximising overall benefits), rights-based (upholding individual rights), virtue-based (focusing on personal...

Zara Fever Grips Indian Retailers

Inditex's Zara brand has rapidly gained popularity in India, with its South Delhi outlet achieving the largest single-day sales by an international retailer in the country. Zara's ability to quickly...

Business Intelligence for Retail Enhancement

Business Intelligence (BI) is essential for modern retail success, enabling data-driven decisions through real-time insights. Initially used for forecasting and strategy, BI evolved with loyalty...

Retailers Ahead of the Game - Part III New Look: the fashion excitement

Competition among the retailers makes them to be more concerned, with innovation and creativity as their new sales mantra. New Look is an accomplished high street brand with a fast fashion approach. ...

2011 & 2012: a bumpy ride ahead for UK Retailers

The UK retail sector, already struggling during the recession, faces further challenges due to intense competition, an abundance of choices, and a complex economy. Despite global apparel retail...

Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
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Abhay Gupta
Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
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Pradip Mehta
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
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Rahul Mehta
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
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Fanny Vermandel
A few years later, the same process is now taking place in textile printing, and this has never...
Posted by
Gabi Seligsohn
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
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo
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
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
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Anurag Batra
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
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Arun Sirdeshmukh