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Apparel retail stores: constantly being watched

Shoplifting significantly impacts apparel retail profitability, with losses due to theft amounting to billions annually. To combat this, retailers use Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) systems to ...

Time bound retail surprise : "Pop-up stores"

Pop-up stores, or flash retail, are temporary retail spaces that open for a short period, offering exclusivity and novelty. Gaining popularity since the 1990s, they capitalize on seasonal trends,...

Retail offers the red carpet experience

In today's competitive retail market, success hinges on delivering a standout customer experience. Retailers must adapt by focusing on emotional engagement, personal interactions & well-executed...

E-commerce trends for 2013

In 2013, e-commerce trends include increased personalization, with retailers offering customized experiences based on user data. Specialty retail will rise, high-quality products gaining traction....

At First Look, Impact of Sandy “Modest” on US Retail Sales

US retailers have yet to weigh up the full impact of Hurricane Sandy, which hit the US East coast earlier between the back-to-school spending rush and the all-important shopping fest that lies ahead. ...

Change or perish : retailers go for right sizing strategies

Retail stores today have become a part of the customer's shopping experience. The crucial factor influencing the customer's feelings is the retail space itself. Earlier, retailers developed their own ...

Indian Fashion Retailing : Growth and Issues

Retailing in India is at an emerging stage of its evolution, but within a small period of time certain trends are clearly promising which are in line with the global experiences.

Online retailers offer 'Touch & Feel' comfort to consumers

Recently, female employees at Ciber, a Bangalore-based IT consulting and outsourcing firm, were called into a slightly unusual session away from the line of duty a lingeriefitting workshop conducted...

Fashion Retailing : the power of presence

The journey of fashion retailing has gone through a magical transformation during the past years. In earlier times, people used to go to a trading post to shop. Later these posts evolved into general ...

Countervailing Strategies for Private Labels

Looking at a comparison across markets, there is a slow, but steady continuation of private label progress, which is actually the result of more retailers deploying private label products in a...

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