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Is Impulse-Buying a Negative Attribute?

Yes,it's once again that time of the season to go on a shopping spree and pick up stuff at discounts varying from 10 to 90% on your favourite products... be it apparel, shoes, bags or watches. Some...

Global Retailers Decide to Mark up Prices

Owing to the continuous fall of the India rupee, several international apparel and accessories brands have decided to increase prices by up to 15 per cent to cope with the situation in an already...

E-stores Making Apparel Retail Stores Vanish - Big Question Mark

Retail stores are facing stiff competition from e-stores dealing in apparel and accessories. The rising demand for e-shopping has lead to a new debate cropping up in the world. Will retail stores...

Bargaining in Apparel Retail Stores in India

The concept of fixed price was very less in Indian apparel retail stores from the start. The scenario is changing nowadays, though! Haggling for prices exists only in the unorganized retail sector,...

Big Brands on Sale

International luxury brands such as Chanel, Christian Dior, and Burberry have initiated discount sales at their outlets in Delhi, Mumbai, and other cities to attract first-time buyers and clear...

Warm Weather Boosts UK Retail Sales in May

Warm weather at the tail end of May boosted UK retail sales, according to the latest statistics by the BRC and KPMG. The figures showed UK retail sales values were up 1.3% on a like-for-like basis...

High-end luxury brands yet to take off at Indian airports

A few months ago, senior executives of Italian luxury brand Salvatore Ferragamo met officials at the Delhi international airport and came away impressed by the swanky T3 terminal.

Mall owners woo retailers with irresistible offers in sluggish market

Mallowners are being forced to woo retailers by making offers they can't refuse ina sluggish market. While some are slashing rentals by as much as 30%, othersare waiving off the minimum guarantee...

Government likely to relax local sourcing norms for FDI in single brand retail

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) official, who did not wished to be named, said the local sourcing norms could be modified with the30% requirement applying to costs and not to ...

Prospects for FDI in multi-brand retail after presidential election

The Indian government plans to revive its policy allowing foreign investors to own 51% stakes in multi-brand retail after the presidential election. The decision aims to boost infrastructure and...

Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
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Pradip Mehta
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
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
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
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