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FDI - Global Retailers Play Wait-and-Watch Game

Global retailers like Walmart and Tesco are cautious about FDI reforms in retail, given past policy reversals and political instability. Investors await clarity on conditions, state-wise rules, and...

Retailers Adopt Tempting Deals to Lure Indian Shoppers

Indian shoppers, influenced by economic trends, value deals, bulk buys, and dynamic retail experiences. Modern trade grows as "crossover shoppers" balance kiranas and supermarkets. Retailers use...

An Empirical Study of Swedish Textile & Clothing SMEs

This study examines the resilience of Swedish textile and clothing SMEs during the 1990-93 and 2007-09 economic crises. It highlights challenges like bankruptcies and financial disruptions and...

Retail Hot Button - emotional marketing

Sale is all about creating demand for a product through persuasion. Motivating the customer to take the buying decision is the most desirable consequence of any marketing exercise. Key to effective...

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

The rupee’s 15% fall has led international apparel brands to raise prices by up to 15%, further dampening consumer demand. Brands like Van Heusen and Louis Philippe, which rely on imports, face...

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...

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