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New Norms Hinder Indian Retail Growth in FDI

A new norm stipulating that only the 'owner of the brand' can invest in Indian retailers selling goods under a single brand threatens to derail their overseas fund-raising plans. The Foreign...

How Discounts & Offers Affect Big & Small Apparel Retailers

Major apparel retailers compete fiercely among themselves to attract the attention of buyers. Discounts, offers, free gifts, and contests are some of the many strategies adopted by apparel retailers...

Multi-Channel Retailing : An inevitable approach

Multichannel retailing is no longer a mere option for business expansion or value addition, but it has become an inevitable choice for sustainable growth in the retail industry. Thanks to the...

The New Mass Consumption, Consumers Want More at a Discount

Before the financial crisis hit, consumers used to enjoy shopping for discount bargains at mass merchants like Target and Walmart across the country.Consistently low prices meant consumers did not...

Psychology of Visual Merchandising

Psychology is a science of the human mind and behaviour. Wikipedia describes psychology as the “study of the soul”. Visual Merchandising (VM) is a clever way to exhibit products with the intent to...

Empowering the retail champions

Indians have developed a strong affinity towards luxury items. Global luxury brands are making a beeline into the Indian luxury retail segment. The sector has grabbed immense attention in the recent...

Loyalty Program in Apparel Industry

The Loyalty programme is generally assumed as the behavioral aspect of the customer related with the repeat buying. But if the customer is attached with you because she has no better alternative,...

Options Available for Retailers to Source Wholesale Clothing Products

After making necessary arrangements and setting up a retail shop comes the part of products sourcing. Be it a retail or wholesale trade, sourcing wholesale clothing products is the most important and ...

How Clothing Store Fixtures Make or Break a Business

If you just opened a clothing store, then there are a couple of clothing store fixtures that you will need to have in order to make your store complete. In order for any clothing store to get...

World's second-largest apparel retailer Hennes & Mauritz wary of entering in India

H&M is cautious about entering the Indian market despite recent relaxed regulations allowing 100% foreign ownership. The retailer is concerned about mandatory sourcing 30% of products from small...

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
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
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
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
Posted by
Aseem Prakash
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
A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo