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Retailing Concepts- Introduction

Retailing involves the buying and selling of goods and services, with a focus on customer satisfaction and personalized services. The industry has evolved through various formats, from traditional...

'Retail Apparel Sector' Recession Feats

Despite the recession, the retail apparel sector thrived by adapting to consumer changes, cutting costs, and embracing online shopping. Brands focused on product innovation, value retailing, and...

Retailers ' Apathy Leads To Bangladeshi Factories Ignoring Worker Safety

Bangladesh’s apparel industry faces recurring factory accidents due to poor safety standards. Fires and building collapses have killed many workers despite international audits. Labour groups demand...

High Indian Retail Growth Rate Attracts Global Brands

India’s retail market, growing at 20% annually, attracts global brands like Zara, Topshop, and Uniqlo. Some brands, like Levi Strauss' Dockers and GAS, exited due to strategic shifts, while new...

Retailing in India

Retail contributes 14 per cent to India’s GDP, with organised retail growing rapidly, driven by big players like TATA and Reliance. Retailers face challenges like customer satisfaction, product...

Window Display- A World Full Of Opportunity

Window displays are a retailer's key tool for conveying the store's image and attracting customers. They reflect style, content, and price point while engaging pedestrians emotionally. By updating...

Digital Retail Signage – Color It Green

Digital retail signage offers environmental benefits by reducing paper and ink usage, helping save trees and decrease landfill waste. Though requiring energy, advances in energy-efficient displays...

Lifeless Mannequins to Incarnate the Retail Business

Mannequins are vital in retail for creating engaging window displays that attract customers and boost sales. Their lifelike designs enhance visual merchandising, showcasing apparel in creative and...

The State and Scope of Luxury Retailing in India

The article explores the emerging luxury retail market in India, highlighting its vast growth potential. Despite being in its nascent stage, India’s affluent consumers, especially in cities like...

Three Key Retail Trends For 2010

The 2010 Global Powers of Retailing report highlights three key trends: 1) Retailers must strengthen multichannel strategies as online sales grow slowly, but social networking boosts marketing. 2)...

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 recent PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey concluded that a majority of US companies are having...
Posted by
Bill D’Arienzo
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
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
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
Is your business ready for Textiles 4.0? Before you can say, 'Yes', 'No', 'May be' or 'I don't...
Posted by
Aseem Prakash
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh