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Turning data into information for intelligent retailing

Every business needs to gather information and to make informed decisions based upon it. In-house systems can provide an operational insight from the data they produce if this can be consolidated,...

Reverse logistics and its application in the textile industry

During the past decade, logistics has gained an increasing importance among businesses. Reverse logistics has now become the point of focus for all businesses. A report says that out of every $100...

Silent Sales initiators of retail stores: Visual merchandising

Visual merchandising is in existence since the dawn of civilization and prevails anywhere a trade activity takes place. It's like an alluring cover of a book which sparks interest in the minds of the ...

Mass customization

Mass Customization is the customization and personalization of products and services for individual customers at a mass production price. Thus it means meeting each customer's individual wants and...

Savvy staff to enhance sales

A customer, who walked into a shopping Mall in Bangalore with an intention of buying a watch, ultimately bought one, but with a price that exceeded his budget. He explains that the inspiration behind ...

Retail therapy - but for retailers: The global village of textiles and apparel

In today’s "Globalised Economy" the more obvious developments of the current industrial generation concern the use of information technology in communication, and mechanisation in production.

Organized retailing in India

The recent years have witnessed rapid transformation and vigorous profits in Indian retail stores across various categories. This can be contemplated as a result of the changing attitude of Indian...

Retail sales of November

As per the report of the U.S. Commerce Department, there is a bounce in the Retail sales by 1.2 percent during the month of November which is comparatively 1% higher than '07 October and 3.2% higher...

The retail world and store displays

Major department stores spend millions of dollars each year developing effective strategies for marketing and displaying their items so that the customers find them irresistible, opening their...

Retail shrinkage

Retail shrinkage is the difference in the value of stock as per the books and the actual stock available in the shop. A survey in 118 retail chains in the US states that the country has lost $31...

Effective quality management starts with a quality policy. Effectiveness is the extent to which...
Posted by
Pradip Mehta
Indians are too enamoured of Hollywood. We can’t help it. We have been conditioned this way. The...
Posted by
Anurag Batra
It was not very long ago that people who shopped online in India were considered 'ahead of time'....
Posted by
Arun Sirdeshmukh
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
Imagine a cricketer, once an exciting player but now aged 45, having put on oodles of weight, too...
Posted by
Rahul 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
The focus in research and development (R&D) is now more and more set on new sustainable products...
Posted by
Fanny Vermandel
Luxury is a lifestyle, and fashion is just a minuscule part of it. Businesswise-the most visible or ...
Posted by
Abhay Gupta