Pavers England, the British footwear brand which usually operates majority of its stores in India through franchise business model, has inaugurated its third store at Oberoi Mall, Goregaon in Mumbai. Spreading over an area of 1,100 sq. ft., the store offers an exclusive range of its stylish and trendy men and women footwear and accessories. Pavers England forayed into India on 9th April 2008 by opening its first store in Chennai. Read More>

Now it’s time for Kolkata to glitter with the entry of the high-end brands. Major Brands, which has a number of international lifestyle brands under its portfolio, recently unveiled exclusive outlets for five of its brands – Mango, Aldo, Promod, Charles & Keith and Inglot – at Forum Courtyard Mall in Kolkata. To launch all its brands, Major Brands has occupied over 6,000 sq. ft. at Forum Courtyard. Read More>

Kolkata’s most premium and luxurious South City Mall is hovering high for getting the highest selection of the top-notch national and international retailers in the entire eastern part of the country. Recently, Danish retail giant Bestseller has unveiled Jack & Jones. On the other hand, the penetration of Vero Moda, Only and Pieces are the other top-notch European apparel and accessories brands at the Prince Anwar Shah Road are showing a ray of light of wonderful stylish and organized retailing at the starting of the new decade. Read More>

According to the recent report, the Consumer Affair Ministry has marked green signal for having 49 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail chains. Read More>

Trent, the retail arm of Tata Group is on an expansion spree and contemplating to unveil 7 ?Star Bazaar? hypermarkets this year. This expansion is a part the group?s earlier declaration of adding 50 hypermarkets in the next 3 years across the nation.. Read More>

Ethos Swiss Watch Studios, a retail chain of exclusive Swiss watch stores, has inaugurated its first Ethos studio in Hyderabad at Inorbit mall. This new Ethos store stands 24th outlet in the country and it plans to come up with 6 more stores by the end of 2010. The group, which has closed financial turnovers of Rs. 75 crores in the last fiscal year, is on coursto touch Rs 110 crores this financial year. The revenue growth is due to each store registering an increase in volumes and addition of new studios. Read More>

Odyssey India Ltd. has unveiled a store at Express Avenue Mall in Chennai. The store, which sprawls across an area of 25,000 sq. ft. stands as the largest store of Odyssey in Chennai and second largest store in India. It has other two standalone stores in Adyar (13,200 sq.ft) and Anna Nagar (13,000 sq.ft). Read More>

Britain-based Early Learning Centre, whose name is popular for retailing children toy at over 400 international stores in more than 35 countries across the globe, has recently marked its entry in Bangalore by opening a store at Mantri Mall in Malleshwaram. Presently, the brand operates 5 stores in Delhi. ELC had forayed into India by signing a joint-venture with DLF Brands Ltd. in April this year.. Read More>

Indian Retail School (IRS), India's organized a distinctive workshop on Visual Merchandising. Through this workshop IRS wanted to enhance knowledge among the students and retail professionals about the evolving but unfamiliar Visual Merchandising and Store Design domain. Read More>

Celio, a leading France apparel brand, which operates 12 stores nationwide, adds one more store to its portfolio. Spreading over an area of 1,000 sq.ft., the new Celio store has been launched in Chandigarh. The store has showcased its latest autumn/winter collection. Read More>

Da Milano, the international luxury brand had recently launched its exclusive store at Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. Visual merchandising of this 850 sq.ft outlet has been done with the objective to attract passer-bys and induce walk-ins. The appealing visual merchandising of the store has white backdrop, wooden shelves, soft green wall paper, illuminating marble flooring to name a few. The brands offers ranges such as leather goods and accessories comprise of lamps, photo frames, coffee tables, wall clocks, planters, rugs, cushions, drapes, coasters and desktop sets for office tables. Read More>

Kitsch brings New York’s most stylish and contemporary brand ‘Theory’ to India. Kitsch has been home to iconic international fashion brands like Halston Heritage, Alberta Ferretti, Diane Von Furstenberg, Jean Paul Gaultier, Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Stella McCartney, Lanvin and is pleased to add Theory to its portfolio. Read More>

The retail apparel giant Allem Solly has inaugurated its exclusive showroom in Trivandrum. With the opening of the outlet the brand has ventured into the state with its business. Spreading over an area of more than 2,500 sq. ft, the store has an eclectic collection of the brand’s latest offerings and the entire store dazzles with an international look and appeal with exquisite fixtures, lighting and music. On the brand’s first foray into Kerala, R Satyajit, Chief Operating Officer, Allen Solly said, “Allen Solly has always believed in breaking conventions. Read More>

One of the global textile conglomerates and leading apparel retailers Ahmedabad-based Arvind Limited has unveiled a new exclusive outlet in Hyderabad. Thelaunch of this store is the first example of this unique concept that brings together the best of custom tailoring and readymade apparel. The company is now contemplating to come up with atleast 20 exclusive branded outlets in Andhra Pradesh by the closing of the present fiscal, besides venturing into a new expansion by establishing minimum 100 stores across the nation in the next 2 years. Read More>

A leading Italian apparel brand OVS Industry has signed a joint venture with Brandhouse Retails Ltd. The venture has come up with its first store at the newly launched Ambience Mall in Delhi. Sprawling across an area of 6,500 sq. ft., the company has brought under the popular brands in its multi-brand stores such as Reid & Taylor, Belmonte, Carmichael House, Stephens Brothers, and Alfred Dunhill. Presently, the brand has 3 exclusive stores in Chennai, Bangalore and Delhi. Read More>

Looks like the shopaholic Diliwallas just can’t get enough of flaunting brands. And, slowly the capital is turning into a hub for global products. With a plethora of international brands entering the Indian markets, here’s the latest addition — Epoca. The store recently opened in a posh Saket mall and has collections from three top Italian brands D&G, Ferre and Trussardi. The store is spread over a carpet area of 1,200 sq.ft. Read More>

Loose jeans, jackets, bandanas with tattoo prints - the street smart fashion of New York will now be seen in country with the launch of international brand Eucko Unltd in the Capital. The brand that opened its first store here in collaboration with Spencer’s Retail Limited targets the 15-25 years age group. Read More>

Mark Ashman has been appointed by K Raheja Corp as CEO of Hypercity Retail (India), a leading hypermarket company of India. Ashman was previously CEO of Marks & Spencer Reliance India and was instrumental in the rollout of Marks & Spencer’s retail strategy in India. He will replace Andrew Levermore. B.S Nagesh, Vice Chairman of Hypercity Retail (I) Ltd. said, “I am delighted to welcome Mark Ashman to our leadership team. Read More>

Hidesign, the leading fashion and lifestyle brand opens its Exclusive Brand Outlet (EBO) in Chennai, thus reaching a store-mark of 10 in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The recently launched store has also taken the store count of Hidesign to 50 in India. The new 850 sq. ft store has been opened at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai and houses an entrapping range of classic handbags and men’s bags, along with the complete Spring Summer 2010 Collection of Hidesign.. Read More>

Coca-Cola India has appointed Ogilvy Action, the activation arm of Ogilvy India for creating shopper marketing programs for the company’s brand portfolio. OgilvyAction will work across all key channels where Coca-Cola India operates in the country. After a competitive pitch involving several other agencies, OgilvyAction was awarded the assignment to oversee Coca-Cola India’s entire Shopper Marketing Business. Read More>>

Mexus Education, an education innovations enterprise, announces their strategic foray in education retail with the launch of Iken Store, India’s first edutainment store, in Mumbai today. This will be the first store launch in Mumbai, in a chain of branded stores across India, which will feature innovative educational products under the brand name ‘Iken’. Read More>>

Leading Indian companies with direct and allied interests in the non-alcoholic beverage industry have come together to form the first such industry organization in India- Indian Beverage Association (IBA). Companies that have subscribed to the association include- Dabur India Ltd, Red Bull India Pvt. Ltd, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd, Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd, Pearl Drinks Ltd, Bengal Beverages Ltd, Coca-Cola India Pvt. . Read More>>

Delhi & NCR-based SRS Group, one of the India’s conglomerates with the interest in real estate having a big auxiliary in retail businesses has declared its foray into Punjab. The Company has unveiled its first ‘SRS Value Bazaar’ which sprawls across an area of more than 15,000 square feet..Read More>>

Indus-League Clothing which is owned by Future Group is diversifying from a western branded apparel company to a speciality retailer. Indus-League Clothing has decided to accumulate together a range of its in-house brands to facilitate the bigger strides of the former menswear segment with a retail format called Headquarters.Read More>>

Dubai, U.A.E. 1st July, 2010 – The Hershey Company, known as The Chocolate Company in the United States, has appointed Retail Is Detail L.L.C. to open its first Middle East Hershey’s Chocolate World storeRead More>>

One of the pioneers in Indian luxury watch market Ethos Swiss Watch has unveiled its new store at the Mumbai Domestic Airport. This store is being aimed for all the watch aficionados flying across the country.Read More>

Ritu Wears penetrates Indore with a new name
Ritu Wears ventures into Indore by opening its flagship store in the city. The store launch was witnessed by the Bollywood star Malaika Arora Khan. North India’s largest family lifestyle brand Ritu Wears penetrates this untapped market by the name of Ritu Wears Biglife. Read More>>

Vision Express opens its 46th outlet in Ahmedabad
Vision Express, the 50-50 joint venture between Reliance Retail and Pearle Europe opens its 46th outlet in Ahmedabad. This is Vision Express’ first entry in Ahmedabad. The new store, located at Iscon Mall, spreads across an area of 831 sq. ft. It has housed a wide range of eyewear products and accessories matching contemporary style and fashion in a world-class ambience. Like other Vision Express stores, this store also offers end-to-end optical solutions to its customers..Read More>>

Godrej Nature’s Basket forays into Delhi
Delhi gourmet lovers can now rejoice for having India’s one of the finest gourmet food retail chains Godrej Nature’s Basket in the city. Godrej Nature’s Basket has ventured into the Delhi market by opening its flagship store at Defence Colony.Read More>>

Reliance Retail unveils 2nd Reliance Jewels store in Ahmedabad
Reliance Jewels, the fine jewellery specialty format of Reliance Retail Ltd has launched a jewellery store in Ahmedabad. This store stands second in Ahmedabad. After the successful launches in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jalandhar, Jamnagar, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur, Ludhiana, Vizag and Guntur, this is Reliance Jewels’ 17th outlet. .Read More>>

Lifestyle & Home Centre store launched in Malleshwaram
Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Dubai-based Landmark Group, has inaugurated its third exclusive Lifestyle and Home Centre store in Malleshwaram in Bangalore. The new store is spread across 3 floors encompassing over 80,000 sq ft of space..Read More>>

Thane gets first Reliance Trends at Korum Mall
A new store of Reliance Trends has been inaugurated by Reliance Retail at Korum Mall in Thane recently. The store sprawling across an area of over 23,000 sq. ft. houses more than 100 Indian and global brands which are best in apparel and accessories. The store has been designed in such a way that each customer can have wow experience with an essence of high-quality foreign-style shopping.Read More>>

SPAR unveils its largest hypermarket in Malleshwaram
One of the world’s largest independent food retail chains SPAR, which is spread across 35 countries, has unveiled its flagship hypermarket in India under the license agreement between Max Hypermarkets India Pvt. Ltd. & SPAR International. .Read More>>

Lenovo opens first flagship store in India
Lenovo today announced the inauguration of its first Flagship Store in India, in Nehru Place, New Delhi. The new Flagship Store is the first of its kind in India and will act as a complete brand experience zone for Lenovo customers, who will now be able to experience all of Lenovo’s.Read More>>

Vision Express set for aggressive expansion
In sync with its aggressive expansion plans, Vision Express, 50-50 Joint Venture between Reliance Retail and Pearle Europe, reached the first important milestone, Read More>>

SABMiller enhances In-Store Shopper Marketing with Infy’s ShoppingTrip360
SABMiller, one of the world’s largest brewers, has selected Infosys Technologies to conduct in-store projects leveraging the Infosys ShoppingTrip360 solution to analyze shopper and shelf activity around their beverage brands, helping improve the uptake of SABMiller products.Read More>>

Indus League to launch Daniel Hechter in India
Indus League Clothing, a Future Group company, recently signed a licensing agreement with French brand Daniel Hechter to launch its menswear line in India. Read More>>

Vision Express steps into Chennai
Vision Express, a joint venture between Reliance Retail and Netherland-based optical retail company Pearle Europe Group, inaugurated their first optical store in Chennai on Tuesday. Read More>>

Bharti Wal-Mart's first store to open next week
Bharti Wal-Mart, the joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and the US-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc, will open its first cash-and-carry store in India at Amritsar next week. Read More>>

GSK to have special in-store marketing campaign for health drinks
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) is planning to undertake a special campaign this summer to drive growth in the health food drinks category, consisting of the 'Boost' and 'Chocolate Horlicks' brands.  Read More>>

Gold Souk Grande to enter Kochi by August
Aerens Gold Souk Group is set to launch its large format mall, Gold Souk Grande, in Kochi by August. Spread across five lakh sq ft at Vyttila, the Gold Souk Grande will bring over 200 regional, national and international brands under one roof.  Read More>>

Rolex plans for exclusive stores in India
Rolex has sought government approval to set up exclusive retail outlets in India in a joint venture with a domestic partner.  Read More>>

Dalmia bets big on retail; eyes $200-bn turnover in five yrs
Unperturbed by the deep slowdown in retail business and overall economy, industrialist Sanjay Dalmia has chalked out ambitious plans to create a $200-billion global retail chain in the next five years.   Read More>>

BSNL to sell products and services at retail chains
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is looking for tie-ups with big retail chains in the country to sell its products and services under an aggressive marketing strategy.  Read More>>

An energizing step towards development of the POP industry in India
POPAI, the Global Association for Marketing at-Retail. The only global non – profit trade association for marketing at retail; serving more than 1,700 members internationally by promoting,
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POPAI presents..!
POPAI reviving its activities in India presents an event hosting the theme - “The New Marketing Model & Industry Trends affecting us all”
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Platt Retail Institute Launches Education and Training Division
Building on its global reputation as a leader in research and consulting to the digital communications industry, Platt Retail Institute (PRI) announced today that it is establishing an Education and Training Division.  Read More>>

Furtados opens biggest music showroom in India
Furtados Music India, recently opened an exclusive multi storied music showroom in Bangalore. It stocks the entire range of musical instruments and represents leading manufacturers including Steinway, Yamaha, Samick, Mapex, Pearl Percussion, Latin Percussion and Pearl River.

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Food & Grocery retailers expand
Economies across the world may be in turmoil and companies may have slammed the brakes on their expansion plans, but that isnít stopping retailers in India from charging forward with their plans. Two major FMCG retailers have launched stores in the past week.

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Congregate at The Collection.
Adding another feather to Dubai Festival City's already well decorated cap, is The Collection. Located in the heart of Festival City, the 650,000 sq ft luxury expansion to the award winning, 2.9 million sq ft retail resort, Festival Centre, will feature globally renowned flagship anchor brands and a plethora of over 170 premium fashion labels, designer homewares and world class dining experiences.
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In-Store Asia, the only expo, convention and awards event in the region focused on the practice of Shopper Marketing, will host its fifth edition in Bangalore after successful shows in Mumbai and New Delhi.
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EskoArtwork is numero uno among packaging pre-production workflow partners in India.
The recent retail marketing boom in India has propelled the Indian packaging market to new heights, with EskArtwork India leading from the front. Seamless integration between all stakeholders in the entire packaging supply chain – that's everybody from idea to shelf – is the need of the hour.
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LERROS has big plans in India.
LERROS, a Germany based premium apparel brand launched in Bangalore recently with much fanfare. The 3000 square foot store is their third outing in India with the other two located at Delhi and Noida.
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Future TV spreads its wing
Future TV, the retailscape television network from Future Media, has bagged exclusive rights to install and operate its network in Foodland Fresh, the food and grocery chain owned by the Radhakrishna Group across Mumbai and its suburbs, Navi Mumbai and Thane.
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Digital Signage Asia 2008
Digital Signage Asia 2008, Asia's exclusive show on digital signage will be held on 3rd and 4th October at the Nehru Centre, Worli in Mumbai, India. The show will showcase the various facets of this compelling new medium. The two day Event will witness a conglomeration of industry heads, digital network operators, retailers, brand marketers, research agencies, technology solutions providers and digital network owners.
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Infy's ne w solution for retailers and CPG companies.
Infosys Technologies has recently launched ShoppingTrip360, a platform that provides visibility into shopping behaviour and shelf activity through an in-store network of wireless sensor-based applications. This aids retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies achieve visibility into in-store activity.
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‘Reliance Footprint' outlet in Mangalore
After the successful launch of Reliance Footprint in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ludhiana and two in New Delhi, now the 6th Reliance Footprint outlet in India at Bejai Church Road, Mangalore has been launched.
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