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Westside goes for a revamp, to add more private labels

Tata Group’s, Trent that operates Westside retail chain, one of India’s largest and fastest growing store chain is revamping the business. As Gaurav Mahajan, CEO, Westside India, says, “Westside is progressing very positively and we are going Read more...

After IPO, Valentine plans aggressive expansion

“We are the first loungewear brand to launch a public issue. We have seen a good response for our IPO. On the first day itself the rate for listing was 20 per cent higher. Our HNI portion was oversubscribed by two-and-a-half times and many Bollywood Read more...

Raves exploring newer markets for expansion

“We are deemed to register an organic growth of 15-20 percent,” say optimistic Vikram and Rishi Chopra, Managing Directors, Rishi Fabrics (Raves), adding, “We will also expand in West Bengal and Assam from coming winters.” Now the brand is in Read more...

Elson to enter untapped markets

Elson the winter wear brand offering varied products like sweaters, thermals, caps, mufflers among others has been witnessing demand throughout the year since it supplies to stores catering to NRI customers. The brand is now targeting 10-15 Read more...

Global brands search for right success formula in India

With the opening up of the Indian economy, fashion is one sector that has attracted the attention of maximum number of global brands/retailers. However, doing business in India is not an easy task especially for the new entrants. Indeed, a lot Read more...

Royal Edward’s retail plans include launching EBO

Expecting a year-on-year growth of 15 percent, winter wear brand Royal Edward wants to explore Rajasthan as its next destination for retailing. “It is the new market we want to add. We would like to add 25 percent more MBOs to the existing 100 MBOs,” Read more...

Fabmark increases production capacity by 30 percent

Despite the labour problems that the company faced in Ludhiana last winter, the brand was able to achieve 15 percent growth. And it’s looking forward to increasing production capacity by 30 percent. “There was a huge labour problem in Ludhiana Read more...

Dalfsen: 'IAF will launch action plan on global responsibility'

International Apparel Federation (IAF) President Harry van Dalfsen has announced that they will launch an action plan on global responsibility. While speaking at the opening session of the Fashion Retail Summit in Mumbai celebrating the 50th Read more...

CMAI’s Fashion Summit foresees robust retail growth

As a part of its golden jubilee celebrations, the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI), organised a ‘Fashion Retail Summit’ in Mumbai on Thursday. It showcased the opportunities in Indian fashion retail space with a 360° perspective of Read more...

Hues banks on fashion for growth

Despite problems like yarn shortage, price fluctuations, labour shortage and unpredictable winter season in the Ludhiana cluster, Rupesh Puri, Director, Hues Clothing is looking forward to a good winter business. “We’d like to grow by 15 to 20 Read more...

High rentals in India leave luxe brands sweating

High rentals and lack of proper infrastructure for luxury retailing are forcing brands including Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and Omega to restrict the number of outlets in India. The rent component in retailing cost stands at 40 percent and is much higher than Read more...

Azzo anticipates good booking as retail shelves empty

“We did a fantastic growth in the last season and managed to score a 100 percent growth in our turnover. This was possible as we had planned our production and supplies in time… We anticipate a good booking season this time also,” says and Read more...

Do U Speak Green, taking the green cause beyond India

Do U Speak Green has become India’s first webstore selling eco-friendly product range. “We aim to make Do U Speak Green the world’s best eco clothing brand. We have a turnover of Rs 50-60 lakh at the moment, and our growth rate is 40 percent Read more...

No Nasties: Spreading a movement for fair trade cotton

Though a recent start-up, No Nasties, the brand of organic clothing is experiencing 200 percent year-on-year growth. A T-shirt brand as of now, it’s aiming to introduce kids’ wear, infant wear, lifestyle products and give more clothing options with Read more...

Corneliani partners OLS Luxury for India business

Corneliani has chosen to partner with OLS Luxury, the luxury division of the Orissa Stevedores group, owned by the Mishra family. The company is also reported to be in talks with other big luxury names to help them enter the Indian market. Over the Read more...

Indian menswear gets a colourful twist

The mundane men’s bottom wear is suddenly donning fresh colourful shades with men’s wear brands adding a dash of bright hues to their Spring/Summer collections. Be it denims, chinos, cargos, linens, or just plain vanilla trousers, the menswear Read more...

Burberry FY’13 revenue up 8 percent

Burberry has announced preliminary results for the year ended Read more...
 

Marks and Spencer FY;13 sales up 1.3 percent

For financial year 2013, Marks and Spencer group sales were Read more...
 

Malaika Arora Khan forays into fashion designing

After successfully donning several hats as Bollywood’s item girl, Read more...
 

ShopImagine’s lingerie line for Indian brides

Designer lingerie brand ShopImagine.in has unveiled an exciting Read more...
 

Woodland to open 50 exclusive Woods stores

Woodland plans to launch 50 Woods stores in 2013-14 with Read more...
 

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Future Group to launch World Market in Bangalore

Future Group, together with joint venture partner Read more...
 

Landmark Group targets Rs 5,500 cr revenue by ’14

UAE-based Landmark Group is close to hitting its 1 billion Read more...
 

Mauritian brand IV Play plans India entry

Mauritius apparel brand IV Play will soon be launched in Read more...
 

Nordstrom and Richemont make the news in Wall Street

Nordstrom fell 2.7 percent to 59.45 dollars after regular Read more...
 

TT gets 'Top 100 SME of India' award

TT the well known textile and garments player has added Read more...
 

Rupa eyes 13 percent revenue growth this year

Rupa, the Kolkata-based knitted inner wear garments Read more...
 

Björn Borg Q1 net sales fall 6 percent

For the first quarter (January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2013) Björn Read more...
 

Relaxo Footwear Q4 revenues grow 20.6 percent

Relaxo has reported mixed set of numbers for the fourth Read more...
 

Yatra’s trunk show to benefit multiple myeloma

The Yatra Collection will help raise money to fight multiple Read more...
 

Future Retail reports 60 percent decline in net profit

Kishore Biyani-promoted Future Retail, formerly known as Read more...
 

Richemont FY’13 sales up 14 percent

For the year ended March 31, 2013, Richemont the Swiss Read more...
 

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Be coloured this summer with ‘Vibgyorism’

Indigo Nation has launched its Spring/Summer 2013 Read more...
 

Zovi, Disney tie up to promote ‘Iron Man 3’ T-shirts

With the launch of Bollywood flick ‘Iron Man 3’ in Indian cinemas, Read more...
 

Bebe brings Narry Singh on Board as Director

Bebe has roped in Narry Singh as a Director on its Read more...
 

India’s fashion retail landscape in transition

The IAF was invited to attend CMAI’s Fashion Retail Read more...
 

Tod’s Q1 sales up 3 percent

For the first quarter of 2013, Tod’s sales were up 3 percent from the first quarter of 2012. Read more...
 

H&M sales up 11 percent in April

In April 2013, H&M Group total sales including VAT in local currencies increased Read more...
 

All eyes on Marks & Spencer new ranges

Marks & Spencer got bot industry and market talking Tuesday Read more...
 

Uniqlo, H&M scouting for retail space to open stores

Japan’s Uniqlo and Sweden’s H&M are all set Read more...
 

S Kumars lenders mull legal action against default

A consortium of 12 lenders of cash-strapped apparel and Read more...
 

Apparel industry to grow at 8 percent for next three years

India’s apparel industry is likely to grow at about 8 Read more...
 

Puma Q1 consolidated sales decline 2.3 percent

Puma in its first quarter result said that its consolidated Read more...
 

SAIF Partners accuses Catmoss of fudging funds

Promoters of kids’ wear brand Catmoss are now Read more...
 

Mandhana Industries Q4 sales up 59 percent

Mandhana Industries reported Profit after Tax (PAT) Read more...
 

M&S under scrutiny for FDI policy violation

UK-based retailer Marks & Spencer is under government's Read more...
 

Madura plans more ‘The Collective’ stores

Madura Fashion and Lifestyle is looking at doubling the number Read more...