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NEWS / RETAIL
/ NOVEMBER '06
Lucknow and Varanasi get Globus
Globus, the one stop shop for fashionable
ready-to-wear apparel for the youth, has opened its latest
outlets at
Lucknow and
Varanasi.
The new outlets are an abode to denims, casuals, smart formals,
ladies Indian wear & accessories from the Globus & F21 stable.
The audio-visual equipment, used inside the store, is
superlative, accompanied with the most modern state-of -the -art
lighting. Mr. Vinay Nadkarni, CEO, Globus Stores, says: “UP is
special to us, as this will be our fourth store in the state
following the two at
Ghaziabad,
and the one in
Kanpur.
The reception that we have got from the youth of this state has
given us the confidence to plan for many more".
Bringing trendy & fashionable merchandise to today’s fashion
conscious youth at affordable prices is what the brand Globus
stands for, and this business move by the Group, is in sync with
growing demand for fashion.
Indigo Consulting to develop IGDS’s
new portal
The
International Group of Department Stores
(IGDS), a leading association of department stores worldwide has
appointed
Indigo Consulting
to create and manage their new web
platform. The proposed website, which is to be launched in Jan
2007, will feature tools for networking, collaboration and
information exchange as well as a member directory. With this
portal,
IGDS
aims to extend its services and provide the right tools to
foster the community, provide a meeting platform for its
members, and explore and support synergies between them.
According to Werner Studer, Executive Director,
IGDS,
"Indigo Consulting understands our business and has helped
design a solution that would meet our needs. We look forward to
launching the new IGDS
website design
by them.”
Ritu
Wears opens Delhi's biggest fashion family store
Ritu Wears, Delhi's
biggest family fashion store is being opened at Vikas Surya
Shopping Mall, Mangalam Place, Rohini, Sec-3, with four floors
of shopping experience for the people of West Delhi. With
50,000 square feet of shopping area and a massive range of
clothing for the entire family’s needs, Ritu Wears also stocks
perfumes, jewellery, sunglasses, lingerie, kids stuff, sports
wear, accessories, shawls and dress material by major national
and international brands.
Floral fiesta
Couturier J J Valaya
of the House of Valaya, and entrepreneur Vikaas Gutgutia of the
FNP group, have evolved Valaya.FNP Fleur to the next realm with
the launch of a brand new luxury flower boutique at Safdarjung
enclave in Delhi on 6th October. The boutique houses
some of the most exotic and exquisite flowers from across the
world.
Woodland goes into expansion mode
Indian footwear
brand Woodland would be setting on a major expansion plan that
would include doubling production capacity and setting up 60-70
new retail stores in the next two years. The company would be
investing about Rs. 10 crores to set up three new facilities in
Uttaranchal to cater to the increased demand. With the setting
of the new units which would be functional by 2007 end, the
production capacity of Woodland would go up from 6,000 pairs of
shoes to 10,000 to 12,000 pairs. The company also plans to open
60-70 new retail stores by 2008 which would come up in metros
and tier-1 cities and would take the total number of exclusive
stores to 195.
Reliance opens first retail outlet in Hyderabad
Benetton to start operating in big way in India
Retail growth on the cards for Hakoba
Nahar
to go for retail expansion
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