Bijou Kurien

Multinational retailers and Indian entrepreneurs who have established back-end beachheads are expected to get the first-mover advantage as India prepares to welcome foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail. Last week, a committee of secretaries approved a proposal to allow...

IMAGES Group-organised India Retail Forum (IRF) 2011, to be held on September 21-22 in Mumbai, will see the world’s top retailers and professionals brainstorming to explore new avenues of retail.Bijou Kurien, chairman, IRF 2010, and chief executive, Reliance Retail...

In a clear signal of growing urbanisation in the state, Madurai is all set to get its first mall. It will be the second mall in Tamil Nadu outside Chennai, the other being Brookfields Plaza in Coimbatore. Located near...

Arrival of big retailers has had an impact on small grocers, but neighbourhood stores are still growing their sales, although at a much lower rate than modern trade, according to data from market research firm The Nielsen Company ....

IMAGES laments the shocking and premature loss of retail guru and pioneer of modern Indian retail Raghu Pillai early this morning. Pillai died of a massive heart attack in Chennai early today (Sunday April 10).Images Group Director & CEO...

Vision Express, the 50-50 joint venture between Reliance Retail and GrandVision BV, has reached another landmark in the eyewear business by launching its 103rd store. Located at MG Road in Bangalore, the new store offers a wide range of...

With eastern India holding a paltry nine per cent share in the modern retail sector in India, the region offers tremendous growth potential. For that to happen, though, sufficient investments need to be made in the sector. This was...

The magnum opus - India Retail Forum 2010 - was inaugurated with welcome notes by Bijou Kurien, Chairman, IRF 2010 and Chief Executive, Reliance Retail – Lifestyle along with B S Nagesh, Chairman, IRF 2009 and Vice Chairman, Shoppers...

Retail companies, professionals and concepts were recently felicitated by the 7th Annual IMAGES Retail Awards. The awards were presented on the concluding day of India Retail Forum 2010, a two-day event held at The Renaissance hotel in Mumbai on...