Bijou Kurien

The session on jewellery and watches at IRF '09 probed into the growing market for gold and diamond jewellery as well as watches both from the organised and the unorganised traditional markets as well. Bijou Kurien, president and CE,...

Reliance Jewels, the fine jewellery specialty format of Reliance Retail Limited, launched a jewellery store Reliance Jewels at R-City Mall in Ghatkopar, Mumbai. After successful launches in Gurgaon, Bangalore, Dhanbad, Vizag, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Jamshedpur, Jamnagar, Jodhpur and Jalandhar, this...

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail is looking to cut operational costs by renegotiating property rentals downward by 20-25 percent for existing as well as new stores, an official of the company said on Friday. Reliance Retail also plans to add...

The inaugural session of India Shopping Centre Forum (ISCF) 2009 kicked off with a bang in Mumbai. The back to back sessions that focused on the India overview and the way forward from the retailer’s perspective had the audience...

In-store marketing campaigns for a diverse range of international retailers have been shortlisted for the 2009 World Retail Awards to be held in Barcelona, Spain in May. Six retail campaigns have been selected, and will now go head to...

With just four days to go for India Fashion Forum ’09 (IFF ’09), scheduled to be held on January 27-28 in Mumbai, more than 200 industry experts gear up to come together on a common platform to explore possibilities...

Economic slowdown and security concerns might have affected the sentiments of the Indian consumers. However, president & chief executive of Lifestyle, Reliance Retail Bijou Kurien believes that fashion forward plays a catalytic role in stimulating consumer interest and spend. "In...

The newly formed JV of the two largest business conglomerates—European optical major Pearle Europe and India’s leading business conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd’s subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd (RRL)—has opened its first outlet in Bengaluru. Branded as ‘Vision Express’, the store...

India’s leading retail giant Reliance Retail has opened stores of its three different formats at Oberon Mall in Kochi. The three formats comprise ‘Reliance Trends’, ‘Reliance TimeOut’ and ‘Reliance Footprint’. While ‘Reliance Trends’ covers a carpet area of 28,000 square...