Mukesh Kumar

Mumbai, India’s financial capital may have been the last to let shopping centres open their doors for consumers but six months since the opening, business has picked up and is almost at par with that of malls across other...

COVID-19 so far has turned out to be one of the biggest setbacks for the retail and shopping industries around the globe. With lockdowns imposed in every country for more than 50 days, the industry had almost neared a...

Despite COVID-19, the Indian Retail & Shopping Centre Industries are on verge of welcoming the festival season. The season, which commences around the month of September has been the ‘bread and butter season’ of the industry for decades now. Inspite of...

In India, the festive season – which begins for almost all ethnicities around the month of September – is the time when consumers all over the country buy new clothes as well as white goods. During this time, many...

India is a country of diverse people and cultures and come September, it is festival season for almost all ethnicities. A huge part of festivals in India involves the beautification and decoration of homes, places of worship and marketplaces,...

The worldwide lockdown for almost 70 days amid the COVID-19 pandemic left the Shopping Centre Industry in India and the world in the throes of a crisis. The need for hyper sanitization and social distancing had led to shuttering...

Even as torrential rains lashed the city, the malls in Mumbai witnessed 15-20 percent footfall on Wednesday, on opening after a gap of over four months. The malls were mostly visited by individuals who were middle age and young,...

The Shopping Centre industry all over the world is a catalyst of organised retail and a major contributor to the success of major drivers of the economy including Entertainment, Fashion, Cinema, F&B, Electronics, FMCG, and many more. The onset of...

The 5th of #SCAIMondays conducted on May 25 by the Shopping Centres Association of India 2020, focused on making both the Government as well as the Shopping Centre Industry understand the myths surrounding high-tech air-conditioning systems in malls and...

The fourth of SCAI Mondays, a weekly, custom webinar series, titled ‘Retail & Shopping Centres: Dealing with the New Normal’ took place on May 18, 2020. The discussion focused on global experiences of re-opening shopping centres amidst restrictions, implementation...