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South India has long been considered a pioneering base for organised retail in India. In fact, the state of Karnataka has been at the forefront of a retail transformation with several firsts to its credit – Bengaluru was home to...

Lenzing AG, one of the largest wood-based fibre manufacturers of the world, has been promoting sustainable fashion in India for over a decade with its products TENCEL™ and LENZING™ ECOVERO™, all sustainable and environmentally responsible fibres. India is a young...

US-based fast food chain KFC will continue to expand its restaurant network in India despite the coronavirus pandemic bringing structural changes in the business, believing the country to be a growth market in the coming years, according to a top company official. KFC India,...

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...

It is rightly said that some of the biggest changes need some situations like COVID-19 to bring about important transformation. The crisis has increased digital adoption significantly with companies and even customers going digital for getting their jobs done. Times...

The pandemic cultivated a technological boom that continues to reshape shopping behaviours and attitudes for even the most digitally savvy consumers. Download this webinar to understand the top five tech-driven trends expected to reshape commerce the most in 2021.

Customers are mindful of the adverse environmental impact of fast fashion. Sustainability and ethical awareness are influencing the industry to make dynamic changes such as digitization, circularity and transparency in business practices that will help brands in the long-term,...

Garments and footwear with integrated sensors that transmit biometric information and other datasets will reach new heights of popularity by 2030 and is set to be worth over $4bn, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Smart...

After Industry chamber FICCI wrote to the Union Health Ministry seeking inclusion of retail industry staffers in the list of ‘frontline workers’ for the COVID-19 vaccination drive, it was the turn of Retailers Association of India (RAI) to appeal...

The work from home culture has radically altered fashion preferences across the world. Over the last few months, as people were stuck to their homes, the preference for comfortable apparel snowballed. Consumers’ preferences started gravitating towards apparel that were...