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Noida-based Footwear retailer Vi-Ga recently announced its maiden foray into market outside India. The company’s first overseas store is to be operational in Nepal in February this year. IndiaRetailing traps Vi-Ga CEO, Vinayak Mahtani in...

Sumit K Lal, Director & GM, ECCO Shoes, on how to address the issues of burnout in the footwear sectorAt a time when the economic downturn has become a global concern, one sector in the...

The traditional pyramid structure segregating a consumer by either mass, mid level or premium has subtly become more acutely defined. Consumer segments are no longer just these three broad segments but should now be looked at more minutely on...

Bw!tch, India’s first designer intimate wear brand and a subsidiary of Genesis Colors, has launched its first exclusive retail outlet in Greater Kailash area of national capital. Bw!tch product range available at the outlet includes lingerie under six categories —...

Sanjiv Goenka, vice-chairman, RPG Enterprises, classifies the Indian consumer as being highly ambitious. Speaking at the India Economic Summit in Delhi, Goenka said, "I consider change in consumer expectations to be one of the major challenges facing the Indian...

Yet another example of the buoyant retail sector in India: 315 hypermarkets will come up in most of tier I and II cities by 2011 and sell off all articles from automobiles to needles under one roof, forecasts a...

Rural and bottom of pyramid (BOP) markets are being considered the next big thing after a considerable saturation in urban markets. According to a report by research firm Evalueserve, India’s rural consumption will grow at a combined annual growth...

SVKM’s NMIMS University in association with Saville Row recently co-hosted a seminar titled “Retail Renaissance”, at Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai. The corporate retail symposium was conceptualised by students of MBA-Retail Management as an event wherein industry experts and leaders...

“Tap rural markets,” exhorted MS Sundara Rajan, chairman and managing director, Indian Bank, while inaugurating a two-day seminar on ‘Strategies for the bottom of the pyramid’, organised by Madras Management Association. Rajan stressed on the need for innovative schemes to...

Chennai-based Pyramid Saimira Theatre Ltd (PSTL) has declared its foray into the Malayalam film industry by earmarking a Rs 25 crore initial investment in the state. Managing Director PS Saminathan said PSTL plans to lease theatres in major cities including...