Retailers Association of India

The count down begins. It is just three days to go to see the world’s top-notch retailers and professionals brainstorming at The Renaissance, Mumbai during the India Retail Forum (IRF); organised to explore new avenues of retail. In their pre-conclave...

India Retail Forum (IRF), arguably the country’s largest congregation of retail minds, has a new chairman on board. The Forum, for the year 2008, will see R Subramaniam, the managing director of Subhiksha, control its reins. Handing over the charges...

The Bombay High Court has granted temporary relief to Retailers Association of India (RAI) from paying service tax on rented properties. A division bench led by Justice DK Deshmukh and Justice JP Devadhar granted relief while hearing a petition by...

Manipal Cure and Care (MCC), the Bengaluru-based health and wellness centre, launched its first retail health and wellness outlet in Bengaluru. “We see a huge opportunity in the health and wellness segment to extend our leadership in healthcare and healthcare...

Retailers Association of India (RAI) has tied up with 15 business schools in the country to introduce Post-Graduate Programme in Retail Management (PGPRM). The candidates aspiring entry into this programme will appear for the Common Admission Retail Test (CART). The...

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...

More than 20,000 traders, farmers and shopkeepers today marched through the streets of Mumbai, to protest entry of retail giants like Wal-Mart fearing loss of livelihood. Farmers wearing traditional long white shirts and white caps marched through the streets of...

Galeries Lafayette, a French department store company, is planning to tap into emerging markets, and India happens to be on its radar of expansion. Speaking at Retail Leadership Summit organised by Retailers Association of India (RAI), Thibaut Castarede, director,...