Malled in, MNC fashion companies go for the slim fitGap, which entered India two years ago with stores of around 11,000 sq ft, has now decided to reduce the size of some existing and future o...
30 Nov, 2017, 11.30 PM IST
Local apparel brands like Mandhana Retail, Flying Machine bet on small townsSmaller towns and cities are home to a chunk of India’s youth and they are exposed to global fashion, thanks to heavy penetration of intern...
27 Sep, 2017, 11.56 PM IST
H&M puts thrust behind offline sales, plans a store a month strategyThe world’s second largest retailer after Zara, which has opened 16 stores since starting 18 months ago, plans to add six to eight over sto...
21 Apr, 2017, 07.39 PM IST
Having a unique voice is most important, says Aeropostale's Kenneth OhashiKenneth Ohashi, Aeropostale’s senior VP, international and global licensing, said competition in retail is everywhere, all one needs is a u...
15 Jul, 2016, 11.04 AM IST
India can bring $1 billion business: Forever 21Chang has partnered with Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail to have a bigger play in the world’s fastest growing economy where Forever 21’s ri...
07 Jul, 2016, 10.56 AM IST
Swedish retailer Hennes and Mauritz plans to downsize stores, malls face crunchMany of the new stores will be in the range of about 15,000-17,000 sq ft, one of the smallest globally for the fast fashion giant that othe...
03 Jun, 2016, 11.33 AM IST
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail to acquire Forever 21 India businessCurrently, a joint venture between DLF Brands and the US company operate 10 brick-and-mortar and the company sells online through fashion p...
25 May, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Madura Fashion & Lifestyle joins race to run Forever 21 retail storesForever 21, which directly competes with Zara and Sweden's H&M, has had an existing partnership with DLF Brands, but is now looking for a m...
16 May, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
Myntra in talks to take over Forever 21's retail chain in IndiaForever 21 entered India half a decade ago and has changed a partner already before tying up with DLF Brands but hasn’t been able to scale ...
29 Mar, 2016, 12.56 AM IST
Investors StalkBuyLove in startupland nowOnline fast fashion brand StalkBuyLove has raised an undisclosed amount in a funding round led by 500 Startups and Germany-based venture fu...
23 Mar, 2016, 01.27 PM IST
Wooplr ropes in Koovs' Rajesh Kamra, Arvind Sports' Rajiv Mehta for top postsThe company founded in 2012 pivoted from an offline to online discovery platform to an ecommerce affiliate model in 2015.
25 Jan, 2016, 06.02 AM IST
Connaught Place to get a new food and fashion zoneThe property is different because it will club fashion lifestyle brands, too, said Manav Deep Singh, director at the Colonnade.
07 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
How Instagram is killing Gap's businessOnce-iconic American retailer Gap is in trouble. The brand was once so cool that Sharon Stone wore one of its turtlenecks to the Oscars.
23 Jun, 2015, 02.23 PM IST
Iconic American brand ‘The Limited’ plans India forayAmerican brand ‘The Limited’ is planning to enter India by opening over five stores early next year joining the league of its global rivals...
14 Sep, 2013, 06.36 PM IST
Malls rushing to sign up brands like Zara and Starbucks on hopes of more customers, better per-square-foot salesIn a sign of shifting landscapes in India retailing, the kind of brands in demand as “anchor tenants”, the crowd-pulling marquee names that...
04 Apr, 2013, 12.31 PM IST
Loss-making Esprit India to shut operations by year endSources reveal that Esprit in India was suffering losses of about Rs 20-25 cr, which made it unviable for the brand to remain in India.
27 Nov, 2012, 06.18 AM IST
DLF to revive fashion business with Forever 21, Beverly Hills Polo Club and KikoDLF Brands, a subsidiary of the real estate major, is poised to strike fresh JVs with three international lifestyle brands.
26 Oct, 2012, 12.08 PM IST