Fashion & Retail
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 22, 2018 - 1 min readFacebook, the social media giant, who owns Instagram, has been experimenting with vertical video and is now launching IGTV. The Co-Founder & CEO of Instagram, Kevin Systrom said, “Today, we have two big announcements to share. First, Instagram is now a global community of one billion! Second, we’re announcing our most ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 05, 2018 - 2 min readIn a bid to further strengthen its offline presence in Indian market, the Lenovo owned handset maker Motorola aims to expand the number of its 'Moto Hubs' to 1,000 by the next quarter. The company, which launched the latest edition of its flagship Moto G series, currently has about 600 Moto ...
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Opportunity India Desk May 29, 2018 - 2 min readIndia’s leading denim wear brand, Spykar which has always remained in the millennial fashion list is planning to expand its retail presence in Tier-I and Tier-II cities across the country. Having started as a men’s denim brand sold at multi-brand outlets, the brand explored markets to become a ...
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Opportunity India Desk May 28, 2018 - 2 min readAs a part of its strategy to increase ten times more revenue to Rs 60,000 crore, country’s biggest retailer, Future Group is planning to open 10,000 small stores, its founder Kishore Biyani said, without specifying a time-frame. According to Biyani the company plans to dot the country with small-format ‘Easyday’ branded ...
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Opportunity India Desk May 26, 2018 - 3 min readUrban Ladder, furniture and home decor brand, has opened doors to its first store in Gurugram. The store, located in the popular Mega Mall of Gurugram, replicates Urban Ladder’s award-winning store design, spread across 4,000 sq.ft. of retail space. This is the fifth installment of the furniture brand’s offline offering, with ...
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Opportunity India Desk May 22, 2018 - 2 min readHyderabad based Smoothie Bar startup, Drunken Monkey has announced plans to rapidly expand the franchise chain to 150 by 2019. Founded by serial entrepreneur Samrat Reddy, Drunken Monkey delivers blended fresh-fruit smoothies and juices in over 170 special combinations, ranging from all-natural fresh fruit shakes to decadently indulgent smoothies, from detox ...
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Opportunity India Desk May 21, 2018 - 2 min readWith the coming up of its first retail outlet in Pune on Monday, Soul Space, a Kolkata-based organic and fairtrade certified fashion brand has kick-started its strategic expansion across the country. The brand plans to expand in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad taking up the total number of stores to 20 in the current ...
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Opportunity India Desk Apr 10, 2018 - 1 min readBeauty and wellness firm VLCC has planned to expand with 50 new training institutes in India over the next five years. The company, which has about 70 institutes in India, has also chalked out plans to foray into international markets such as Canada, Malaysia, Srilanka, Kenya, Oman and Bangladesh.
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Opportunity India Desk Apr 03, 2018 - 1 min readThe homegrown textile major Arvind is planning rise in-house production by 40 percent from 10 percent at present to increase its textile business to Rs 10,000 crore in the next five years. Aamir Akhtar, chief executive, Denims, Arvind said, "Presently, about 10 percent of our fabrics are made into garments internally. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Mar 31, 2018 - 1 min readIndia's largest insurance website and comparison portal, Policybazaar has planned to foray into the Healthcare Technology and Services space to provide consumers with easy, online and free access to doctors and medical consultants. To begin with, the new platform intends to partner with 100 hospitals and 20,000 doctors, diagnostic centres, and ...