Fashion & Retail
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min read“The first franchise store of the brand was opened in Mumbai earlier and this is the second franchise outlet we have opened in Chandigarh. We are excited with the store launch,” says Manish Ohri, franchisee of the Chandigarh store. Native Shoes was established in Vancouver, Canada in 2009 with a vision to combine the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readThe unique store comes in the wake of the need for enhancing shopper experience with technology. The company has plans to open five Style Studios in the top metros over the next 12 months. The brand has a pan-India presence across 280 stores in 120 cities. Its same-store sales grew at 3-4 per ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readMarks & Spencer, a British retail brand that entered Indian in 2001 as a franchise business, sees India as a key international market for growing its presence. The brand recently made a landmark by opening its 50th store in Jaipur. India now has the largest number of Marks & Spencer stores outside of ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readColdwell Banker India is looking for expanding its base in Southern states like Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and states like Goa. The company aims to target the market share by 5% by the next two years and 10% in three years. “India is one of the largest geographies for Coldwell Banker and we ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readIndia‘s leading Aditya Birla Group‘s chain Planet Fashion made a grand opening in Udaipur at Ashok Nagar main road. Large number of businessmen, socialites and shoppers explored the range available at the store. Proprietor Shubham Sharma and Kalpana Sharma informed that the outlet will store products by eight big ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readWoodland, the leading outdoor adventure wear brand has selected SAP to manage its brand portfolio, to boost its planning, manufacturing, warehousing, sourcing, distribution, replenishment processes, modernise retail operations and global supply network. The company is expected to centralise its operations on the SAP platform, replacing existing systems with the goal ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readDunkin' Brands Group Inc, the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts (DD) and Baskin-Robbins, has reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue owing to increased royalties from franchisees and higher sales at company-operated restaurants. According to results reported by the group for the third quarter ended September 26, 2015, net income attributable to the company fell to $46.2 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readHomegrown denim maker Spykar Lifestyles will launch e-commerce platform spykar.com for its merchandise and expects up to 6 % of sales to come from the online segment in financial year 2015-16. The company has 200 offline outlets, and is targetting to open about 50 outlets annually on an average for the next 3 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readAbout 75 employees of Adidas in India have taken 'ownership' of one franchisee retail store each in a global first for the German sportswear giant, aimed at spurring sales at a time of slowdown in consumer spends and increasing competition. This means annual increments and bonus payouts for each of these employees, the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readUK fashion retailer French Connection Group Plc, in the midst of a multi-year turnaround programme, reported a bigger loss for the first half on Monday after its spring collection failed to win favour with shoppers, sending its shares reeling. The 43-year-old company said it shut six underperforming stores in ...