Fashion & Retail
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readRetail franchising in India is a crowded playing field which is emerging as a prospective hub offering numerous franchise opportunities from apparel industry to robot retailing, grocery stores to vending machines. Under the various retail categories which include Consumer Durable Information Technology (CDIT) segment, apparel and textile industry, gems and jewellery, food retail sector, flower ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readTraditionally, people have been buying groceries like fruits and vegetables from market or either waited for the local vendors to turn up. In the last few years we saw emergence of organized retail stores like Reliance Fresh, More, Big Bazaar, Bharti Walmart and also franchised concepts ‘Safal’ by Mother Dairy. And now here comes the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readAroma of fruits, lavender, jasmine, rose, sandalwood, vanilla and so on are some of the best selling fragrances around the world. Consumers look for long lasting and nice scents that stick to their skin over many deodorants that start fading off and getting stale after sometime. Interestingly, perfumes or top of the line fragrances have ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 7 min readYesterday’s luxury is no more a luxury today rather it has become a necessity. Burgeoning economy, increasing urbanisation and changing lifestyle has given an unparallel boost to luxury industry in India. There were times when luxury goods and services were associated with the aristocratic elite section of the society as the middle class people could ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readIndia has a lot of potential and untapped market for baby care products. Johnson and Johnson was the only baby care product player, with which elite used to get associated with for their kids. However, now baby care product market is just not dependent on elite class for growth. Indian baby care market has substantially ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 4 min readImaging industry has undergone a drastic transformation over the years. Traditional cameras that need empty picture roles to be inserted every time you want to click the picture have given way to all new trendy digital cameras. The fast pace of life is also reflected by the cameras, that shows the results the very next ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readThe baby product market in India is emerging as a lucrative franchise opportunity. Factors like increasing awareness among Indian parents for branded baby care products and surging income level of the middle class have given much required boost to the industry. The entry of large number of national and international players in the industry ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readHandbags and luggage industry have moved from being a necessity to a fashion statement. The organised market captures a share of 40 per cent and of this share, fashion bags have a standing of Rs 800 crore while the luggage market (Both hard and soft) is pegged at Rs 10 billion. Women’s handbags dominate the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 8 min readThe annual domestic consumption of footwear in India is 1.1 billion pairs per annum, as per a recent study. However, despite the presence of a large number of brands, both national and international, unorganised players reign over the market share with over 50 per cent share in its pocket. Factors like inexpensive price tags and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 10 min readClothing, once looked upon as a necessity, has transformed into a lifestyle product. Subsequently, the apparel industry has been aptly termed as a potential sector poised for growth. With growing fashion consciousness among people, the apparel industry is getting the needed impetus to innovate.Today, around 35 per cent of the apparel industry is franchised with ...