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Dear everyone,
I think it is finally safe to say that fashion retail is gradually returning to normalcy after months of sharp contraction in Q1 FY2020-21. All this while, we all have been pinning our hopes on the festive season. As it turns out, the results so far have been quite encouraging. Leading e-tailers have received an overwhelming response during the annual festive sale days, and traditional traders across the country have witnessed sales figures going up by the week. The wedding season and the upcoming holiday season is expected to further provide a fillip to the fashion retail segment, thereby setting the segment firmly on the path to recovery.

Although demand and sales are picking up, one thing that we can unanimously agree is that we are still amidst cautious times and that business is not as it used to be. Honestly, I think it is very natural. The pandemic has had a far reaching impact on the consumer and business as a whole, and rebounding from the COVID-19 induced depression and re-calibrating operations back into normalcy could prove to be very challenging.

ALIA BHATT LAUNCHES KIDS' LABEL SEASON ONE IS ALMOST SOLD OUT

Ed-a-Mamma was launched to foster a love for nature among children. The company will create world-class products for Indian kids and storytelling is at the heart of this vocal-for-local brand.

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FASHION FOR GOOD HARNESSES COLLABORATION & CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE CIRCULAR FASHION

Twelve pioneering players in the fashion and textile industries are breaking new ground by demonstrating an entirely circular model for commercial garment production.

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LOUIS VUITTON UNVEILS LVXNBA COLLECTION WITH A VIRTUAL SELLING EXPERIENCE

Louis Vuitton unveils LVxNBA, the House’s first menswear capsule collection with the National Basketball Association (NBA) with creations by Virgil Abloh, Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton.

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VAN HEUSEN COLLABORATES WITH COLOR THREADS INC. TO LAUNCH INSTEM'S ‘G-FAB' INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA

Van Heusen, India’s leading power dressing brand from Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd., has entered into a collaborative agreement with Color Threads Inc., to launch inStem’s ‘G-Fab’ technology in India.

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INDIA'S FIRST EXCLUSIVE BUGATTI STORE New Delhi at Select Citywalk, Saket

Bugatti, one of the Europe’s leading shoe brands, has launched its first exclusive store in India.

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LIFESTYLE INTERNATIONAL PVT. LTD. APPOINTS KABIR LUMBA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd, part of the Dubai-based retail and hospitality conglomerate, Landmark Group, announced the appointment of Kabir Lumba as Chairman of the Board, effective 1st April 2021. Lumba, CEO designate, Landmark Retail, Middle East, will be taking over the role from Ramanathan Hariharan, who will be retiring on the 31st of March 2021.

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GRADUAL PATH TO RECOVERY: FASHION RETAIL REGISTERS DEMAND REVIVAL

Aided by the opening of the economy and partly by the festive season, businesses across the country have registered an uptick in demand and sales. As fashion retail starts inching towards normalcy, we look at the dynamics of the market and what brands and retailers can expect in the upcoming new year...

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Restructuring Operations As Fashion Retail Revives

As the fashion retail industry witnesses a revival in demand, businesses would have to restructure their operating module to ensure that they stay relevant.

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THE STATE OF FASHION 2021 - GLOBAL FASHION INDUSTRY SUFFERS A 90% ECONOMIC PROFIT DECLINE IN 2020

Key insights from The State of Fashion 2021 report by The Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company.

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HOW HOMEGROWN BRANDS ARE GAINING PROMINENCE WITH CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUSTAINABILITY AS KEY FOCUSES

With the concept of Homegrown, brands will see more growth in the coming years since it’s become the intent behind a lot of our purchases today.

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IMAGES Business of Fashion is a monthly resource for fashion retailers, brand owners and industry leaders in India. It delivers fashion business intelligence on emerging retailers, disruptive technologies and domestic and global brands that are making their mark in the industry at a time of unprecedented change.

With a 24 year old loyal reader base of over 60,000 top decision makers, fashion retailers and fashion buyers, spread across all sectors of the business of fashion in India, IMAGES BoF has constantly proven itself as easily the most focused and best targeted fashion business media in India.

Launched in 1992, the monthly magazine is an informed, analytical publication on the fashion business in the country. It has played the role of a catalyst in the retail evolution in India focused on and driven by branding, marketing and retailing of fashion in the country. It enables continuous information exchanges through its activities - facilitating networking among investors, retailers and brand leaders. The publication is amongst the country’s top recall business magazines in India and its reach extends to 2,00,000 of India's top decision makers in retail and retail support business.