In this issue

As the retail industry is slowly moving towards recovery, after the debacle caused by the second wave of the pandemic, retailers are once again pinning their hopes on the festive season. Undoubtedly, there has been a strong response in the stores and many brands (including apparel)are witnessing good sales in the last few months. Despite this, there is double excitement for the festive season, which is a very good news for the retail industry.

The year 2020, festive season accelerated sales and therefore, retailers have high hopes of reaching double growth in this season. Ethnic wear has always been a forefront in the festive wear section and ethnic brands will once again be in demand. The increasing consumer demand of the Indian wear segment can be estimated with the increasing scale of brands like Manyavar, Soch, W, Fabindia etc. These brands focus on making the shopping experience easy and are coming up with ideas like fusion wear, which is both Indian and easy to carry.

Online presence of big ethnic wear brands and acceptance of ethnic wear among youth have also given rise to this sector. Men’s and women’s ethnic wear together contribute around 90 percent to the sector. The increasing acceptability of people towards Indian wear has given rise to the segment.

Business Of Fashion Magazine Description:

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.