Gems, Jewellery, Textiles & Apparel Priority Categories For Alibaba In India

Alibaba.com established its India operations in 2008 and has since served millions of buyers and sellers. According to an analysis by the group, India ranks second in the top-20 buyer distribution list and first in the top-10 global seller distribution. Currently, Alibaba.com operates with a global network of 150 million registered members, connecting Indian SMEs with buyers across the world…

Scan & Go: Seamless Payments, Self-checkouts Disrupt Consumer Experience

With the majority of online growth driven by pure-play e-commerce brands, most retailers still rely more on in-store purchases than online sales. Services like self-checkout and cashier-less payment systems then make a huge impact here. Couple this technology – the buzzword for today’s Millennial shopper – with loyalty programs and traditional retailers have a winning system…

From Copper Coins To Mobile Apps: The Evolution & Success Of Retail Loyalty Programs

The journey of loyalty programs from copper to paper followed by the sophisticated plastic cards and now just mobile numbers has undergone a massive transformation. The purpose of the initiative too has seen a revolution – from simply offering discounts to helping a brand build an emotional connect with its customers…

Unraveling The Indian Luxury Market In 2030

Over the next decade, the Indian luxury market is well poised to see positive growth on the back economic development, greater connectedness and policy reforms, all of which will offer a plethora of opportunities for luxury companies to serve young, affluent, connected and confident Indian consumers…

FDI Relaxation Policies To Usher In An Era Of Growth For Indian Retail

New FDI rules and single brand retailer policies set by the government will assure an influx of investment in the retail industry, ensuring robust growth over the next few years. IMAGES Retail brings you a lowdown of what’s making news in the national space over the last month…

Online To Offline: Pure Play E-Commerce Firms Go Physical To Woo Consumers

While international online giants such as Amazon, Warby Parker, Zappos and Bonobos have been opening stores for some time now, the shift towards physical has become more noticeable over the last few years – in the world and in India…

Plan To Take Sachin Tendulkar's 'True Blue' Global

Arvind is scaling up brands like Aeropostale, Ed Hardy, Gant and Nautica and has also entered the footwear segment in a big way with the introduction of US Polo footwear, Flying Machine footwear, and Aero footwear...

Design-led Lifestyle Brand Chumbak Targets 50 Stores By Fy19

Chumbak– with a USP of product assortment entirely created on fun and colorful design philosophy–retails over 100 categories through 22 stores, pan India. It also retails successfully through its web store, which has evolved into a highly interactive and fast-growing online business...

A Progressive Brand Needs To Be Where Its Customers Are

Now, at the top of its game, Chaayos is revolutionising the way Indians drink chai. With over 12,000 customisation options, the brand gives Indians a chance to order their favourites while personalising their brew, all the while luring and retaining consumers…

Felicity Mall, A One-Stop Shopping Destination For Nellore

The mall encompasses a variety of retail of retail outlets featuring different brands, apparel, food court, games and movies…

The Future Of Retail Is Phy-Gital

Phy-gital refers to a retail environment in which physical and digital experiences merge together seamlessly and complement each other in order to offer the consumer a single, positive, integrated experience…

Retail Guru Michael Yacobian On Converting A Selling Environment Into A Buying Environment ​​​​​​​

Today’s Omni-shoppers are quick to shun the face-to-face interaction and dislike the feeling of being ‘sold to’. Instead, they enjoy being ‘helped to buy’, a behavior that Michael Yacobian has grasped and developed solutions for…

At MFB, We Want To Bring In Brands Which Have Potential In India

Myntra and Jabong combined now account for a little over 1 percent of India’s $100 billion fashion and apparel industry with more than $1.2 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) growing at over 50 percent in the last fiscal year…

Technology The Greatest Differentiator in the Retail Industry

Retailers and brands are embracing technology in a big way to drive a seamless user experience in an effort to blend in with the increasingly digital world and provide convenience and benefits to the consumer. Indian Retail Industry’s top CIOs and CTOs, the visionaries responsible for the technological direction any organisation takes, share their thoughts on the future of retail technology, their focus points as well as the challenges they face while implementing them...

The Impact of Technology on Purchase Lifecycles

New-age technology along with existing knowledge of consumer psychology is being leveraged effectively by brands across the globe, in highly innovative and engaging ways…

Technology: Changing The Future Of Indian Retail

Going forward, technology like ‘AI’ will be further used to get an integrated view of consumer behaviour. Preferences obtained from store and non-store-based sales and marketing channels will allow retailers to offer personalised and consistent experiences and will facilitate the seamless switch between channels.

Spectrum@Metro: The Consumer's Path To An International Lifestyle

India is ranked third in the Global Retail Development Index, expected to rise by 60 percent to reach US$ 1.1 trillion by 2020. The retail sector of India is going through a fresh period of growth which is backed by strong economic fundamentals, something Spectrum@Metro Noida is hoping to tap into…

Being Omnipresent

That seamless experience which allows you to buy your favourite product, either from a brick and mortar store or an online store, from your store on a Road to a Mall to a High Street, from a mobile app to a website... You must be Omni-present​. Omni is a Latin word which means everywhere. Omni Channel means ensuring your presence is Everywhere​.

HomeSukh: Smartest Marketplace For Home Decor

Pune has earned a reputation of being a hot spot for residential real estate. This in itself is reason enough for home furnishing and decor brands to have their presence in the city. One of the earliest concept malls in India - Ishanya recently opened doors to a spectacular 20,000 sq.ft. store called HomeSukh.

Raymond To Expand Ethnix And Next Look; Introduce Khadi-specific Brand

Given that the VUCA environment is intensifying and given Raymond’s commitment to providing growth opportunities for internal talent, the company has reshuffled its top brass, and has decided to push forward some of its promising sub-brands…

Dyson Launches Demo Store At DLF Promenade

Dyson has brought its latest problem solving technology to India, including its cord-free vacuum cleaners (Dyson V7 & V8 range), revolutionary hairdryer (Dyson Supersonic) and its range in intelligent air purifiers (Dyson Pure Cool Link)

Kazo To Open 500 PoS With ₹100 Crore Investment Over Three Years

Kazo Fashion Limited, one of India’s premium apparel and accessories womenswear brands aims to give exclusivity to the buyers both on corporate and party wear outfits

'Ombre Lane Was Launched After Months Of Careful Research On The Indian Working Woman's Body Type'

The apparel brand focuses on providing customers with a superior product design, quality and fit along with a well-categorised website experience with quality customer experience…

Indian Retail Sector Focusses On Online Services, Phygital Experiences

H&M, Landmark and Raymond Group make major inroads in expanding their presence in the Indian retail market. Here’s a look at some of the major activities in the sector in the last one month...

Foodforumis Committed to Offer Unique Food Zone Experiences

Good food has an undeniable appeal and increasingly, shopping centre developers are experimenting with tastes and cuisines to woo consumers.

Sold-Out 2018 International Home + Housewares Show Brims With Innovation

The Show’s special preview events attracted nearly 700 buyer and media attendees, increasing attendance over last year. Trending Today spotlighted “A Marketplace for Hydration” and hosted 60 new and current exhibitors of hydration and hydration-related products.

Shoppers Stop Experimenting With Smart Mirrors, Interactive Kiosks

The brand is investing in IOT and location technology to better understand the customers’ path to purchase and dwell time through heat-maps. The management will then use these insights take business decisions on various aspects of customer experience… 

Raiser: The POS Ecosystem That Is About Better ROI, Performance & Efficiency

AS Retail & Hospitality Pvt Ltd’s Make in India’ push has propelled it to be selected as the best-of-the-best, offering a product-line that works best for the end-consumer…

V-Mart Retail to Continue Growing At 25 Pc CAGR; Eyes Warehouse Expansion

V-Mart caters to the fashion needs of the entire family. While apparel is the centerpiece of the product portfolio, the brand is also a preferred one-stop destination for footwear, home furnishings, toys, accessories and grocery.

Bata Bets Big On Youth Appeal To Achieve Double Digit Growth

As a brand, Bata has continuously evolved over the years and has shown strong growth. It has come a long way since its foray into India and has today, grown into one of the largest footwear retailers with approximately 1,400 outlets across the country…