Premium baby care brand, Chicco a part of Italy based Artsana group has plans to expand its retail footprint in the country. The company aims at opening 15 retail outlets
Cash-&-carry gets ready for national rollout
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
It’s action time in the wholesale cash-and-carry market as multi-brand retailing remains a domestic sport. Existing players Bharti Wal-Mart and Metro Cash & Carry are scaling up operations even as Carrefour and Tesco are drawing out rollout plans.
India sugar climbs on festive demand, export hopes
September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Indian spot sugar price climbed on Monday as stockists raised purchases to fulfil an expected rise in retail demand due to festivals, dealers said.
Demand for sugar usually goes up in India during Aug-Nov due to festivals such as Diwali. Export hopes also kept prices up, they added.
Online sales hit three year high in UK
September 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Online sales grew by 18% in the month compared with a year earlier, the biggest jump since 2007, IMRG said.
UK shoppers spent £5bn online in July, more than in any other month this year, it added.
Figures published on Thursday showed total UK retail sales rising much faster than expected in July.
McDonald’s is Ready for the Games
September 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
While New Delhi is choking on the dust and debris from the rush to get ready for the Commonwealth Games next month, one institution says it is already geared up to welcome the world: McDonald’s Corp. McDonald’s hopes lots of people will drop in for a vegetarian burger and French fries during the Commonwealth Games. [...]
Moss and Topshop to part company
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The company confirmed that the supermodel’s autumn/winter collection, her 14th, will also be her last. However, she may design a number of one-off “capsule” ranges in the future, a spokesman for Arcadia, the owner of the high-street store, said.
Heinz tomato soup: 100 years old
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The canned soup joins an elite list of consumer products that have been sold in almost unchanged packaging for more than a century, including Lyle’s Golden Syrup, Colman’s mustard and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce.Heinz’s product first went on sale in Fortnum & Mason…
Multibrand retail FDI may remain in deep freeze amid protests
September 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
pening up the multi-brand retail sector to foreign investors has always been a difficult proposition and if responses of the domestic retail sector will swing opinion in Udyog Bhavan, then it will be long time before the government will take this big step. Perhaps foreign inv
Shopping at Delhi’s new T3 terminal
August 30, 2010 By 1 Comment
Delhi Duty Free Services Pvt. Ltd. (DDFS) is a joint venture company between DIAL (Delhi International Airport Limited), IDFS (Indian Duty Free Services) and ARI (Aer Rianta International). The company was awarded the concession to manage and operate the Duty Free Shops at Terminal 3, Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi…
Pantaloon net rises 170% to Rs 99 cr on volume play
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Pantaloon Retail (India), the country’s largest publicly-traded retailer, has recorded a 170% jump in net profit to Rs 98.9 crore in the quarter ended June 2010 compared with the year-ago period due to increased sales followed by a revival in the economy…
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