The company has entered into a marketing tie-up with the Mumbai-based fashion label Kimaya.
Mirc Electronics, the manufacturer of Onida brand of consumer electronics, is looking for overseas acquisition opportunities to beef up its research and development capabilities.
The country's fruits and vegetables retail segment has caught up the fancy of international companies even as domestic companies such as Bharti and the Tatas tie up with global firms for supply of farm produce.
Titan Industries, the country's leading watch manufacturer, is leveraging the existing distribution network of the Tata Group companies to penetrate the rural markets to mark its presence in the low-cost watches under the Sonata brand.
In large format outlets such as Croma, E-zone and Reliance Retail, digital cameras are only next to cellphones in drawing customer traffic, say industry experts.
TCL Holdings, the Chinese consumer durables major, is eyeing the private label opportunity offered by the impending boom in the retail sector.
According to industry experts, individual entrepreneurs are uniting to offer a uniform retail experience.
Darshan Mehta, CEO, Arvind-VF Brands, mentioned that the company would love to have a revenue-sharing expansion model, but there is a scramble due to a dearth of good-quality malls.
ICICI Bank will release Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) over 5 years through Fabindia's subsidiary, Artisans Micro Finance.
During the last financial year, Tirupur exported goods worth Rs 11,000 crore. This year, manufacturers fear they will fall short of the 20 per cent growth target.
With the Central Government making it mandatory for consumers to switch to CAS in select parts of major metros, Onida is planning to launch LCD televisions that have an embedded technology to encrypt digital signals.
Philips, the Dutch electronics company, has entered into a partnership with Swarovski, the Austrian cut crystal and jewellery manufacturer, to introduce consumer lifestyle electronics and fashion accessories for women.
Korean durable majors LG and Samsung have up the ante in the slim category of colour television market.
LG Electronics, the official global partner of the ICC Cricket World Cup, will be launching a limited edition of official 29-inch colour televisions in India.
The consumer durable companies such as Videocon, Samsung and Godrej may be aggressively expanding their own brand outlets
As Videocon expands its presence in consumer durable retail, the company has followed it with the launch of its private label under the Next brand.
To ensure that consumers upgrade to higher end durables at a faster pace, market leader LG Electronics is launching an initiative soon.
UK-based premium menswear brand The Savile Row's ambitious India plans might prompt its Indian partner Forbes Gokak to reconsider the Indian strategy for another premium menswear brand, Daks London.
The increasing demand for branded clothes coupled with higher spending power has prompted branded apparel firms to set shop in smaller cities after due deliberations.
Though multinationals bring an added advantage of quality assurance and consumer trend of upgrading towards branded products, they will have to tread carefully as the grey market is dominant.
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