Retail
Ace Turtle seals 24 G-Star shop-in-shops with Shoppers Stop
Exclusive licensee rolls out SIS across metros and regional cities to grab footfall without waiting for standalone stores.
Meera Iyer · 3 Oct · 4 min read
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Fabletics opens first India store with Reliance Brands in Delhi
Tech-led activewear door at DLF Promenade puts Reliance deeper into athleisure just as festive gym traffic rises.
Meera Iyer · 1 Oct · 4 min read
Retail
Outlet Mall of India opens in Bhiwandi with 70% off
Maharashtra’s first large outlet centre runs 365-day discounts on 100-plus brands, forcing high-street and mall full-price operators to rethink markdown calendars.
Meera Iyer · 26 Sep · 4 min read
Opinion · Retail
Value fashion is rewriting the apparel P&L
Zudio-style volume at sub-₹999 is forcing every brand to choose between turns and ticket size before the festive tills open.
The Desk · 24 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Trent posts 16% growth as Zudio hits sub-₹999 pace
Value format drives ₹15,046 crore 9M revenue while weekly inventory refresh forces peers to cut lead times.
Meera Iyer · 24 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Zudio crosses 1,000 stores across 300 cities
Trent’s value chain hits the mark in a decade, putting pressure on every mid-price rack and mall lease.
Meera Iyer · 18 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Reliance Brands seals LensCrafters India buy from DLF
Second Luxottica eyewear deal after Sunglass Hut gives Reliance premium optical stores in key malls.
Meera Iyer · 15 Sep · 4 min read
Opinion · Retail
Why big-box grocery still draws capital in the 10-minute era
Carrefour’s 50-store plan and DMart’s fresh paper show physical formats remain the cheapest way to own the large basket and private-label margin.
The Desk · 11 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Reliance Brands seals LensCrafters India buy from DLF
Second Luxottica deal after Sunglass Hut puts premium optical floors in key NCR malls and lifts high-street rents for independents.
Meera Iyer · 11 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Reliance Brands acquires LensCrafters India from DLF
Second Luxottica buy after Sunglass Hut hands Reliance premium optical stores in key NCR malls and squeezes independents on high-street rents.
Meera Iyer · 10 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Off-White opens Delhi flagship ahead of festive
Second India store at DLF Promenade tests street-luxury mix on Gen-Z Diwali spenders.
Meera Iyer · 9 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Trent's Zudio crosses 960 stores on tier-II surge
Value format adds 109 outlets in one quarter, forcing mid-market peers to rethink price points and inventory turns before festive rush.
Meera Iyer · 8 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Zudio opens 23,000-sq-ft store at Gurugram corporate park
Tata value-fashion brand anchors M2K complex; first major apparel play in the mixed-use hub targets office and residential traffic.
Meera Iyer · 5 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Tira opens 10th store at DLF Avenue Saket
Reliance beauty format hits double digits in physical retail, testing AR try-ons and sample vending against Nykaa and Sephora footfall.
Meera Iyer · 4 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Azorte opens 14,881 sq ft neo-store in Mumbai reaches 40 outlets
Reliance Retail’s premium fashion format adds tech-heavy flagship at Phoenix MarketCity and signals faster urban expansion.
Meera Iyer · 2 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Croma parent swings to ₹159 crore profit, adds 45 stores
Infiniti Retail closes 35 weak outlets and turns operationally profitable, raising the bar for electronics chains.
Meera Iyer · 1 Sep · 4 min read
Retail
Titan opens IRTH luxury store at Phoenix Citadel Indore
House of Titan premium format expands beyond metros into a key Tier-1 growth city.
Meera Iyer · 25 Aug · 4 min read
Retail
Phoenix Mills targets over 18 million sq ft by 2030
From 11.5 million sq ft now, new malls plus mature-asset refreshes chase 30 per cent-plus consumption growth for retailers.
Ananya Rao · 23 Aug · 4 min read