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Indya opens exclusive store in Gurugram

Ethnic wear brand Indya has opened an exclusive store in Gurugram. The store houses an exciting and extensive range of fusion separates – tunics and traditional kurtas to New Age draped designs; pants and skirts with classic cuts, attached sari drapes and tops. Customers can virtually browse and shop a wide range of Indya styles that are not...

Business

High Street Essentials raises funds for brick and mortar retail expansion

High Street Essentials (HSE), the parent company of FabAlley and Indya has raised Rs 8 crore in venture debt from Trifecta Capital. The company will use these funds to expand its offline presence by increasing EBO count for both Faballey and Indya and doubling shop-in-shops to over 650 in the next 12-18 months. The capital expenditure required...

Retail

Indya opens first store in Kolkata

High Street Essentials (HSE) recently launched its 12th Indya store and this one in New Town, Kolkata. It is the brand’s first store in the city. Spread across 750 sq. ft., the store houses an exciting and extensive range of fusion separates – tunics that span from traditional kurtas to new-age draped designs, pants and skirts with classic cuts...

Business

India’s women-only fashion startup raises 8.5 million dollars

High Street Essentials Pvt. Ltd., an Indian online fashion brand for women that runs FabAlley and Indya, has announced it has recently raised circa 8.5 million dollars (Rs 60 crore) in a fresh funding round from SAIF Partners. The round also includes a partial secondary share sale by Indian Angel Network, Shivani Poddar, co-founder of FabAlley,...

Retail

High Street Essentials gets fund boost from SAIF Partners

SAIF Partners has invested in High Street Essentials, a Noida-based firm that owns and operates women’s fashion apparel brands Fab Alley and Indya. SAIF is a multistage and sector-agnostic investment firm. The capital infusion will help Fab Alley, founded in 2012 scale up its offline presence rapidly from 15 exclusive outlets and 120...

Retail

Indya to open 20-25 stores in next 12-16 months

High Street Essentials, the force behind brand Indya is planning to open 20-25 new stores in the next 12 to 16 months, targeting metros, mini-metros and Tier-I cities. The company recently launched its second exclusive outlet in Pune, India. The store, in the Phoenix Market City at Viman Nagar, is spread over 760 sq ft and is designed to allow...

Retail

FabAlley opens first exclusive store for for ethnic line Indya

FabAlley has launched its first brick and mortar store for ethnic wear brand, Indya in Bengaluru. Spread over 350 square feet, the new Indya store has opened doors in Phoenix Market City, Whitefield, Bengaluru. Trading online since 2012, FabAlley launched over 50 shop-in-shops last year but Indya is its first exclusive shop and marks the start...