- Marjorie van Elven |
COS, one of the brands under the H&M Group, has announced its plans to enter the Icelandic market, with a store in the country’s capital, Reykjavík, set to open later this year. The announcement was made on H&M’s website, but no further details were given about the store or its launch date. The first […]
- Meenakshi Kumar |
Mandir, the Hyderabad-based sari brand opened its second store in the city to expand its array of traditional wear. The brand’s first store in the city’s Banjara Hills, has been running for several years and has been revamped recently with new product lines and décor. The brand, which calls itself “The […]
- Marjorie van Elven |
Shopping at Zara is more expensive in Brazil than in any other country, reveals the fourth edition of an annual study by Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual. Titled “Zara Index”, the research takes the price of 12 Zara items across 44 countries, then converts local currencies to US dollars and compares […]
- Marjorie van Elven |
CEO INTERVIEWIt may seem counterintuitive for pure online players to venture into physical retail, considering how brick and mortar stores are struggling (Credit Suisse predicts 25 percent of all US shopping malls to close by 2025, while the UK high street is having its worst period since 2013). Yet, […]
- Meenakshi Kumar |
Manyavar a leading celebration wear brand with traditional outfits and accessories for men in wedding collections, party wear and clothes for other special events has opened another store in Punjab. With this, the brand has nine stores in Punjab. The collection available at the store consists of fine […]
- Marjorie van Elven |
Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has introduced a series of new features and services to some of its shops in 2018, including self-service checkout, repairing services and a café called It’s Plet. In 2019, not only will these changes will be rolled out to more stores around the world, but the fast fashion retailer […]
- Marjorie van Elven |
INTERVIEW “Data is the new oil and artificial intelligence is the oil drill”. These words, uttered by senior ecommerce strategist Jorij Abraham, closed the last IAF World Fashion Convention, held in the Netherlands in October. They followed a seminar in which all panelists unanimously urged retailers […]
- FashionUnited |
OPINION It doesn’t take much observation to notice that a radical change is raging through our current retail landscape. A change that is not only affecting retail, but the consumer industry as a whole. The hospitality business, the food and service industry, travel, financial services, energy, entertainment, […]
- Meenakshi Kumar |
HRX will open its first physical outlet this year in Bangalore followed by more stores in Pune, Delhi, and Mumbai. HRX is a fashion and lifestyle athleisure brand backed by actor Hrithik Roshan. Currently it sells exclusively on Flipkart’s fashion units Myntra and Jabong. The brand is looking to add […]
- Meenakshi Kumar |
House of Masaba has launched its first menswear collection after hinting for months. Masaba Gupta had been teasing customers for months on social media by posting several photos of Bollywood celebrities wearing menswear by her label House of Masaba. Her first menswear offerings were modeled by Roshan […]