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Bombay Shirt Company to raise Rs 56.6 crore to boost business

Apparel and fashion startup Bombay Shirt Company plans to raise Rs 56.6 crore from early-stage venture capital firm Lightbox Ventures for automating its production and supply chain operations, and expanding its physical presence in 40 to 50 locations, in the next one and a half years. The company also plans to widen its menswear category, by...

Retail

Bombay Shirt Company to enter US market with store in New York

Bombay Shirt Company (BSC), India’s first online custom-made shirt brand, will be entering the US market by opening their first concept store in Soho, New York city next week. BSC permits customers to call a tailor home to take measurements for customised shirts and also gives them an option to design and personalise shirts on their online...

Retail

Bombay Shirt Company opens maiden store in Delhi

Bombay Shirt Company (BSC) the online custom-made shirt company has just launched its first brick and mortar store in New Delhi. It invites clients to choose from their ready-to-order range or make their shirt from scratch to create a one-of-a-kind custom piece. The store offers a healthy mix of quirky and trendy designs as well as corporate...

Retail

Bombay Shirt Company opens its first store in Bangalore

After the launch of two successful stores in Mumbai’s Kala Ghoda (2014) and Bandra (2015), the Bombay Shirt Company, the online made-to-measure shirt brand opened a store in Indiranagar, Bangalore. The new store offers an extensive range of designs with access to an expert tailor for measurements. The brand will soon open a store in New Delhi...

Fashion

Bombay Shirt Company unveils Payal Singhal’s women’s range

Bombay Shirt Company, online custom shirt brand, unveiled the first capsule collection for women, conceptualized and designed by fusion-wear designer, Payal Singhal. The company hosted an event to announce the launch of women’s shirts, on March 4, 2015 at the brand’s flagship store in Kala Ghoda. On the occasion, Akshay Narvekar, Founder of...

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Online portals graduating to offline retail stores

Despite a rise in online shoppers and e-commerce platforms, many e-retailers are expanding their offline presence by opening stores. For instance, baby care portal Firstcry, may have the most number of offline baby care stores in the country by the year end. From leading fashion retailer Myntra to American retail giant Walmart, are planning to...

Apparel

Bombay Shirt Company opens a store in Mumbai

After successfully testing the online medium, Bombay Shirt Company is all set to open brick-and-mortar store, at Kala Ghoda area in Mumbai. Founded by Akshay Narvekar, the brand offers a healthy mix of quirky, trendy designs as well as corporate staples for both men and women. Their collection includes an extensive range of 130 fabrics that can...

Apparel

Bombay Shirt Company unveils women's line by StyleCracker

Known for its custom-made shirts for men, Bombay Shirt Company has unveiled a women’s collection designed by StyleCracker, an online personal styling platform. The debut capsule collection for women includes a range of shirts with colourful checks, stripes, and contrasting collars and cuffs. Customers can customise the shirts as per the fabric...

Fashion

Bombay Shirt Company growing through bespoke tailoring

While e-commerce platform Bombay Shirt Company was launched one and a half years ago, it has started taking up a lot of offline work. This includes a traveling tailor concept, where a tailoring expert is sent to a client’s house to take measurements, show fabrics and so on. Today, it has a pop-up store that keeps going from one place to the...

Apparel

Bombay Shirt Company offers bespoke services

Mumbai-based Bombay Shirt Company (BSC), has launched an initiative, which allows customers to call a travelling tailor home, get measured up and make clothes of their choice made. Akshay Narvekar, co-founder of the company that started operations in September, believes that design is for everyone. The business model follows existing online...