H&A news and archive

Logo Makeover: Weaving magic for brands

Brands’ opting for an image makeover is nothing new in today’s competitive business space. Sometimes this makeover includes changing the brand’s logo. Like any image overhaul, a rebrand can enable a company to update its message, signal a change in direction or appeal to new audiences. For every business, the health of its brand is key to...

Fashion

H&A, Brett Lee tie up to launch active wear

Popular Australian cricketer Brett Lee has teamed up with Alok H&A to bring his active wear collection to India. Lee’s range includes tees, track pants, capris, shorts, bags, sippers and a whole lot of accessories. “Lee’s active wear line would be a value premium offering. We are offering BL branded active wear products at select stores in...

Fashion

H&A: Racing ahead to touch 400 EBOs in ’12

H&A the value family retail store chain from Alok Industries is looking at scaling up its retail presence across India in a big way in the next one year. H&A which has grown to 197 EBOs and 75 shop-in-shops within a span of four years wants to push up the number of EBOs to 400 by April 2012. What’s more, H&A is now moving towards lifestyle...

Apparel

Alok to decrease debt-equity ratio

Alok Industries the fully integrated textile to retail company has reported Rs1,451 crores revenue for the quarter ended September 30. The company’s market capital stood at Rs 2245 crores. It has now put together a strategy to decrease the debt-equity ratio of 1.81 over the next few years. The main strategy is to sell off large amounts of real...

Apparel

Alok plans big H&A drive

H&A, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Alok Industries, which began operations two years ago, has undergone numerous structural changes. Today, H&A stores operates on a cash-and-carry model offering five main categories of products, namely men’s wear, women’s wear, kids’ wear, home textiles and accessories. Going forward, Alok Industries now plans to...

Apparel

Alok Industries raises Rs 460 crores

Alok Industries has raised Rs 460 crores through placement of shares with qualified institutional buyers. The board has declared closure of the private placement offer and approved allotment of shares at Rs 23.32 a piece. The company had come out with the issue to raise Rs 350 crores, with an option to raise a further Rs 110 crores if the issue...