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Biglife Ritu Wears: Wooing with ‘Family, Fashion, Fun’

Biglife Ritu Wears, the retail chain stocking in-house as well as other apparel and accessories brands for the entire family is now planning to venture into eastern and western India. The retailer which began its journey with a mere 200 sq. ft. area, today holds 2 lakh sq. ft. of retail space throughout India. Commenting on the successful retail...

Apparel

Ritu Wears changes name to Biglife

The chain of department stores known as Ritu Wears has been rechristened as Biglife. The parent group JDS Apparels is planning to raise Rs 50 crores by selling shares to private equity funds to fund its expansion plan. JDS currently runs 12 department stores that are now called Biglife. The retailer wants to open large format stores in cities...

Apparel

Biglife chalks out growth plans

Previously known as Ritu Wears, a chain of department stores popular with the mid market segment, has announced its intention to expand within one year. The expansion will continue to reinforce its stronghold within the northern states. The plan includes opening stores in Agra, Panipat, Meerut, Moradabad, Bareilly, Dehradun and Jaipur. The...

Apparel

FIFA tees at Ritu Wears

With the on-going football mania, Ritu Wears has unveiled an exclusive FIFA collection T-shirts from Lotto. This is a new premium collection for men. The look of the FIFA tees is classic, clean and simple, with bold colors representing different teams’ color codes. The collection encapsulates the essence and spontaneity of street football. The...

Apparel

Ritu Wears opens 2nd Biglife

Delhi-based lifestyle brand Ritu Wears plans to open a bigger format store, Ritu Wears Biglife, at Model Town in New Delhi by the end of this month. The first such store was launched in Indore in March 2010. The new store will be spread over an area of 18,000 sq. ft. and Ritu Wears is investing approximately Rs 5 crores on it. Biglife is about a...

Fashion

Lotto betting big on India

Lotto the Italian sports and lifestyle brand is planning to spread out in India with Lotto monobrand stores. In India, Sports Lifestyle Pvt Ltd (SLPL) has the license to sell Lotto products. “Lotto product lines have an excellent acceptance in the Indian market, be it footwear or apparels. Infact, the apparel collection has become a rage among...

Apparel

Shoppers Stop gets the IFA awards

The India Fashion Awards (IFA) was presented to achievers in fashion and retail industry. The first set of awards was handed out to the independent regional retailers of India from east, west, north and south. The Most Admired Independent Regional Retailer (East) award was bagged by Sohum from Guwahati. Jade Blue from Ahmedabad won from the...

Fashion

Ritu Wears to diversify to home furnishings, expand to smaller cities

Delhi-based lifestyle, fashion brand Ritu Wears is planning to invest around Rs 230 crore over the next four years as a part of its expansion plan across India. It’s looking to open 33 large format stores and getting into home furnishings in a big way. “We are increasing our home business. It’s a core product for us. We are opening independent...