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Relaxo Footwears plans to add new stores to take on competition

Relaxo Footwears, the largest footwear maker in India by volume, will add 50 outlets this year as it plans to expand its retail network to inch closer to Bata, which is bigger in terms of revenues. The brand has 300 outlets at present in the northern and eastern markets. The exclusive outlets contributed Rs 170 crore to the company's topline of...

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Spark to explore Europe and the Far East markets

For kids’ wear brand Spark, business last season was good. The company was able to deliver 75 percent orders. “The market was slow but the mood was upbeat,” says Bharat Shah, Director, Spark Creation. About the oncoming season he goes on to say, “Retailers are buying just the amount they need, nothing more or less. So if you manufacture what the...

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Spark to add western wear for girls by ’14

A leading manufacturer and exporter of kids’, Spark Creation has already established a foothold in metros and other cities of India apart from the Gulf and Far Eastern countries. Now the company is on the threshhold of major expansion in overseas markets. By 2014, it will add girls’ wear which will tentatively be named Spark Girls. “In the last...

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Spark looks beyond Indian shores

After blazing its way as a leading manufacturer of kids wear across India from 1983, Spark is now planning to concentrate on its export market and make a mark in Europe and the US. Already a trusted name in the Gulf and Far East countries, the company will be concentrating on expanding its export markets over this year. In the domestic market...