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ArvindFashions looks to diversify its portfolio

Having established itself as a marquee player in the men's wear category, branded apparel and retailing major Arvind Fashions is looking for a more diversified portfolio. It is expecting the product portfolio to shift to 50:50 between men’s wear and other segments. Three years back the ratio of men’s wear to other segments was 80:20. Already a...

Business

US Polo crosses the Rs 1,000 crores milestone

Apparel brand US Polo crossed the Rs 1,000 crores sales mark in India in the fiscal ending March 31. The brand came to India less than five years ago. Arvind Retail opened the first US Polo store in India in 2011 and has since added nearly 230 more. The 750 square feet store at Select City Walk in Delhi on an average rakes in Rs 225 per square...

Retail

US Polo targets to be Rs 1,000 cr brand by 2017/18

Arvind Lifestyle Brands which retails US Polo brand in India aims to make it a Rs 1,000 crores brand by 2017-18 up from the current Rs 600 crores. The company also said US Polo kids would become a Rs 100 crores business in 2015-16. The company recently opened a new store in Chennai. Going ahead with its retail expansion plans for the brand,...

Apparel

Arvind’s net profit up by 409.76%

Unlike many other textile industry players, Arvind has registered an increase in its net profit to Rs 2,429.5 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 as compared to Rs 476.6 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, representing an increase of 409.76 per cent. The total income was at Rs 11,902.1 million for the quarter ended...

Apparel

US Polo launches its 50th store in India

USPA Properties and Arvind Lifestyle Brands have inaugurated the 50th US Polo Assn. store in India at Linking Road, Mumbai. USPA Properties is a wholly owned subsidiary of United States Polo Association and Arvind Lifestyle Brands is a part of Arvind Mills. Arvind Brands has been the exclusive manager and authorized supplier of the US Polo Assn....

Fashion

Arvind Brands: Spreads its wings pan India

With brands like Flying Machine, Energie, US Polo Assn under its belt, Arvind Lifestyles Brands is in a sweet spot and is eyeing a bigger share in the market. It wants to do increase its presence by expanding the product portfolio and retail network. Recently, all its brands unveiled their A/W collection for 2011. Talking about the product...

Apparel

Delhi gets its first US Polo store

Delhi is the second city in India to have an exclusive retail outlet of the entire product line of the US Polo Assn. The stores opened recently, mark the launch of more prestigious stores of US Polo Assn in the country. The Polo store does not just house the entire merchandise line of US Polo Assn but is also designed to give the apt retail...

Apparel

Premium brands mull price hike

Premium clothing brands such as Van Heusen, Arrow, Izod, US Polo, Reebok and Kimaya Fashions are looking at hiking prices by up to 10 per cent to offset higher input costs. Others such as Wills Lifestyle, Marks & Spencer, Reebok and Benetton plan to absorb higher costs to keep their sales growth intact. Many garment retailers now see room to...