Premier fashion and lifestyle destination Shoppers Stop has recently launched another outlet in Bangalore - at Koramangala. The 44,000 sq.ft standalone store is the retailer's fourth in Bangalore and 31st in the country. The new store, spread across three levels, houses creme de la creme brands in cosmetics, perfumes, jewellery, personal accessories, ladies' western wear and ethnic wear, kids' apparel and toys, men's formals, casuals, ethnic wear and sportswear. On the opening of the new

Madame, a leading womenswear brand, is fast spreading its wings. The brand has recently opened its first outlet in Chhattisgarh. The new outlet, opened at the Magneto mall, Raipur on July 19, is spread over an area of 1,000 sq.ft. It stocks formal-wear, active-wear, lounge-wear, denims and accessories for women. Madame was launched in 1993 with a foresight to dress young women in the latest in fashion and style. The brand is retailed through EBOs and MBOs. Magneto, Raipur opened its do

Textile business conglomerate Arvind Limited has announced an aggressive expansion strategy to strengthen its B2C retail business in the domestic market. Having witnessed a whopping 70 per cent year-on-year growth in its fabric retail business in the last two fiscals, the company plans to double its fabric retail revenue to reach the Rs 800-crore mark by FY 2013-14. "The fabric retail market in India constitutes almost 65 per cent of the total domestic apparel market, of which almost 80-90 per c

Italian lifestyle brand Diesel and US-based branded apparel brand Forever 21 will become operational at Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, Delhi, in August this year. The store at Ambience Mall will be Forever 21's first in India, while it will be Diesel's fourth in the country. "Both brands will have the minimum guarantee and revenue sharing models with the mall. The Diesel store will be spread over an area of 7,500 sq.ft, while Forever 21 will be approximately 20,000 sq.ft," said Deepti Goel, hea

Increasing its presence in Delhi, Lifestyle International Private Limited has launched a second Lifestyle store in the city. The 70,000 sq.ft store, located at Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, also marks the debut of 'Splash' in Delhi. Located on the first floor of the three-floor Lifestyle store, Splash offers 5,000 sq.ft of young fashion. "We are happy to launch our fourth store in Delhi/NCR. With its high purchasing power and deep-rooted affinity to fashion, Delhi is an important city for us,

In a bid to bridge the gap between demand and supply of skilled manpower in modern retail, Bharti Wal-Mart, a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and global retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc, has opened a training centre in Delhi. Located at the government-run Veer Savarkar Basic Training Centre on Pusa Road, the centre will provide free retail sector-focussed vocational training to candidates. A memorandum of agreement (MoA) was signed in this regard on July 22 between Bharti Wal-Mart an

Fx Entertainment (FXe), an exclusive importer and distributor of some of the world's most acclaimed high-end audio-visual brands such as Cambridge Audio, Mordaunt-Short, NorStone and Elipson, has launched an 850 sq.ft premium outlet at MGF Metropolitan Mall, Gurgaon. Speaking exclusively to IndiaRetailing, Shane Choithramani, MD, Fx Entertainment Pvt Ltd, said, "We chose Gurgaon as we wanted to tap the growing 'builder community' that wasn't willing to come to Delhi for extensive demos. A ful

Max, the value fashion brand from the house of Dubai-based Landmark Group, has launched its fourth store in Mumbai at Mega Mall, Andheri (W). In Mumbai, the value fashion chain is already present at Navi Mumbai (Vashi, Kharghar), Mulund West and Bhayander. Spread across a retail space of 8,500 sq.ft, the store offers apparels, footwear and accessories for men, women and kids. Commenting on the launch, Vasanth Kumar, executive director, Max, said, "We aim to take our offering to customers acro

George Santacroce, the chief executive officer of The Collective - the lifestyle and luxury menswear store by Madura Garments, is set to hand over the reins to Ram Iyer, COO with effect from July 31, 2010. Santacroce, however, shall remain involved with The Collective as an advisor focusing primarily on future growth and seasonal strategy and to support the team as required. Santacroce says, "I shall be transitioning from the role as CEO of the Collective, effectively July 31, 2010, and the d

Aditya Birla Retail Limited (ABRL) has launched a hypermarket store in Hyderabad. Spread over an area of 53,000 sq.ft at Saroor Nagar, the hypermarket, under the brand name More Megastore, is the retailer's first in the city and eighth in India. ABRL's hypermarkets are already present in Mysore, Vadodara, Aurangabad, Indore, Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. The new More Megastore claims to provide an international shopping experience with 25,000 products to serve various shopping needs of a mode