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		<title>Krishna Group to expand retail chain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi (PTI): Diversified business player Krishna Group is planning a Rs 150 crore investment for its apparel and accessories retail chain, The Grab Store, to give it a pan-India presence and add 20 more outlets during 2009. The retail chain, which currently operates six outlets located in Mumbai, Rajkot and Baroda, is also aiming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1256&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Biyani&#8217;s home solutions raise Rs 150-cr through rights issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI: Kishore Biyani-led Home Solutions Retail (India) along with its two investors, ICICI Ventures Funds Management and Kotak SEAF India Fund, has raised Rs 150-crore via a rights issue to fuel its expansion programme. &#8220;We have raised Rs 150-crore through a rights issue along with ICICI Ventures Funds Management and Kotak SEAF India Fund. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1254&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leather exports up in H1; 30% fall seen in coming months</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[chennai: Export of leather and leather products registered a significant increase during April-September 2008 but the export scenario is expected to become grim in the coming months owing to economic meltdown. The export of leather and leather-based products stood at Rs 8,524.73 crore during April-September 2008 and registered a 19.97% rise in rupee terms and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1250&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Organics mkt growing in India despite slowdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI : The organic market in the US and Europe may have taken a hit because of the slowdown, with growth rate down to 5% in 2008 from 25% the previous year. But it is still growing in India say regional as well as national players, including Fabindia and Hyderabad-based 24 Letter Mantra, albeit at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1247&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Style accessory co Belkin sees Rs 1,000 cr India biz</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: US-based digital lifestyle assets and interconnectivity solutions provider Belkin , which recently entered the Indian market, is targeting a business of Rs 1,000 core within five years. Belkin country manager for India, Mohit Anand told ET that the privately-held $ 1.3 bn company founded in California was extremely bullish on India. &#8220;We believe this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1245&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Subhiksha not to declare bankruptcy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi: Cash-strapped retail chain Subhiksha Trading Services on Monday ruled out declaring bankruptcy and said it may consider selling stake to raise funds as it struggles to arrange Rs 300 crore to meet immediate operational requirements. The company is currently undergoing a corporate debt restructuring (CDR) exercise with lenders reviewing its books. &#8220;No, not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1243&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bharti-Wal-Mart to expand cash-and-carry chain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi: Bharti Enterprises, in its joint venture with global retail giant Wal-Mart, plans to expand its chain of cash-and-carry stores in the country by opening three more outlets in the current calendar year. The company will open these outlets, named BestPrice Modern Wholesale, in Chandigarh and Amritsar, while the third location is not yet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1241&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign investment norms for retail to stay: Kamal Nath</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: The government has rationalised the foreign investment norms as there is a tightening in the global markets, but the cap on such investments in single-brand retail would continue, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said here Thursday. &#8220;The government has rationalised calculation of FDI (foreign direct investment). Because of this, there will be further inflow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1239&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lifestyle retailers upbeat despite fall in growth rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the face of the economic slowdown, lifestyle brands are putting up a brave front. While consumer buying may not be as big as one would like it to be and sales growth rates have dipped, the scene is not as bad as in the Western world, say retailers as they hope for a positive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1237&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Luxury brands still a tough sell in wealthier India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mumbai: On a recent evening at Mumbai&#8217;s luxury Taj Mahal Hotel, shoppers tried on sequined sandals and handmade moccasins at Joy Shoes, a family business that has sold out of its only shop for nearly 70 years. Around the corner, a Moschino store with stylish displays of apparel and accessories off the Milan runways stood [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1235&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dabur changes strategy for retail venture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: Having curtailed expansion plans of its retail venture, Dabur India&#8217;s wholly-owned retail subsidiary H&#38;B Stores now plans to setup smaller format stores with revised targets. The company announced the opening of its latest store on Monday in New Delhi. Though the positioning of the outlet is the same as before &#8211; focusing on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1233&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retailers look for fortune at bottom of pyramid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: Major retailers around the country, who had adopted a ‘wait and watch&#8217; policy till sometime back in the hope of real estate prices coming down, are now back in action. While on one hand, retail majors are pressing developers to go in for revenue sharing model along with providing other freebies, most of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1229&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Consumer-based economy to sail India out of crisis&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmedabad (PTI): The expanding consumer-based economy is what the experts and entreprenurs, attending Jain International Trade Organisation Global Summit, believe would help India come out of the global economic crisis. Speaking at a session titled &#8216;India Today and Tomorrow&#8217; here on Sunday, chairperson of marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University, U.S., Jadish [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1227&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reliance Retail plans private label sale to kirana stores</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mukesh Ambani&#8217;s Reliance Retail is understood to be exploring ways to supply its private labels in food and groceries to kirana stores and small retailers in the country. A separate entity, most likely to be named Reliance Foods, will carry out the private label business. The move is expected to give high retail exposure to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1225&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Key players in the Indian Retail sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who are the top retailers in India today? Here&#8217;s a brief summary of the key players.. Pantaloon Retail (India) Pantaloon&#8217;s managing director Kishore Biyani believes in changing the rules. When Pantaloon started the Big Bazaar discount stores in 2002, malls were not part of the shopping culture. Big Bazaar became a hit, as it combined [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1219&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The future of organized retail in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the future of organized Retail in India? There is no magic answer to this question. However, one can make some educated guesses based on established best practices and how Indian conditions will modify or replace conventional wisdom. Let&#8217;s consider some of the factors that could affect the future of organized Retail in India. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1217&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Falling retail rents give stores a lifeline</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Retailers get boost in tough times with more power to negotiate rents Retail rents fell for the first time in 15 years in 2008 and will not return to growth until 2013, handing struggling retailers a potential lifeline to stave off administration. The decline in annual rents will give retailers substantially more negotiating power over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1214&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More stores expected to close in &#8217;09</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Circuit City, KB Toys, Mervyn&#8217;s, Steve and Barry&#8217;s, Whitehall Jewelers, Linens &#8216;n Things, Showcase Home Entertainment. How many more will join the growing list of bankrupt and shuttered chain stores before the end of the economic crisis? The International Council of Shopping Centers predicted in December that, by the end of 2008, 148,000 stores would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1210&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For retailers, naughty or nice holiday season?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As bills start piling up in consumers&#8217; mailboxes, retailers are tallying receipts from one of the most difficult holiday shopping seasons in years and planning ahead to an uncertain new year. Early indications point to a decline in overall sales in November and December, retailers&#8217; busiest time. Many of the nation&#8217;s biggest retailers are expected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1207&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mom-and-Pop stores stay alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year 2008 saw some dramatic twists in the discourse on big retail. From a spate of controversies surrounding the entry of corporate houses and fears that big players will swallow small kirana stores, the debate has clearly shifted to whether big retail can survive in its current form. &#8220;Kiranas have clearly won the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1204&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retail stocks look promising</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of the year when all retail companies start working for their end-of-season sale. Taking this spirit a little ahead, ET brings forth the discount biggies of the Indian retail industry, Vishal Retail and Koutons Retail. These stocks will suit all those investors who are looking for ‘value for money&#8217; buys. Incidentally, both [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1202&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lotto to open 300 stores in next five years</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi (PTI): Italy-based Lotto Sport Italia is looking to strengthen its retail presence in India by opening around 300 stores in the next five years, besides planing to foray into the inner wear category soon. The company, which markets its products in India, Nepal and Bangladesh through Delhi-based Sports Lifestyle, would be opening the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1199&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IIT-B to start retail course in Delhi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, is all set to offer certificate programme in supply chain management in New Delhi and NCR among others. The course is scheduled to start from February one, 2009 and overall 125 students will be selected for the programme. Said Aastha Jindal, admission coordinator, IIT, Mumbai: &#8220;For [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1197&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Times Big Reward: Shopper&#8217;s gala</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The atmosphere was electric and the turnout large. The occasion was the prize distribution ceremony of The Times Big Reward&#8217;, touted as Pune&#8217;s biggest shopping festival, organised by The Times of India in association with The Mobile Store. The 150 lucky winners, who had gathered at a petrol pump near RTO, were rocking to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1195&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Online research before purchase rising: Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi: In the present economic scenario, when the print and electronic advertising mediums are seeing a dip in revenues, online advertising is gaining momentum as advertisers are now looking at cost-effective mediums to reach to the target audience. Usage of the online medium as an advertising platform is increasing as the medium not just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1192&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Croma to invest Rs 28 crore in seven new stores</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infiniti Retail, a Tata company announced the launch of its 25th Croma store in India at Phoenix Mills, South Mumbai spread over 15, 000 sq ft area. The total investment on the store is around Rs 4 crore of which 1.9 crore went into fittings and fixture and Rs 2 crore into product inventory, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1188&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retail chains gear up to combat slowdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: Consumers can rejoice. The new year will usher in more value-for-money formats, growth in large hypermarkets, and attractive discounts offered by high street, even as retail biggies, hit by higher costs, look at collaboration, realignment and consolidation within the industry. Says Future group chairman Kishore Biyani, &#8220;The retail sector will post a decent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1186&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Large format Spencer&#8217;s stores saw 60 pc growth in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The large format stores of Spencer&#8217;s Retail witnessed 60 per cent growth in 2008. With 20 hyperstores and superstores in March 2008, the format ended the year with a 32 stores count. However, across five different formats, the company identified about 50 commercially unviable stores, which would be relocated to higher potential catchment areas over [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1183&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Piquadro to roll out 16 stores by 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi: Italian travel items and lifestyle brand Piquadro, which had recently opened a store in the capital, mulls setting up 15 such showrooms by 2012-13, eyeing the Rs 800 crore Indian branded luggage market. The 40 million dollar company is seeking at tapping the corporate and fashion gifts market and has set up a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1181&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rosebys plans 240 stores in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore: Seeking to expand its footprint aggressively, home decor and lifestyle products firm Rosebys Interiors India Ltd plans to open 240 single brand retail stores in India by October next, a company official said. Rosebys kicked off its Indian retail operations in October end and it now has 12 stores in Punjab, Gujarat, West Bengal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1179&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good value for money influences Indians: Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi, January :: Most of the Indian consumers look for good value for money with price and promotions influencing the choice of a grocery shop, says a new survey. In an online survey conducted by global information and media firm Nielsen Company, about 91 per cent of Indians voted for Good Value for Money [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1177&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Big bazaar launches second store in Nashik</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nashik: Big bazaar, country&#8217;s largest hypermarket chain from Future Group on Thursday launched its second store on Nasik-Pune road near Nehru Nagar. With this launch we now have 103 stores in 62 cities, Pantaloon Retail (i) Ltd&#8217;s West Zone Head, Rajesh Joshi said. The new store will display over 1.6 lakh products in various categories, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1174&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Luxury brands still a tough sell in wealthier India</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mumbai: On a recent evening at Mumbai&#8217;s luxury Taj Mahal Hotel, shoppers tried on sequined sandals and handmade moccasins at Joy Shoes, a family business that has sold out of its only shop for nearly 70 years. Around the corner, a Moschino store with stylish displays of apparel and accessories off the Milan runways stood [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1170&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Future Group hopes to sail thru difficult times in Q4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUMBAI: Retail chains may be struggling in the face of the economic slowdown, but Kishore Biyani&#8217;s Future Group seems to be buoyant in the New Year, expecting to do well in the quarter ending March 2009. &#8220;I don&#8217;t see a problem in this quarter. February and March are traditionally good months for us&#8230;and with interest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1167&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Growth of Organised retail and entrepreneurship</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When she started a small business from her home kitchen, little did Lovey Burman realise that one day she&#8217;d have people in the city-and beyond-eating out of her hands. Today, the director of Kookie Jar Foods has her hands full, what with a Rs 15 crore-plus turnover; four Kookie Jar outlets and a loyal following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1165&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Retail chains gear up to combat slowdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KOLKATA: The Year-end sales may have been good, but the country&#8217;s leading retail chains are now gearing up to fight for an overall slowdown in sales in the second half of the fiscal. The big retailers are looking at inventory optimisation, efficiencies in supply chain, better product assortment and reducing the number of stock keeping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1163&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greeting waves in the air</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greeting waves in the air Radio has been a popular medium with retailers for a long time, but had lost its sheen and audiences in the 90s. Today, radio is being revived. The overwhelming response to the opening up of FM space, with everyone from BBC to local educational intuitions vying for frequency in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1160&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kiranas to survive retail onslaught: PwC</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A switch from unorganised to organised retail will bring in huge benefits, not only for the government in the form of taxes, but also for consumers, farmers and unorganised trade participants alike in a big way, says a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Apart from helping India become a sourcing hub for the world, organised retail [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1158&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FutureBazaar selects CyberSource for anti-fraud solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driven by Indian B2C eCommerce sales, that is expected to grow at 195 per cent between 2008 and 2011 (eMarketer, Asia-Pacific B2C E-Commerce, January 2008), FutureBazaar India, the online shopping portal of Pantaloon Retail, one of India&#8217;s leading retailers, has selected CyberSource Ltd’s Decision Manager anti-fraud solution. FutureBazaar offers a wide range of home products [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1156&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bw!tch launches its first exclusive retail outlet in New Delhi</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bw!tch, India’s first designer intimate wear brand and a subsidiary of Genesis Colors, has launched its first exclusive retail outlet in Greater Kailash area of national capital. Bw!tch product range available at the outlet includes lingerie under six categories — Core, Occasional, Functional, Fun &#38; Fantasy, Teen and Sporty, said a company press release. However, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=retailigence.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4645772&amp;post=1154&amp;subd=retailigence&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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