Emily Ford, South China Morning Post New Delhi, 6 November 2015 Rifling through sweaters in India's first Gap store in a glitzy New Delhi mall, 21-year-old Ridhi Goel says her grandmother doesn't mind how she dresses, as long as it's not too revealing. “She's fine with me wearing Western clothes like a shirt but not jeans and a crop top,” said the journalism student, her grey leggings contrasting sharply with her mother's colourful kurta. “All my family wears Indian clothes, but I find them too uncomfortable. I think maybe there is a generational divide.” Most women in India still wear…
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Ashish K Tiwari, DNA (Daily News & Analysis) Mumbai, 4 November 2015 Adidas Group, the German sports footwear, hardware and apparel maker, is gearing up to launch its own retail format stores in India now that it has been allowed by the Indian government to invest in single brand retail outlets. While specific timelines were not shared, a senior company executive said the first store could get operational any time in the second half of 2016. The Adidas management has been aggressively pursuing the 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) option under Single Brand Retail Trade (SBRT) for a while now.…
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Tasmayee Laha Roy, The Economic Times Kolkata, 29 October 2015 Whether it is making your own coffee table or rustling up an exotic dish, Generation Y has taken a liking to DIY (do it yourself) kits. Helping them in this endeavour are some retail and food startups, which themselves are experimenting with the concept. Half-year-old Bengaluru-based startup Ubyld ships close to 100 DIY furniture kits every day. Cofounder Shobha Nair said as much as 90% of its customers were women, "who take pride in making their own shelves, consoles, wine racks, coffee tables and chairs". Priced between Rs 1,500 and…
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Raghavendra Kamath, Business Standard Mumbai, 30 September 2015 It might not exactly be a battle zone, but the historic south Mumbai neighbourhood of Fort recently witnessed a quiet retail war. Not very far from the Bombay High Court runs a busy street that leads to US coffee chain Starbucksโ first Mumbai store. Situated near Horniman Circle, a stoneโs throw from the Bombay Stock Exchange, the store experienced quite a crowd when it first opened. Along the usually crowded street leading up to it are a dozen other shops that jostle for attention, among which is a store that has shut…
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Kaushikibrata Banerjee and Utsav Basu, Millennium Post New Delhi, 27 September 2015 Creative cafes, restaurants and delivery joints are slowly but steadily creating a whole new culture in the Capital. A food capital as it already is, Delhi is a labyrinth of connections that interlinks one neighbourhood to another and most importantly, migration has been a steady theme in this city giving rise to an array of preferences and predilections. So, do we consider it to be a fortunate adventure? Give in to the indulgence and find out for yourself. These days, professionals are either working through the night or…
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