Can Reliance’s Azorte give stiff competition to Zara, H&M, Mango?

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October 12, 2022

Spearheaded by Isha Ambani, the venture seems to be an attempt to consolidate the brand’s consumer retail offering. Reliance Retail has launched a premium fashion and lifestyle brand, called ‘Azorte’. It is a consolidation of brands from Reliance’s stables, and has both an offline store at Bengaluru as well as an online presence on azorte.ajio.com. The store stocks products such as clothing, personal care products, home decor, jewellery, and footwear. Most of the brands stocked at Azorte are Reliance's in-house brands. Brands part of Azorte's collection Reliance Retail also caters to consumers online through its website, ajio.com. With JioMart, it…

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Titan’s Taneira shrugs off Covid blues to shake up saree market

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October 11, 2022

SHARLEEN D’SOUZA, Business StandardMumbai, 10 October 2022 In early 1994, Titan started selling watches with precious stones in them and called this new line, Tanishq. It went on to become a separate division of Titan Company and grew into the country’s largest branded jewellery outfit, helping raise Titan’s sales to ~28,799 crore last financial year. Thirteen years later, in 2007, Titan Eye+ set out to shake up the eyewear market. Though it also sells sunglasses of other brands, it is the prescription segment that Titan redefined and now, according to its website, has 550 Eye+ exclusive stores in 229 cities.…

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Fastrack’s fashion-tech gambit: One-stop shop for Gen Z

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September 26, 2022

The Indian smart wearables market is expected to register a CAGR of 23.91% over the 2022-27 period. There is no stopping Fastrack —the Titan Company brand wants to be the one-stop shop for all the cool Gen Z accessories. Last month, the brand launched Reflex Play+, its first ever Bluetooth-calling smartwatch, priced at an affordable Rs 6,995. Earlier this year, Fastrack extended the Reflex portfolio to Reflex Vox, a smartwatch, at just under Rs 7,000. Last year, Fastrack added activity trackers and wireless earbuds to its portfolio. Says Ajay Maurya, marketing head, Fastrack, “Anything new which happens in the space…

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Uniqlo turns profitable in India in less than three years of operations

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September 23, 2022

Sagar Malviya, The Economic Times September 13, 2022 Uniqlo, Asia's biggest clothing brand, has turned profitable in India in less than three years after it opened its first store in the country despite operating in a period marked by Covid-led lockdowns and restrictions. The Japanese brand posted a net profit of ₹21.4 crore for 2021-22 compared to a loss of ₹36.1 crore in the previous year, according to business intelligence firm AltInfo. Its sales rose 63% year on year to ₹391.7 crore for the year to March 2022, a slower pace compared to FY21 when it clocked 86% sales growth…

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Reliance Retail plans ‘fast fashion’ stores to take fight to Zara

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September 22, 2022

Reliance Retail is planning to launch a new clothing and accessories brand store chain to compete directly with fast fashion brands Zara and H&M in India. "The new format, internally called Regalia, will be spread across 20,000-30,000 square feet, and the company could open six stores initially. They have finalised their store locations in Mumbai and Gurgaon (Gurugram) and have also signed properties in Hyderabad and Bangalore," said two people privy to the launch.

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