With ‘house of brands’ model, ABFRL eyes foray into D2C market

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June 24, 2022

Written By Christina Moniz Prashanth Aluru, a former Facebook and Bain hand, will be behind the steering wheel for this venture The Aditya Birla Group has just announced the launch of its ‘house of brands’ business entity, TMRW, to support digital fashion and lifestyle brands. TMRW, which will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail (ABFRL), aims to build and buy over 30 brands in the next three years, the company said in a statement. With this move, the company expects to make its entry into the D2C market, which is expected to be reach…

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Top companies lead charge in retail’s expansion push

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June 24, 2022

Written By Mukherjee, ET Bureau Top listed retail chains such as Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail, Avenue Supermarts and Tata-owned Trent are going to lead store additions through the next financial year, as they double down on expansion after the pandemic, company executives and analysts said. As per a recent report by ICICI Securities, 16.7 million square feet of retail space would be added by eight large, listed retail chains between FY21 and FY24 as compared to 8 million square feet added in the preceding four years of FY18-21. These companies also include Titan, Bata, V-Mart, TCNS and Shoppers Stop.…

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Explainer: How a plastic straw ban will impact beverage makers

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June 10, 2022

Devika Singh, Moneycontrol June 10, 2022 As the threat of a plastic straw ban looms, dairy products giant Amul has written to the Prime Minister’s Office, urging a delay of its implementation by up to one year. Amul makes products such as flavoured milk, lassi and spiced butter milk that come in small cartons packed with plastic straws for on-the-go consumption. The letter to the PMO, sent ahead of the proposed July 1 start of the ban on single-use plastic products, said the move may have a “negative impact” on farmers and milk consumption. “We agree it is a positive…

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Metro Cash & Carry and the never-ending search for B2B-grocery riches

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June 9, 2022

Written By Seetharaman G, Aayush Agarwal If you need to know how hard it is to run a wholesale-grocery chain in India, look no further than the topline of the German company that introduced the concept to the country in 2003. Metro Cash & Carry’s revenue in the year ended March 2021 was just Rs 6,500 crore (~US$835 million). For context, DMart, the Indian supermarket chain that began its journey around the same time as Metro Source: the-ken

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FMCG: Ruchi Soya: Betting big on e-tail

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May 30, 2022

Written By Akanksha Nagar Having acquired Patanjali Ayurved’s food retail business, the company has ambitious plans While its edible oil business has been its mainstay, Ruchi Soya’s CEO Sanjeev Asthana is confident that the share of FMCG revenue could touch 20% this fiscal. Ruchi Soya has its sights set on clocking `20,000 crore- `22,000 crore in revenue over the next five years from its FMCG business, after recently having acquired Patanjali Ayurved’s food retail business worth `690 crore. The Patanjali food portfolio comprises 21 major products, including top-selling items such as ghee, honey and juices, besides staples such as atta…

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