New Business Opportunity

After bringing world cuisine to the city’s palate, restaurateur Farhan Azmi has now gone back to his roots with his […]

HyperCity, the hypermarket chain of K Raheja Corp Group, which launched its first store in Mumbai in May 2006, is

Titan Industries has stepped up its efforts to expand in the domestic and the international markets. The watch major that already commands around 65 percent market share in the Indian market and plans to add 100 Titan stores over the next five years as its eyes an annual 2 percent growth over the same period from the domestic market. At present, Titan has 300 stores across 130 cities and after its expansion the company would add another 40 cities to this list. The new cities would include smaller ones such as Coimbatore, Vishkhapatnam and Jaipur. Titan’s new stores would bring new business opportunities to the signage domain where in-store companies would get benefited.

Iconic US coffee retailer Starbucks has renewed its interest in the Indian market. The world’s largest coffee retailer is said

Bangalore’s ANTS store seems like a mere crafts outlet. It offers cane-handled Tangkhul Naga black pottery and Manipuri kauna reed

Premium baby care brand, Chicco, a unit of Italy based Artsana group, has plans to expand its retail footprint in

Foraying into steel retail, the Indian Steel Corporation Limited (ISC) unveils its first ISC Steel Zone, a franchised retail store in Ahmedabad. While the company has in all launched two such stores in Gujarat, going forward, ISC is looking at 150 more such stores in the next six months. A joint venture of Ruchi Group & Mitsui Co Ltd , Japan, ISC is a leading manufacture of galvanized steel and cold rolled steel coils/sheets from its Kandla plant in Gujarat. Unveiling of such steel stores would bring a new boost to the signage industry, benefiting particularly those dealing with in-store displays.

Ecko Unlimited, the global epitome of urban lifestyle, announces its entry into Punjab with the opening of its first exclusive

Kalyan Jewellers, a leading jewellery chain in south India that counts actors Mammootyy, Prabhu and Shivrajkumar as brand ambassadors, has

Future Group announces its plan to double the number of its flagship multi-brand ‘Pantaloon’ stores in the next three-four years. The expansion of new stores would embark on an image makeover for the apparel and accessories chain to target youngsters. Group company Pantaloon Retail India, which opened its 50th store spread across 31,109 sq ft in New Delhi, plans to add another 50 Pantaloon stores across metros and smaller cities. Such landmark expansion plan of the retail chain would be a new sunshine opportunity for the signage companies dealing with in-store displays and others.

Lilliput inaugurates its first Lilliput World outlet of Ghaziabad. Lilliput World is a one-stop-shop destination for kids, offering large variety of kids products under one roof. It is an ideal place for kids where one can find a complete range of kidswear products, footwear, accessories, toys, baby care products, kids’ furniture and many more items. Lilliput World offers more than 4000 styles of kids’ products for the children falling in the age-group of 0-12 years. This kids corner is an opportunity of big business to signage companies, such as PSPs as well as others engaged in-shop signage.

Modern retail sector in India is undergoing a major transformation. With the entry of global players and calibrated expansion by

Arvind Lifestyle Brands, Bangalore announces that they will increase the number of its ‘Club America’ multi-brand outlets in the country to enhance the reach of premium international brands in its portfolio. Having set up the first ‘Club America’ multi-brand store in Hyderabad, which sells brands such as Gant, Arrow, US Polo and Izod under one roof, the company plans to open 25 such stores in the next one year. Launch of the new high-end stores would bring a new opportunity to the signage companies dealing with in-store signage.

Bajaj Auto Ltd is planning to increase its dealership network and upgrading its service centers by next year.  The company

Ermenegildo Zegna Group, the world leader in luxury menswear, launches its first store at Taj Krishna in Hyderabad. This is the fourth store launch, forming an integral part of Zegna’s worldwide expansion strategy and establishing yet another pillar for Ermenegildo Zegna in India. The Ermenegildo Zegna store offers a perfect wardrobe for the stylish gentleman with a multi-faceted lifestyle, who enjoys the best under all circumstances – be it formal functions or leisure time. Spread across 2300 sq ft, Zegna store at Taj Krishna is designed by architects Gianmaria and Roberto Beretta and utilizes a variety of colors and it offers a new opportunity to the signage companies engaging in in-store signage.

Footwear firm Relaxo announces its plans to more than double its outlets in the country in the next two and

Bangalore-based Rajesh Exports is the largest gold jewellery manufacturer in the country.  It earns 95 percent of its revenue from exports. But now the company has taken a strategic decision to become the largest retailer of gold jewellery in the country by increasing the revenue from domestic retail sales of jewellery to 50 per cent of total sales within the next three years. The company shall achieve this by setting up 400 ‘Subh’ retail outlets across the country. All that glitter opportunity with the launch of the new jewellery outlets will be for the signage players too, in which in-store signage companies would find new business opportunity.

Water purifier maker Kent Ro announces plans to strengthen its retail presence across the country by opening 200 exclusive stores

Just weeks after the launch of Bio Lactite ink, Mutoh introduced its next-generation mild solvent formulation called MS Ultra. This

Kishore Biyani-led Future Value Retail is looking to set up a new format of standalone stores only for fruits and vegetables. The company is enhancing focus on fresh fruits and vegetables as a category. It has also been planned to open new format stores only for that. Fruits and vegetables is a profitable category and promises upto 10 per cent margin after taking into account wastages and supply chain losses. The company’s new format stores will be a new advantages for both consumers as well as signage players dealing in the retail or in-store displays.