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Westside opens 9th store in Delhi

Westside recently opened its ninth store at the Ambience Mall in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. The new high-end store presented

108 Titan outlets by March 2012

Diversified consumer product conglomerate, Titan Industries, plans to add around 108 outlets in its key verticals of jewellery, watches and

Coca-Cola India plans 1.5 outlets next year

Coca-Cola India plans to take national a slew of non-soda beverages it currently sells in select markets, to consolidate and grow its functional drinks portfolio. The soft drink company will also take its portfolio of still beverages like Minute Maid into smaller towns and expand its retail reach by around 20 percent, to 1.5 million outlets next year. Mega expansion of the Coca Cola stores will develop a new business for the signage companies engaging in in-store displays and others.

Timex to open 40 stores

After taking a gap of two years, watch maker Timex is planning to bring out television commercials and go aggressive with its marketing campaigns, besides looking at introducing a slew of products, including ‘Versace’ watches in India by early next year. As part of its strategy to achieve a 30 percent growth next year, the company plans to launch around 430 watch models, besides opening another 40 stores across the country.

Toonz plans more stores

Agro-chemical major, Crystal Phosphates Ltd, forayed into character merchandise sectorwith the launch of its international kids brand, under Toonz Retail

Samsung unveils first IT brand shop in Kolkata

Samsung Electronics opens its first dedicated IT Brand shop in Kolkata. One can check out the company’s latest IT products including Netbooks, Notebooks, Mobile Phones, Printers and Hi-end Monitors at the new IT Brand shop located at CR Avenue in Kolkata. The new brand shop in Kolkata represents the company’s endeavor to have a Pan- India presence with its exclusive IT Brand Shops. These exclusive IT showrooms represent a one stop shop where consumers can see and experience all Sumsung’s products in one location. Such flagship store is an opportunity where signage majors including in-store signage companies could embarks upon for a new business..

KFC hits century, planning for more stores

KFC announces the opening of its 100th store in India and the global chicken restaurant chain leader plans to grow aggressively in the Indian market, to touch 500 stores by 2015. The company had grown from 50 stores in 2009 to 100 stores today. In the pipeline is the plan to add 70 to 75 stores every year as the company has been expanding in the cities where it is already present and also entering new ones. The company is keen on entering new cities like Madurai, Salem, Hubli, Mysore in the south and Kanpur, Allahabad in the north. Really a good taste, this expansion plan for KFC will bring a new taste of signage business to the signage players engaging into in-store displays and others.

Lenovo enters Gujarat for new stores

After having teamed up with an Ahmedabad-based computer retailing company, Lenovo India, a multi-national computers maker, is now scouting for yet another partner to penetrate further into Tier-III-V towns in Gujarat. The company is in talks with Ahmedabad-based Aegis Infoware Pvt Ltd for rolling out 20 retail outlets under its exclusive retail outlet chain, ‘LES Lite’ (Lenovo Exclusive Store). Lenovo’s historic foray into Gujarat will mark a new milestone for signage companies dealing with in-store signage and others to embark upon a new business height.

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