New Business Opportunity

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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.

Watch and jewellery maker Titan Industries has lined up a Rs 150 crore capex for the current fiscal to expand

Selling golf accessories in more than 100 countries, Callaway has planned to open exclusive stores in Chandigarh and Delhi by March 2011 and eight more stores across country in next three years. The company has formed Callaway Golf India—a fully owned subsidiary of Callaway Golf Company, California—to expand operations this side. Callaway Golf has 1,300 golf equipment patents in US and 3,000 worldwide. Opening of the high-end sports equipments outlet will be a new delight to the signage players dealing with in-store signage and others across the two cities.

From being a traditional South Indian beverage, coffee has metamorphosed into a drink that is now enjoyed all over the

Swiss watchmaker Rado, a part of the Swatch Group, announces the increase its retail outlets in India through mono-brand stores and shop-in-shops to enhance its presence here. Rado, which currently has 14 exclusive stores in India, plans to open around six new outlets next year, taking the total count to 20. Currently Rado watches are sold at eight shop-in-shop counters. Rado watches that come with an average price tag of Rs 50,000 in India are among the top five brands within the Swatch Group’s portfolio of about 20 brands. Of course, the new Rado stores would bring in a new opportunity to the signage companies, such as PSPs, those engaging in the retail segment.

Bangalore-based Arvind Lifestyle Brands announces that the company will increase the number of its ‘Club America’ multi-brand outlets across India

Watch and jewellery maker Titan, which owns the Goldplus chain of jewellery is focusing on rural and tier II markets. The company decides to marry these two which would result in an ultra luxury product. Unveiling the three shortlisted designs of the company, Titan revealed they would ask the public to vote for the best design. Also in the new development is the company’s design on Nano car with the most popular design and show it around the country. Such new development in the company’s retail segment would bring a golden opportunity to the signage players, particularly the in-store signage companies.

Big retail brands are coming up at the Mohali Junction in Sector 57, adjoining the Verka Chowk on the National

India is the top international priority in the latest and ambitious expansion plan of British retail firm Marks and Spencer. While growing in the UK is the company’s foremost priority, laying the foundations for future growth international is also a key ingredient of the up to 950 million pound capital expenditure plan. Marks and Spencer currently operates in India through its joint venture Marks and Spencer Reliance India PVt Ltd. The firm already had ambitious expansion plans in place, with a target of opening at least 50 new stores in India over the next five years. The company’s expansion plan across the country will deliver a new business opportunity to the in-store signage companies.

John Miller recently opened its second exclusive store in Kochi at the Abad Nucleus Mall situated on National Highway 49,

Titan Watches is going to add 100 stores in the next three years, taking the total number of Titan World retailing outlets to 400. The company is looking to set up the first fifty within the next two years. What the company is looking to do is to ensure that across the country, there is a Titan outlet available within a two to three km radius within which customers are staying.  Such a wider coverage of Titan stores in every possible corner across the country will be an added business advantage to the in-store signage majors operating in the retail sector.

International casual dining restaurant chain TGI Friday’s (TGIF) is enhancing presence in India with plans to nearly treble the number

New Marks & Spencer boss Marc Bolland is set to unveil his blueprint for the retailer next week – with plans to devote much more shop space to selling homewares and ambitious plans to expand overseas, especially in India. The Dutchman, who was hired from Morrisons earlier this year on a £15m pay package, has opted for “evolution not revolution” according to a source. He is understood to have ruled out some of the more dramatic moves called for by some analysts, such as investing in a home delivery service for groceries and refocusing the store to pull in more younger customers. With the onset of its new venture into the Indian market will benefit the in-store signage players.

Electrical equipment maker Havells India is planning to open 12 Havells Galaxy, its retail outlet, in Andhra Pradesh by the

Bridgestone, the world’s no 1 Tyre & Rubber manufacturer, has announced the inauguration of its exclusive select showroom in Kolkata. The Select store boasts of an exclusive Bridgestone retail “Identity and Sales” in line with the global retail philosophy adopted successfully across the world. In addition, the store has unique customer friendly, smart and stylised interior, a wide product range and modern services. The new Bridgestone store will bridge a path to new business for in-store signage players in the city.

Croma at present has 56 stores and hopes to end the year with 75 stores. The company will be investing

London’s AIM-listed Indian hotel and restaurant company India Hospitality Corp is the frontrunner to acquire the world’s largest noodle bar chain, Wagamama, for about Rs 1,800 crore. The deal, likely to close by the end of this month, will be funded through internal accruals, fresh capital to be raised through equity issue to the existing investors and leveraging the assets of Wagamama. The arrival global noodle chain would bring in a new set up to the Indian retail sector where in-store signage companies will get new business opportunity.

Orra, one of the finest diamond jewellery retail chains in the country, plans to add 7 to 8 exclusive retail

Retailer Shoppers’ Stop expects to open 4-5 Hypercity stores in FY12. The firm posted a 44 percent in September quarter net profit to 174 million rupees while its gross retail turnover stood at 5.09 billion rupees. The company’s board also approved splitting each share into two. With the firm’s robust expansion, there will be a new opportunity offering to the region’s signage market, benefiting in-store signage companies.