New Business Opportunity

UK’s largest coffee chain and a leading global brand, Costa Coffee formally inaugurated four of its outlets in Bangaluru. Two […]

Luxury brand Da Milano has their collections primed to penetrate the world of high fashion retail in Mumbai. It has recently launched its first exclusive store situated within the trendy Linking Road, Mumbai. This swanky store is spread over 2000 square feet and reflects a minimal yet striking décor to attract the young and uber stylish urban crowd. With an all glass frontage, the off white backdrop of the store with soft green wall paper, warm wooden shelves, glazed marble flooring and effective lighting helps to bring out the designs and the vibrant colors of the collections on display prominently. No doubt, such high-end exclusive store is the right spot where in-store signage companies could mint new business.

Carrefour has secured four properties in four cities across India and plans to set up 4 to 5 cash-and-carry stores

William Penn, multi-brand retail store chain housing premium fine writing instruments, desktop and lifestyle accessories, has announced its plans to expand retail network in India to 15 stores by 2010 end. Launching its fourth store in Bangalore, the company considers India as a booming market for luxury goods. Luxury brands from across the world have got interested in India because of the rise in purchasing power and the expansion of William Penn retail chain will also be a new business opportunity for in-store media companies, sign suppliers, print providers, etc.

International denim wear brand Wrangler is betting on its biker representation for growth in India. Over the last three years,

Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd announces that it has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with UK-based C&J Clark International, for

International denim wear brand Wrangler is betting on its biker representation for growth in India. Over the last three years,

With an aim to expand its footprint in India, British footwear brand, Pavers England, plans to open 19 exclusive franchisee

Bangalore-based Prestige Group is planning to develop six malls, scheduled to be operational by 2013. The real estate giant will construct four of these six malls in a JV with Singapore-based CapitaMalls Asia. The new malls would be set up in Hyderabad, Kochi, Mangalore, Bangalore, Mysore and Shantiniketan, a township developed by the group near Bangalore. Prestige Group has two malls in Bangalore— Forum at Koramangala and True Value Mall in Whitefield. The one in Whitefield is a discount mall with anchors such as Pantaloons, Tommy Hilfiger, Megamart, Esprit and Louis Vuitton having their factory outlets there. Prestige Group’s unveiling of new malls in strategic locations would boost the parametre of the Indian retail segment, which in turn bring in new business opportunity for the signage industry as well.

Multinational brand Lilliput, whose dominance in the Indian kidswear market is prominent, opens a new exclusive outlet in Amrtisar, Punjab.

Reliance Retail, which has a tie-up with UK-based toy retailer Hamleys, announces the of launch 20 toy stores across the country in the next seven years with an investment of Rs 150 crore. The organised toy market in the country, estimated at Rs 1,500 crore, is poised for a healthy growth. In a matter of some months, the second Hamleys store would come up in Chennai. Breaking news is that the signage industry is that these new toy stores will be poised as new business opportunity to in-store signage companies.

Aditya Birla Retail (ABRL) plans to open 10 hypermarkets and up to 100 supermarkets this fiscal. The group runs its

Tata Group’s Infiniti Retail plans to open more than 100 Croma stores across India during the next two years. Currently the company has 47 Croma stores and the latest in the expansion is the three new stores of—20,000 sq ft at South Extension, 6,000 sq ft at Saket (New Delhi) and 12,000 sq ft at Gurgaon (Haryana). Infiniti Retail, a subsidiary of Tata Sons had launched Croma chain of mega stores of consumer electronics and durables in 2006. Croma’s magnification in the capital city and its NCR is a green signal to the region’s in-store signage majors for a new business opportunity.

Diamond retail chain ORRA Diamonds has drawn up a Rs 75-crore plan for retail expansion over the next three years.

Adidas AG, the world’s second-largest sporting-goods maker, announces its improved sales and profitability resulting from the upcoming FIFA World Cup, SA. It is confirmed that it will help the company meet its increased forecast for full-year profit. Revenue in 2010 will rise at a ‘mid-single-digit’ pace, faster than the previous forecast of ‘low-to-mid single-digit’ growth. Now, what the company is expecting is that India will become its big growth market and retail sales to rise at pace faster than the previously expected as it steps up store opening across the country. The company’s plan to magnify its retail preseence in India is a new business prospect for signage players like in-store media majors, sign makers/suppliers, print providers, etc.

Shoppers Stop Ltd unveils a new ‘Clinique’ store at Rajouri Garden, New Delhi. With the opening of this high-end store, the company

Latest Landmark store in Mumbai at Lower Parel has recently been unveiled in a grand way to welcome youngsters looking for reading books, listening to music and video gaming. Spread across a massive 42,000 square feet area, it is the largest Landmark outlet anywhere in the country. It stands at nearly thrice the size of the book and music retail chain’s first store in Mumbai. Prominent aspects at the store are the gaming zone, a lounge-like area where the latest videogames and consoles can be tested; a photo unit in association with HP to print pictures taken on digital cameras or mobile phones. Now, signage companies like in-store media majors, sign suppliers/makers, print providers can get ready to hit the largest Landmark store.

Dubai might have been founded on the pearl trade, but it’s now a key centre for the gold trade too.

After years of negotiations with more than a dozen potential Indian partners, Europe’s biggest retailer Carrefour SA has forged an alliance with Future Group, which runs India’s largest store chain. Future Group will open Carrefour-branded franchise stores in the country under a deal signed three months ago. The group plans to open between 150 and 300 Carrefour-branded hypermarkets in the next five years. Future Group, which runs Pantaloon and Big Bazaar chains, is set to hit the retail segment with the new Carrefour brand. Now, the group’s new retail venture will unfold new business opportunity to the signage segment.

Retailer giant Shoppers’ Stop has announced announced that it will hike its stake in hypermarket chain HyperCity to 51 percent from 19 percent earlier, making the latter its subsidiary. HyperCity operates three stores in Mumbai and one each in Amritsar, Bangalore, Jaipur and Hyderabad. The stake purchase will cost Shoppers Stop approximately Rs 125 crore. Shoppers Stop on its expansion plans following its stake in HyperCity. The company will open 18 flagship stores over 30 months at an investment of Rs 170-200 crore and it would bring a new opportunity wherein in-store signage companies could unfold a new business chapter.