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Leading footwear firm Liberty shoes plans to open 50 more outlets across the country this fiscal. The company is unveiling the new […]

Destination Maternity Corp, a leading maternity apparel retailer, has announced the opening of two more Motherhood Maternity shop-in-shops in India.

Bharti-Walmart Private Limited is planning to add five more cash and carry wholesale B2B stores across India in the next financial year. The company rolled out its B2B model in Amritsar last year. The new stores would be opened at Zirakpur (near Chandigarh), Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patila, Ghaziabad and Jaipur. This new development at Bharti-Walmart will be a golden business opportunity for signage players, particularly in-store media companies, located in north India.

Gitanjali Gems Ltd, India’s biggest jewellery retailer that owns brands such as Asmi, Ddamas, Nakshatra and Gili, plans to double its reach in a year’s time to cover two million sq ft of retail space as it rolls out new stores in smaller towns, railway stations and cinema theatres. The jewellery firm more than trebled in size in four years from Rs 1621 crore in sales in 2005-06 and is slated to end this fiscal with a growth of at least 35 percent in net sales. Opening of new Gitanjali stores is indeed an unmatched opportunity for in-store signage companies as well as print providers and sign suppliers as well.

The Four Fountains Spa (TFFS) is expanding to cities like Mumbai, Delhi and NCR, Bangalore and Chennai amongst other tier-I

Kapsons, one of the leading retail chains in north Indian market, plans to infuse Rs 60 crore to set up six lifestyle stores across Punjab and Chandigarh. The company also intends to have a big warehousing facility in Mohali. With the opening of two premium Kapsons’ premium international lifestyle stores in Amritsar and Ludhiana, the total number of stores has gone up to twelve now. Opening of the new lifestyle stores will be a sunshine offer to signage players like in-store media companies, sign makers and print providers across the region who would find a new business opportunity.

With its robust growth recorded over the years, retail chain giant Shoppers’ Stop has planed a new expansion move to roll out more

Italian sportswear maker Lotto is planning to spend US$10 million over the next five years to corner seven percent of India’s branded sports apparel and equipment market. India is among the top 10 markets for the company and it will be among the top five within the next five years. Lotto will not only spend on marketing the brand but also to launch two advertising campaigns—one around the soccer World Cup in May and another one ahead of the  New Delhi Commonwealth Games in October. The brand, which started its stand-alone retail chain in India in 2008, has 31 stand-alone stores across the country and plans to open 200 more such stores by 2015. The new sportswear outlets will offer an opportunity to the country’s signage segment, particularly benifiting in-store media companies, print providers and sign suppliers.

Mumbai-based Fine Jewellery (India) Limited, a leading manufacturer of diamond studded gold and platinum jewellery, plans to open five more exclusive brand outlets (EBOs) under its retail brand ‘Nirvana’ during the next financial year. The company’s recent EBO openned at Hyderabad, its first in south India and the second nationally with its flagship store being in Mumbai, Fine Jewellery had already identified locations in Mumbai and Nagpur, while its Bangalore EBO will be opened in the next one-and-a-half month. This expansion move of the company will be a golden opportunity for in-store signage players as well as sign suppliers to hit new ground.

Seeing huge potential of the country’s market of products for newborns, 50-year-old UK-based Mothercare has decided to open exclusive retail stores in the country under its joint venture with DLF’s retail management firm DLF Brands. Mothercare which offers apparel, toys and equipment for infants and children, operates in 50 countries through 1,100 stores worldwide. The company believes that India is a major growth engine. Foray of the retail giant into India will benefit signage players, such as in-store media majors and signage suppliers.

Future Group has decided to invest more than Rs 125 crore over the next six months to expand the Big

South India’s integrated commercial-cum-hospitality complex developer Express Infrastructure is in talks with big chains like Hyatt and Shangri-La to manage the hotel property built by it inside the Rs 750 crore Express Avenue Complex. Express Avenue, the mall-cum-commercial-cum-hotel complex built on over 10 acre area in the heart of the city, will have retail space of around 900,000 sq ft and commercial space of around 85,000 sq ft housing around 10 big corporates. The hotel complex will provide a new opportunity to the signage companies viz. in-store media majors, print providers, sign makers, etc.

Amway plans to open around 170 outlets across India in next five years. The company has to take the number of

Bling Telecom Pvt Ltd launches their flagship mobile phones brand Movil in the South Indian markets at Bengaluru. After capturing

Spanish fashion retailer Inditex SA, one of the famous brands flaunted all across the globe, is planning to open around 20-25 Zara stores in India in the next three years. The expansion plan is the company’s strategic move to learn the pulse of the Asian market. Entry of the French fashion giant into India will boost the subcontinent’s fashion retail sector and it would be a golden opportunity for signage companies like in-store media majors and sign providers.

After a phase of consolidation, billionaire Micky Jagtiani-owned Max Hypermarkets, which operates Spar-branded superstores, plans to expand its presence to new geographies and open 25 hypermarkets by 2012. This will result in a 10-fold increase in the company’s retail space—from 120,000 sq ft currently to 1.2 million sq ft. The company, currently, operates three large-format stores—two in Bangalore and one in Hyderabad—and is set to open its flagship property, a 90,000 sq ft store, in Bangalore soon. Now is the time for signage companies to get ready to hit the hypermarkets in a big way.

Vision Express, the 50-50 joint venture between Reliance Retail and Pearle Europe, has opened its first Vision Express store for eyewear in Ahmedabad. While the retail chain has 46 stores across 18 cities in the country, the Ahmedabad outlet is the 45th outlet for eyewear by the company. The new store is located at Iscon Mall and offers free eye test in an 11 step eye test that includes a special eye pressure check. The store is all set to present its new collection of sunglasses— ‘European Summer Sunglass Collection 2010’. This new Vision Express store is considered to be a new vision for the signage industry where every in-store media companies and sign suppliers can embark upon.

Future Group bought the lone India franchisee store of Shoprite Holdings Ltd, South Africa’s biggest grocery chain. Located at Mulund in

Domino’s Pizza announces that the market in India will be amongst the top five global markets for the company in

Cartier is looking to expand its distribution network in growing luxury market. Having set up its first store, in October 2008 at the Emporio Mall in New Delhi, in partnership with Navratna Bharat Retail, Cartier is offering India’s well-heeled its ‘Inde Mysterieuse’ jewellery collection that has been engraved, ribbed and cut in the Jaipur style. The company is making further presence of its stores in the country. The high-end jewellery store is certainly a new destination for the country’s signage segment, giving new opportunity to in-store media companies as well as signage suppliers.