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Mafatlal Industries Ltd, flagship of Rs 2,000-crore Arvind Mafatlal Group, is taking a hard look at nearly 65 of its […]

India’s largest retail chain Subhiksha is likely to launch multiple stores at the same time in Kolkata from the middle of February as it has finalised the roll out plan for the city. The retail major, with the ‘bachaat mera adhikar’ slogan, will be offering 9-10 percent discount in all of its city outlets and the Kolkata market for food and groceries is estimated at more than Rs 300 crore. In spite of the delights for shoppers, the new Subhiksha stores will be sunshine spot for signage players, such as in-store media companies and signage providers, for a new opportunity.

Jotun Paints, one of the world’s leading producers and suppliers of paints and coatings, has crossed a major milestone by

US-based premium footwear brand Crocs Inc announced its store expansion plan in India. In the new move, the company is

Eyeing a larger share of the country’s retail market, K Raheja-promoted retail chain Hypercity Retail has outlined an aggressive growth plan. As part of this, Hypercity plans to open five more shopping mall pan-India over the next 18 months in major centres like Amritsar and Bangalore. The company recently opened a new mall in Mumbai taking the total number of malls in the country to five. As of today Hypercity has two malls in Mumbai and one each in Jaipur and Hyderabad. Now, in-store media companies and signage makers in such cities can get prepared to hit the Hypercity Malls.

Reliance Retail Ltd (RRL) and partner Pearle Europe plan to open up to 700 stores of their eyewear retail chain ‘Vision Express’ across India in the next seven to eight years. Vision Express is an equal joint venture (JV) between RRL and Pearle Europe, the biggest optical retail group in Europe. The JV presently operates 41 stores across major cities in the country. Vision Express will continue to open company-owned stores with an average floor space of 800-900 sq ft and the opening of the ‘Vision Express’ stores will be a big business opportunity for signage players like in-store media companies and signage suppliers.

Leading retail chain Shoppers’ Stop is looking to raise up to Rs 350 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement route by

Kolkata-based leading menswear brand Turtle plans to open four more exclusive brand outlets (EBOs) in Orissa over the next one year. This will take the number of EBOs in the state to seven by the end of 2010. The company is scouting for property in Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Sambalpur and Balasore to open EBOs while the third EBO will come up in Bhubaneswar in the next few months. The new EBOs will be new destinations to embark upon for signage players that include in-store media companies and signage suppliers.

Under the brand name of Reliance TimeOut, Reliance Retail has planned to open as many as 45 book and music

A leading major in imaging and printing solutions, Kodak India plans to open 100 Kodak Express stores in the country over the next two years, with an estimated investment of Rs 15 crore. The company plans to open 100 Kodak Express stores by 2012 with an investment of Rs 15 lakh per store. The main focus will be major metros and tier II cities. Currently, Kodak has 12 such stores across the country and the new stores in the pipeline will offer a new opportunity to the signage industry, particularly the in-store media companies and signage suppliers.

Titan Industries Ltd, the major producer and retailer of watches and jewellery industry, is planning to open 22 new stores

The luggage and accessories major Samsonite has announced a Rs 100-crore retail expansion and marketing plan for the year 2010

Cotton King, an attire brand for men, opened its 25th outlet in Maharashtra and 8th in Pune in a span of five years. The company offers value-for-money products with a large variety and high quality of 100 percent cotton category and planning to expand in the regions like Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore, Hubli and Dharwad. Apart from strengthening its base in Mumbai (Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan), other parts in consideration are Napur, Amravati, Akola, apart from the neighbouring states like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Voila! It would be a big opportunity for every signage player, particularly in-store media companies and signage suppliers.

Digital imaging company Canon India decides to set up six outlets across the country over the next few months. These outlets named

After Germany’s Metro and US-based Wal-Mart, UK’s largest Cash & Carry player Booker Group Plc has set up its first shop in Mumbai. Booker India, a unit of Booker Group, spent nearly Rs 8 crore in setting up the 35,000 sq ft Cash and Carry store in Kandivali suburb of Mumbai and planned to roll out similar ones in other parts of the country. Metros and smaller towns can take different sized stores in the country and the company sees how the Mumbai store operates and stabilises. And there is the fact that the new Cash & Carry stores will lend a new business opportunity to signage companies, particularly in-store media companies and signage players.

Ducati Motor Holding, the world’s leading producer of Racing inspired motorcycles has opened its first showroom in India. Partnered with Precision Motor India Private Limited to provide opportunities for growth and further establishment of the Ducati Brand, the company has chosen Mumbai as its location for the first flagship showroom. The Ducati brand which symbolises racing success, innovative technology and the highest quality standards is a perfect fit for Precision Motor India and the opening of the new high-end store will race up opportunity for signage players, such as signage suppliers as well as in-store media companies.       

German premium fashion and lifestyle brand s. Oliver has planned to invest around Rs 47 crore by 2012 to have

Reliance Footprint, a branded retail chain of footwear stores from Reliance Retail Ltd, has opened its first store in Nashik.

MobileStore, the Esaar Group’s mobile phone retail chain, has announced thier acquisition of the operation of Impact Retail Pvt Ltd. The

With plan to open 100 more shop-in-shop outlets across the country, home furnishing and lifestyle retail chain Rosebys Interiors India