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.
KFC, world's one of the biggest restaurant chain, expects to open 500 outlets by 2015 in India. The company will be present in 75 cities by that time and will…
Dubai-based Pure Gold Jewellers plans to invest nearly Rs 1,000 crore for setting up 200 stores in India in the next five years. The company has always been a significant part of Indian history and culture. In this context, Pure Gold Jewellers is extremely excited in introducing the cutting-edge designs and innovative pieces of jewellery in the subcontinent’s market. As of today, the company has eight stores in Mumbai and Pune and nearly 75 outlets in the Middle East. With this, in-store signage companies engaging into the retail segment.
Croma, the electronics retail chain run by the Tata Group under its wholly owned subsidiary, Infinity Retail Ltd expects its private labels to contribute 10-12 percent to its total turnover…
JCB India announces its entry into the footwear segment, by launching a range of safety and lifestyle shoes. The range includes six safety shoes and 15 lifestyle shoes. The lifestyle shoes would be available at Reliance Footprint outlets pan-India and also distributed through JCB's channels, while its safety shoes will be sold through distribution channels. For its new venture, JCB has entered into an agreement with India's largest safety shoe-maker, Rahman Industries to manufacture and market the shoes under the JCB brand name. The new JCB footwear stores would open a new business opportunity to the in-store signage players.
The Essar Group-owned telecom retailer, The MobileStore, is planning to add 700 outlets in the next six months. The company already has 1,200 outlets across 200 cities and 45 per…
Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, sees progress in India opening up foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail.India's $450-billion retail sector, with organised retail accounting for just 6 percent, is largely closed to foreign firms and favours small stores, which provide livelihoods for hundreds of thousands and serve a market of more than 1 billion. Earlier this summer, India took a tentative step towards opening up its organised retail sector to foreign companies by putting out a discussion paper, but it steered clear of suggesting changes to an existing investment cap. Now, signage companies engaging in the retail sector has to receive new growth with such sunshine development.
The global trading arm of the Tata Group, Tata International, plans to set up 15-20 exclusive footwear retail showrooms pan-India by end-this fiscal. After the launch of its first specialty…
Hero Group-promoted Easy Bill announces that the company will increase its retail outlets by over three times to over 20,000 by the end of 2012. The company, through which provides a one-stop shop for paying pay telephone, general insurance or credit card bills, has at present over 6,000 retail outlets across 70 locations all over India. It is now planning to get into move ticketing business by rolling out the service in South India next month. Mega expansion of Easy Bill outlets across the country will offer in-store media display companies a new business opportunity.
The Loot Stores has underlined what the company’s plans are for the festive season and beyond. The footfalls on normal days are consistent and the company goes up during weekends,…
Reliance Jewels, a chain of jewellery stores run by Reliance Retail Ltd, is planning to open 50 new stores at select locations across the country in the next two years. Currently, the chain has 22 stores in 17 cities across the country, including three stores in Mumbai, one each in Pune and Nashik. Reliance Jewels stores have total retail space of around 88,000 sq ft. Most of the stores will be opened in those cities where the company already has Reliance Jewels stores. The new Reliance Jewels stores will be new glitter to boost business of signage companies engaging in in-store displays as well as others in the segment, such as PSPs, sign suppliers, etc.
Tata DOCOMO, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices, is planning to set up 4,000 exclusive stores for distribution and marketing of third-generation (3G) products and services. The stores, to be…