14 July 2022, Mumbai:

Khadim has opened a store at Kolkata airport. This is the footwear brand’s first airport store. It houses a wide footwear range from brands like British Walkers, Lazard, Sharon, Cleo, PRO, and other sub brands.

Additionally, the store also sells accessories like bags, wallets, and belts. The company sees huge growth potential in this space and expects the store to increase its customer base in the coming months.

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The flagship airport store marks the brand’s entry into the airport retailing market, which is evolving at a great pace. Khadim sees this as an important step toward further raising brand awareness and engaging with traveller consumers.

Khadim has 206 company-owned stores across India. It has partnered digital marketing solutions agency Social Beat, which will manage Khadim’s social media marketing and media buying and will help drive store visits for Khadim and acquire shoppers via Google’s suite of apps and build Khadim’s online brand presence to tell their unique story via social media. Founded in 2012, Social Beat helps enabling businesses to build their brands and achieve business results via the digital medium.

Its expertise with video storytelling makes it the preferred digital marketing solutions partner for brands and businesses as it seeks to engage with audiences in both urban and rural markets.

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13 July 2022, Mumbai:

Danish women’s wear brand B. Copenhagen has launched in the Indian market with a dedicated e-commerce store and a social media platform for the country. The brand is also opening a store in New Delhi. The India e-commerce store has launched with the brand’s spring/ summer 2022 collection.

The website has dedicated segments for tops, capris, denim, and dresses, among other smart casual separates from the line.

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The trendy designs embrace femininity and are fashionable without compromising on comfort. The collection instills an element of fun with bold prints and lively colors. Novel interpretations of animals and spot prints also play a significant role in the collection. The calm blue tones are accompanied by vibrant yellow hues giving contrast and adding new energy – like a ray of sunshine. Fresh, feminine silhouettes in the combination of white, pink and blue refine the collection.
For spring/summer, B. Copenhagen presents a selection of loose fit blouses in delicate floral prints and with a vintage inspiration. Textiles including cotton, broderie anglaise and denim make for a paired down yet put together look.

The brand aims to replicate the atmosphere of the Danish city of Copenhagen with relaxed, printed separates which aim at mixing utilitarian dressing with femininity. B.Copenhagen is perfect to wear at work, at the café with friends or when enjoying cultural experiences.

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11 July 2022, Mumbai:

Manyavar is celebrating our new store launch in Karnataka! And you’re invited to indulge in our eclectic range of celebration wear ranging from sherwanis, kurtas, indo-westerns, and fusion wear.

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Ethnic wear brand Manyavar’s parent company Vedant Ltd plans to grow its retail network and product reach by foraying into Tier II and III cities of India. The company believes these markets will offer it significant growth opportunities.

The business’ promoters are Ravi Modi, ShilpiModi, and the Ravi Modi Family Trust.

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14 July 2022, Mumbai:

Ashmeer M Sayyed is the new chief retail officer of DaMensch. He will help boost the next stage of the company's growth, spearhead offline sales and drive strategic partnership efforts. Prior to joining DaMensch, Sayyed was with Jockey, where as general manager retail and headed the international business at Page Industries.

Meanwhile DaMensch will foray into offline retail, seeing this as a promising ecosystem through which to continue the growth momentum in the coming days.

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With a significant investment from the recently raised funding this premium men's fashion brand is planning to venture into retail stores within this year and be available at 10,000 point of sale avenues across various formats by 2024.
This D2C brand has cracked the formula of creating innovative products, acquiring customers efficiently and retaining them successfully.

Today, 50 per cent of its revenue comes from existing customers. The first half of 2022 was very strong for the brand in terms of consumer as well as investor interests. Hence, the launch of offline channel to offer consumer an omnichannel solution.

DaMensch will also launch exclusive brand outlets in the near future. And Ashmeer Sayyed will play a pivotal role in establishing DaMensch’s offline retail network.

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13 July 2022, Mumbai:

Gap Inc. Announces CEO Sonia Syngal to Step Down and the Appointment of Horacio “Haio” Barbeito as President and CEO of Old Navy.

Executive Chairman Bob Martin to Serve as Interim Gap Inc. Chief Executive Officer.

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Gap Inc. announced today that president and chief executive officer Sonia Syngal will step down from her position and from the company's Board, departing the company following a brief transition. “Leading this great company and our 100,000-strong employees since 2020, through unprecedented challenges for our industry, and society has been an immense honor.

Through it all, Gap Inc. and its dedicated teams have seized change as an opportunity, restructured for future growth, crystallized unique brand identities rooted in cultural relevance, and fiercely chased transformation,” said Syngal.

The company also announced that Horacio “Haio” Barbeito will join the Gap Inc. Leadership Team as president and chief executive officer of Old Navy, where he will lead the brand in delivering on its unique value proposition, offering style, t, quality, and cultural relevance at jaw-dropping prices. Barbeito will join Old Navy on August 1.

“The company’s co-founders, Doris and Don Fisher, created a lasting and undeniable legacy for Gap Inc. as a company with a heart. It is a home for creatives, innovators, data scientists, operators, and customer advocates, to build their careers and break boundaries, just as it enabled me to do the same,” added Syngal.

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14 July 2022, Mumbai:

Sports company PUMA will outfit 12 federations and several medal contenders at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA, and provide them with its latest Nitro technology, so they can perform at their best.

Ever since its foundation in 1948, it has been the company’s philosophy to provide the fastest athletes with the fastest products, an attitude summarized in the brand’s motto “Forever Faster.”

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In Eugene, individual PUMA athletes, performing in PUMA’s footwear technology, include 400m hurdles world-record holder Karsten Warholm, pole vault world-record holder Armand "Mondo" Duplantis, triple Olympic medalist Andre De Grasse, Ukrainian indoor high-jump world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh, triple jumpers Patricia Marmona and Will Claye and many more.

The athletics federations of Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, the British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, and Trinidad and Tobago will all perform in PUMA apparel.

“Track and field are sports and athleticism in its purest form and embedded in the very core of PUMA,” said PUMA CEO Bjørn Gulden. “We are proud that many world records were set in our shoes and we are looking to our athletes writing the next chapter in sports history in Eugene.”.

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12 July 2022, Mumbai:

Cava, Athleisure brand teams up with Meolaa to introduce its products on the latter’s marketplace. The expected potential uptick is in terms of this facilitating Cava showcase its wide range of portfolios on Meolaa’s platform.

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ABOUT CAVA

An indigenous label aims to provide alternatives to fast fashion brands and evoke a sense of mindfulness towards sustainable shopping. Founded and managed by students this brand truly encapsulates Youth energy and spirit.

Meolaa

It has consolidated & bolstered its collective athleisure category with this collaboration with Cava’s product line including such as joggers, sweatshirts, crop tops, and sports bras etc.

CREDITS: Fashion Network & cava

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13 July 2022, Mumbai:

Ridhi Mehra has launched a new, affordably priced, ready-to-wear line called Wildflower. The collection is designed to blur the lines between Indian wear and street wear. With a vibrant color palette, and exuberant mixing of prints and color blocking, the line contrasts its slouchy silhouettes with a bold aesthetic.

Notable pieces from the line include printed kurtas and co-ord sets and retro style flared trousers and belted jackets.
The designer is known for opulent traditional wear. Mostly subtle with a touch of a bold hue, Ridhi Mehra’s Dawn of Love is a romantic ode to the Indian bride.

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This collection is an amalgamation of Ridhi Mehra’s signature style, a palette of both plush and sublime hues, abstract prints and timeless threadwork. Every piece has been mindfully fashioned for the women of modern India — forever discovering, evolving, resilient, eloquent and ethereal.

As the world discovers the beautiful nuances of small intimate weddings, Dawn of Love embodies the pure essence of love and celebrations, ready to drape the perfect moments in allure. Dawn of Love celebrates the pure essence of festivities in silhouettes made with love and made for love. The silhouettes are classic, but the mood is modern. Ridhi Mehra's brand defines a clear love for vintage, imbibing European influences mixed with traditional Indian aesthetics.

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11 July 2022, Mumbai:

Monte Carlo Fashions reports over two-fold revenue growth in Q1 FY23.

Apparel brand Monte Carlo Fashions on Friday reported over two-fold revenue growth of 130 per cent in the April-June quarter this fiscal, helped by volume growth and price increase.

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Monte Carlo is focusing on a diversification strategy, emphasising more on the cotton segment than the woolens. Cotton added over 50 percent share of total fiscal ’21 revenues. Monte Carlo has 300 exclusive brand outlets, 2,500 multi-brand outlets, and 321 national chain stores.

It also sells online through e-commerce firms like Flipkart, Amazon, and Myntra, among others. The brand’s collection caters to men, women, and tweens and includes a huge category of shirts, tops, T-shirts, tunics, shorts, jeans, trousers, dresses, tracksuits, and more.

The range for men features varied options in formal and casual wear including T-shirts, shirts, trousers, linen shirts, lowers, tracksuits and Bermudas. Women’s western wear includes crop tops, shorts, shrugs, denim dresses, linen tops, and more.

Formal wear includes tops and shirts in millennial shades that can be easily paired with pencil skirts and trousers. The fusion wear range comprises tunics, leggings, etc.

The latest trends and styles Monte Carlo is offering this season include polo T-shirts in striped, microprint, and patchwork patterns. The company’s large variety of winter wear contributes around 75 percent of its sales.

Apart from thrust on retail network expansion, the company also accelerated its digital and Omni channels during the quarter.

CREDITS: ET

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