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Receive the Daily TradeBriefs Retail update Confirm my complimentary subscription If this newsletter does not render correctly, please enable images or view the online version Unsubscribe from India Retail News - Yahoo users Retail News, Insight and Jobs Activate and Nurture your Business Prospects! June 28, 2014   At a Glance Submit an Opinion. Get Noticed! News - Headline, Apparel, Specialty, QSR .. Naspers invested $51 million into Flipkart to raise stake to 17.7%, part of the $210 million that Flipkart raised this year Combined entity of Flipkart, Myntra to soon launch a fashion incubator, aims to gain complete dominance of the fast-growing online apparel category Narayana Murthy to partner with Amazon Asia to offer services to help offline sellers & SMBs in India to get online, Amazon & NRN's Catamaran to form a JV US retail chains plan to keep lobbying for FDI in multi-brand retail by using inflation-busting & more-jobs argument, encouraged by Tesco's plans Commerce Minister: We are absolutely clear we do not want FDI in multi-brand retail and will work on the nitty-gritties & come up with a way out in coming few days India slips 6 places to 20th rank in favorable retail investment destinations, lower GDP growth, high inflation blamed: GRDI Rankings Japanese retail giant Uniqlo may set up 1000 stores in India in 10 years, in talks with AEPC to finalize garment vendors of international standards Trends & Insight To loosen customer wallets, retailers to stretch End-of-season sales till 8 weeks, few retailers already started 40% of the total 300 malls in the country are bad assets with over 50% vacancy: CBRE report Only 10% of the 15,000-20,000 FMCG launched every year succeed in the Rs 2 lakh crore market: Nielsen report Online retailers building offline presence through stores, trial rooms for better visibility, market presence How J Suresh increased contribution of brands & retail from 7% of Arvind's annual revenue in 2006 to to nearly 30% now With growth slowing, companies need to tranform themselves before being forced to do so by external challenges: BCG-CII report International luxury brands waiting for FDI norms to be relaxed to enter India on their own Store Design out of Reclaimed Materials (Premium) Free for a limited time! 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Combined entity of Flipkart, Myntra to soon launch a fashion incubator, aims to gain complete dominance of the fast-growing online apparel category Economic Times In typical venture capital-style investing, the e-commerce combine will select fashion entrepreneurs, give them a platform to retail and after six months to a year pick up equity stakes for up to a million dollars in the best performing brands. Narayana Murthy to partner with Amazon Asia to offer services to help offline sellers & SMBs in India to get online, Amazon & NRN's Catamaran to form a JV Economic Times Since FDI in e-commerce is not allowed in India, sources suggest that Amazon and Catamaran have consulted top legal firms and come up with a structure in which their venture does not fall under the ambit of FDI restrictions. US retail chains plan to keep lobbying for FDI in multi-brand retail by using inflation-busting & more-jobs argument, encouraged by Tesco's plans Business Standard The US-India Business Council (USIBC), representing 350 US companies with business in India, seems sure foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retailing will not be stopped by the government. Commerce Minister: We are absolutely clear we do not want FDI in multi-brand retail and will work on the nitty-gritties & come up with a way out in coming few days Economic Times The new BJP government will soon spell out clearly its position on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multibrand retail even as it formulates the contours of the FDI policy on defence, railways and construction. India slips 6 places to 20th rank in favorable retail investment destinations, lower GDP growth, high inflation blamed: GRDI Rankings Livemint India slipped to the 20th rank among the top 30 developing countries identified by management consulting firm AT Kearney in its 2014 Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) that looks at measures for retail investments worldwide. Japanese retail giant Uniqlo may set up 1000 stores in India in 10 years, in talks with AEPC to finalize garment vendors of international standards Times of India "We are looking to invest in the retail business in India... We will look to open 1,000 stores but it will take more than ten years as it is not easy to open so many stores," said an Uniqlo source.   Trends  To loosen customer wallets, retailers to stretch End-of-season sales till 8 weeks, few retailers already started Livemint End-of-season (EOS) sales, which typically used to last three-four weeks, stretched over six-eight weeks last year, as economic growth hit the lowest level in a decade and consumer sentiments remained weak in an uncertain macroeconomic environment. 40% of the total 300 malls in the country are bad assets with over 50% vacancy: CBRE report Economic Times International retailers are finding it difficult to get quality retail spaces in top Indian cities even as several malls across major markets are lying mostly vacant because of poor standards. Only 10% of the 15,000-20,000 FMCG launched every year succeed in the Rs 2 lakh crore market: Nielsen report Business Standard The report analysed product launches of 2011, their success over three years, and reported 31 of the 14,509 products introduced that year were received well by consumers. Online retailers building offline presence through stores, trial rooms for better visibility, market presence Livemint Online retailers such as Myntra.com, Zivame.com and Bluestone.com are trying to establish an offline presence by setting up stores and trial rooms as they seek to build greater brand awareness. How J Suresh increased contribution of brands & retail from 7% of Arvind's annual revenue in 2006 to to nearly 30% now Economic Times Suresh, 56, a former Hindustan Lever (now Hindustan Unilever) veteran with 18-year experience in food and beverages, has helped textile firm Arvind's brands and retail business grow at an average rate of 35% in the last five years and made it profitable. With growth slowing, companies need to tranform themselves before being forced to do so by external challenges: BCG-CII report Livemint According to the report, the FMCG and retail industry is changing fast, with close to 86% of the companies surveyed saying that new companies have entered the market and taken away market share from existing players. International luxury brands waiting for FDI norms to be relaxed to enter India on their own Economic Times Many luxury brands including Burberry and Salvatore Ferragamo that had earlier entered India through franchisee routes have, over the years, converted their ventures either into fullyowned subsidiaries or joint ventures with local partners.   Insight  Store Design out of Reclaimed Materials (Premium) - View Free Sample Technology and Action for Rural Advancement, TARA has opened its first store TARAgram in the capital, an exclusive space where the concept of 'Sustainable Livelihoods' is demonstrated by housing an aggregation of sustainable products in an environment created using sustainable store design. 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