California Pizza Kitchen set to enter India via franchising

California Pizza Kitchen Inc will open its first restaurant in India in the summer of 2010, after signing franchise agreements with two partners. Further, the Los Angeles-based chain has plans to open a minimum of 15 restaurants in India over the next decade, reports Imagesfood. More...

Louis Vuitton will open stores in Lebanon, Mongolia this year

Louis Vuitton, a brand of the largest luxury goods maker LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, will open its first store in Lebanon and one in Mongolia this year, the brand's chief executive officer said. More...

Carrefour denies exiting Chinese market

European retail giant Carrefour denies that it plans to pull out of the Chinese market, agency reports. More...

ChicKing plans 200 global outlets, 100 in India by 2012

NRI-promoted fast food chain ChicKing Fried Chicken is planning to open 200 global outlets, including 100 in India, by 2012 with an investment of Rs 200 crore.

The effort is to make the brand global for which Chicking was all set to spread its wings to various countries, including Germany, Singapore and Malaysia, NRI businessman and managing director of ChicKing A K Mansoor told reporters at nearby Aluva after launching the 16th Indian outlet. More...

Essar Steel to open three more hypermarts in Karnataka

Essar Steel, part of Essar Group, is planning to open three more hypermarkets in Karnataka, taking the total count in the state to six. More...

CBRE seeks relaxation in retail sector FDI norms

The Government needs to relax norms on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail to facilitate fresh infusion of funds and also promote competition in the sector, which has been hit by the economic slowdown, real estate consultant CB Richard Ellis has said. More...