Madame plans 42 new stores by 2010; seeks franchisees

Women's wear brand 'Madame' has decided to open 42 new outlets in a bid to take the showrooms strength to 100 in the next one year. Post expansion, the Ludhiana-based lifestyle brand is looking to achieve total sales of Rs 100 crore. More...

SAE Institute to open five new campuses

SAE Group, the leading global creative media educator, has announced an aggressive multi-million dollar expansion plan for the coming year which will see it launch five new campuses. The plan includes several wholly owned SAE Institute campuses, in addition to the recent franchise partnerships in the Middle East and Asia, agency reports. More...

New Carrefour stores in Malaysia to spur revenue growth

French retailer Carrefour hopes to see revenue from its Malaysian hypermarkets increase by a fifth next year, similar to last year's performance, agency reports. More...

Reliance Retail awash in red three years after launch

Reliance Retail is yet to see profit in any of its formats. The company has reported total losses in excess of Rs 450 crore in 2008-09 alone, reports Financial Chronicle. More...

Shoppers Stop to raise funds for Hypercity stake

Department store Shoppers Stop is planning to raise funds to acquire 32 per cent in group firm and hypermarket chain Hypercity, a top official said. More...

Arvind to scale up lifestyle brand Gant

Textile and apparel major, Arvind, is set to scale up the presence of its international lifestyle brand Gant. Presently, Arvind operates two exclusive outlets of Gant in New Delhi and two shop-in-shop outlets in Chandigarh. It is set to add four outlets of Gant in Delhi and Chandigarh and one store in Mumbai by the end of this year, reports Financial Chronicle. More...

VLCC plans to launch residential `medi-spas' in India, West Asia

Beauty and wellness major VLCC is entering the business of residential `medical spas' with its first centre coming up in Gurgaon within a few years time. VLCC, which is also announcing its second round of ESOPs this week, hopes to have a string of medical spas in India, West Asia and North Africa, reports Financial Chronicle. More...

Urban Yoga launches concept boutique in Mumbai

Urban Yoga, a premier spiritual fitness wear brand from the house of Indus-League Clothing Ltd, has opened its first exclusive concept store at Palladium mall, Mumbai. Spread across 300 square feet, this new store has been built around the philosophy of Yoga. More...

Toshiba opens two new outlets in Bangalore

Toshiba India has added two more retail outlets in Bangalore. The company already has two 'shopToshiba' outlets in the Silicon Valley of India. Meanwhile, the company is aggressively increasing its footprint through its exclusive and non-exclusive retail shops, called iShops, in India. More...

Havells unveils first showroom in Bangalore

Havells India has recently opened its first exclusive showroom -- 'Havells Galaxy' -- in Bangalore. Further, the company plans to open similar showrooms by the end of this financial year. More...