Kansai Nerolac to open more ‘impression zones’ via franchising

Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd has opened its fifth ‘Impression Style Zone’ in Hyderabad and its 10th in three southern cities, including Chennai and Bangalore. Meanwhile, the company has plans to roll out similar stores across the country via franchise model. More...

BigMat expands rental franchise network in Italy

Italian building materials franchiser BigMat continues to expand its BigRent branded rental operation in Italy, with 20 of its 100 members now offering rental services in the country and plans for a further ten to enlist during 2010, agency reports. More...

Wal-Mart starts selling coffins

The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, hopes to cater for its customers from the cradle to the grave with moves to start selling coffins. More...

Amway plans four Brand Experience Centres in western India

Amway India Enterprises, a major direct selling FMCG company in the country, is planning to open four new Brand Experience Centers (BECs) in western region of the country by the next calendar year 2010, reports Business Standard. More...

McDonald’s opens third restaurant in Kolkata

McDonald’s has opened its brand new restaurant at City Centre Mall, Kolkata’s first integrated multi–utility & retail facility located at Rajarhat in Salt Lake. The newly-opened outlet is McDonald’s third restaurant in Kolkata. With the opening of this restaurant, the total numbers of McDonald’s restaurants in north and east India go up to 91, according to a company press release. More...

Spencer's to focus on opening gourmet shop-in-shops

Spencer’s Retail is in the process of setting up a slew of gourmet stores as shop-in-shop formats. At present, the company has two gourmet shop-in-shops spread over an area of approximately 1500 sq ft, one in South City Spencer’s hyper in Kolkata and the other one in the Sarjapur store in Bangalore, reports IndiaRetailing. More...

VLCC eyes Rs 750 crore turnover by 2010-11

Fitness and beauty-care services provider VLCC on Thursday said it is aiming at increasing its sales to Rs 750 crore by 2010-11, in addition to enhancing its presence in both domestic as well as international markets in the next one and a half years. More...

Carrefour organises camp for Haryana farmers

French retailer Carrefour Thursday organised a farmer empowerment camp in Mithapur village in this Haryana district with an objective to train them for improving the yield and quality of their produce. More...

Shoppers Stop Q2 FY 10 net profit at Rs 12.06 crore

Leading retailer Shopper's Stop has clocked a 209 per cent jump in its Q2 FY 10 net profit at Rs 12.06-crore as against a loss of Rs 11.02-crore in the year-ago period. EBITDA profit rose 313 per cent at Rs 26.67-crore as compared to the same period last year, according to a company press release. More...

Emami turnover rises 66%

Emami Ltd posted a consolidated turnover of Rs 212 crore during the second quarter ended September 30, a 65.7 per cent increase over the corresponding quarter in the last financial year. More...