Fablestreet : Premium women’s

workwear brand FableStreet raised 21

crore in series A funding led by
Fireside Ventures. a high luxury cloths
brand, Ayushi Gudwani founder and Myntra : Fashion e-commerce
CEO of Fablestreet. ‘My Style, Your platform. Amar Nagaram, Head of
Fit’ is a brand theme. Myntra
Kiko Milano: The Italian cosmetic Sugar Cosmetics: Is a
brand is tapping into India’s potential Indian cosmetics brand. Vineeta Singh
market with a broader expansion plans. the CEO of Sugar Cosmetics,
The expansion will be done via store-in- Brioni: French luxury goods company
store concept, exclusive brand outlets Kering appointed Mehdi Benabadji as
(EBO) and by partnering with various e- CEO of Brioni, menswear couture
commerce channels. Recently, the house owned by the brand, effective
cosmetic brand opened its door to the January 1, 2020.
customers in Dwarka, Delhi. IANS Birkenstock: German footwear brand,
Abhishek Bhattacharya is the country Oliver Reichert CEO of the Birkenstock
director of Kiko Milano. Group.
Cantabil Retail: The clothing and Sabyasachi Mukherjee: Fashion
apparel brand is set to expand its store Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee will
count up to 400 by 2020. The apparel expand his reach with the launch of the
brand will invest around INR 25 crore to label’s first international flagship
expand its market into tier II and III store in New York City, US, next
cities. Cantabil Retail’s India Director is year(2020).
Deepak Bansal. Known for his traditional-wear
Zilingo, a Singapore based fashion designs, the designer owns four
technology platform has acquired Sri flagship stores at present including
Lanka-based software service company each in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and
nCinga Innovations. Ankiti Bose, co- Kolkata. When American singer Katy
founder and CEO of Zilingo. Imal Perry was in India, Mukherjee
Kalutotage, CEO of nCinga collaborated with Vogue to dress the
Innovations. singer for the cover of the magazine’s
Pandora a Danish jewellery retail. January 2020 issue.
CEO Alexander Lacik, Swarovski: A Jewellery brand.
Big Bazaar: With the end of 2019, Amazon: Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder
Indian retail chain Big Bazaar is taking and CEO,
the customers on a nostalgic trip to Fabindia: A ethnic wear retailer, Ajay
2009 with its ‘End of Decade Sale.’ Kapoor, President of Fabindia. In March
Sadashiv Nayak CEO of Big Bazaar. 2017, the retailer launched its first
Indian actress Asin and the former experience centre as an experiment,
captain of Indian cricket which turned out to be a success.
team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni have Carrera: A Italian jeans brand, Carrera
previously endorsed for the fashion is an iconic brand inspired by the
vertical of myebaymart. popular ‘Carrera Panamericana’ race.
In 2020, burden with debt, Big Bazaar Sephora: Is a French beauty and
was sold to Reliance Industries in a personal care brand. Sephora India,
sale transaction of ₹27,513 crores. CEO, Vivek Bali.
Manyavar:Is a men’s ethnic wear
brand, the brand’s parent company
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 Vedant Fashion, Ravi Modi, Vedant among every one of us. When Styched
Fashion’s managing director, approached us, we were delighted that
Fashion Design Council of India ( a fashion brand has chosen to go the
FDCI): has taken the lead to set up Indian route. We couldn’t be more
a COVID-19 Support Fund (CSF by excited about this,” said Gulshan Rai,
FDCI) to provide financial assistance to founder of Diamond Comics on their
small businesses and young designers collaboration with Styched.
in need. Sunil Sethi, Chairman of LimeRoad: India’s multi-brand fashion
FDCI. The move was also appreciated e-commerce platform- LimeRoad
by Smriti Irani, Textile Miniter of recently launched a financial service
India. called the “Financial Clinic” for its seller
Anita Dongre: A famous Indian fashion partners amidst the taxing situation of
designer. The founder of House of coronavirus disease. Suchi Mukherjee,
Anita Dongre, Founder CEO, LimeRoad.
• In 2008, she received the GR8 Flo Tjori: Sells home decor, apparel, and
Women Achievers Award for other lifestyle products. Mansi Gupta,
‘Excellence in Fashion Design. founder of Tjori.
• In 2013, The Federation of Indian Fenty Beauty: Rihanna, the iconic
Chambers of Commerce and Industry singer is all set is the founder of the
Ladies Organization, Bombay Chapter, Skincare brand
presented an award to Dongre for Louis Vuitton : Ready to wear dresses
‘Excellence in Fashion Design. manufacturer. Now “Fashion house –
• In 2014, she received the EY Louis Vuitton has unveiled its brand
Entrepreneur of the year award. new collection for the Homeware line.
• She received the Pantene Shine Award The brand has come up with myriad
for helping women shine. new sporting goods with the iconic
Styched: The Bengaluru based start- monogram label inscribed on it.” Also
up was launched in February 2019. A Trench coats, shoes accessories,
new portal called “Styched Life” offering jewelry manufacturer.
fan merchandise to its customers from Tommy Hilfiger: Apparels
different segments. Satyajit Hoskote, manufacturer, Shailesh Chaturvedi,
head of business development. The CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Apparels.
company collaborates with all kinds of Burberry: A British base luxury cloths
artists, influencers, brands, comics, TV- brand. Luxury brand Burberry has
shows and charitable organizations recently launched its sustainable line
across the country to produce limited for spring-summer 2020 with titled
fashion merchandise. The start-up’s “ReBurberry”.
portfolio includes names like M-Zee H&M : Swedish fashion group has
Bella, Agsy, Hip Hop India, High on scored the first position on the fashion
Dance, Diamond Comics, Amar Chitra transparency index 2020. Hanna
Katha, Bengaluru Raptors and the Hallin, leading the Global Strategy for
Cricket Association for the Blind in Transparency at H&M Group. Other
India. “There is a huge market for brands that saw their names in the top
Indian comic merchandise. Most of us 5 were C&A, Adidas/Reebok, Esprit,
have grown up reading and watching and M&S. On the other hand, Pepe
characters like Chacha Chaudhary, Jeans, Max Mara, Mexx rank the lowest
Shaktimaan, Vikram Betal and so on. in the list.
They remind us of our childhood and Gap Inc: American fashion retailer,
evoke a strong sense of nostalgia Gap, one of the famous brands of Gap
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Inc. was once a rage among Bhaane: is a contemporary clothing
Americans. brand that is made in India and targets
Aditya Birla Group and Prosperity the conscious, urban millennial who is
Textile have launched new denim, inspired by popular culture. Deepika
named “Freshever Denim”. Prosperity Deepti is the new CEO of this company,
Textile is known worldwide for its has an eminent professional
innovative denim fabrics in China. Thai background and was formerly the
Acrylic Fibre (TAF) is a subsidiary Director in Adidas’s Brand
under Aditya Birla group. Amicor is the Activation.
patented anti-microbial fiber blended in
the yarn and is the main element in the Von Wellx: German Footwear
fabric. Satyaki Ghosh, CEO of TAF manufacturer Von Wellx has decided
and domestic textile, Aditya Birla. to shift its entire manufacturing unit
Neeru’s: Neeru’s is a celebrated ethnic from China to India. Von Wellx is
wear brand. It deals in exquisite bridal entering India through collaboration
finery, formals, office outfits, daily with Iatric Industries Pvt Ltd and
cotton, and much more. Avnish will set up its production base in
Kumar, MD of Neeru’s. Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Aldo: Famous footwear and Zoya: is a chain of luxury
accessories brand, Aldo has filed for diamond boutiques from the
Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US. The
Home country is Canada. House of Tata. It is one of
Stage Stores: The retailer has three brands of the jewellery
surrendered in front of the coronavirus division of Titan Company
pandemic as it heads towards Limited.
bankruptcy. Owing to the nationwide
lockdown, the company shut all of its
738 stores and three distribution
centers.
Tanishq: Jewellery brand, a TATA
product. Mr. Ajoy Chawla, CEO,
Jewellery Division at Titan Company
Limited.
Decathlon: A Sports brand.
Adidas: German sportswear behemoth
recently announced an online challenge
to support the COVID-19 Solidarity
Response Fund initiated by WHO.
Known as the #HOMETEAMHERO
challenge.
Walmart: The world’s largest retailer,
ThredUP is the leading resale platform
for fashion and accessories at mass-
market prices. Walmart
owned Flipkart has taken retail
store chain- Vishal Mega Mart on
board for the delivery of essential
items in 26 cities which includes
Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Bengaluru.
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