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Balenciaga strikes deal with Reliance Brands to bring brand to India

Luxury brand Balenciaga has signed a strategic deal with Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), which will see the couture label enter the Indian market. The long-term franchise agreement will make RBL Balenciaga’s exclusive partner in the region and marks the branding agency’s second deal with a Kering-owned label. It previously struck a similar...

5 Aug 2022

BusinessFeatured

Valentino to launch in India with Reliance Brands

Valentino has inked a long-term distribution deal with Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) to launch the Italian fashion house in India. Through the partnership, RBL will open Valentino’s first boutique in the country in Delhi by the end of the summer. The 1,740 square-foot boutique in DLF Emporio will carry Valentino women’s collections and an edited...

22 Jul 2022

Business

Gap to enter India through Reliance Retail partnership

Indian retail group Reliance Retail Limited has announced a new long-term partnership with Gap Inc. which will see the American brand enter India through a franchise agreement. As part of the deal, Reliance Retail has become the official retailer for Gap across all channels in the region. The company will bring the brand’s latest fashion...

7 Jul 2022

Business |Interview

Union leader: “Some changes but still long way to go for garment workers”

Indian women's rights activist and trade unionist Rukmini V. Puttaswamy received the 17th Solidarity Award from the German Senate Chancellery of the city of Bremen. Women’s rights organisation Femnet recently organised a meeting with Puttaswamy when she came to Germany to receive the award on 20th June. Reason enough for FashionUnited to...

28 Jun 2022

Business

Sugar Cosmetics secures 50 million dollar funding to drive growth

India’s Sugar Cosmetics has announced it has closed a 50 million dollar Series D funding round led by the Asian arm of L Catterton. Next to existing investors, the company said the upsized round saw strong interest from multiple private equity funds, each interested in capitalising on the growing beauty and personal care market in the region. In...

31 May 2022

Business

Sizing up India - project IndiaSize measures people across the country for a better fit

It is hard to believe that a country with a population of almost 1.4 billion people could be ignored but when it comes to sizing, this is exactly what is happening. For decades, international fashion brands and retailers have been trying to tap the Indian market, some more successfully than others. A common mistake is to simply dump the clothes...

13 Sept 2021

FashionFeatured

Not our problem: Global brands defer responsibility for garment workers living below poverty line

The world’s biggest fashion companies are yet to agree to renew a long term Bangladesh safety accord eight years after the Rana Plaza disaster. Yet for all the good the accord can accomplish, companies including Zara and H&M are holding out because of direct liabilities. Only five of the original signatories so far have signed, with the deadline...

14 Jul 2021

Retail

Mango speeds up expansion in India, opens ten new stores

Even though it has been barely two months since non-essential shops and malls opened again in India, some brands and retailers bank on the world’s fifth largest economy to boost sales. Case in point is Spanish fashion brand Mango: The brand is planning to accelerate its expansion in India with franchise partner Myntra and wants to open ten new...

29 Sept 2020

Retail

Malls reopen in India, with riders

As of 5th August, malls across India are allowed to open again as part of the country’s “unlockdown” efforts. While mall and shopping centre doors have opened and the first weekend saw a good turnout across the board and despite heavy rain warnings in some parts of the country, mall operators and retailers need to make sure to stick to mandatory...

11 Aug 2020

BusinessFeatured

Fatal fire at major Indian denim supplier highlights lack of industry safety standards

Different day, same story: A fire breaks out in a garment factory, exits are shut and workers die because they cannot get out. This time, Nandan Denim was affected, in Ahmedabad, the largest city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The fire broke out last Saturday evening, killing seven workers as the sole exit was reachable only via a...

17 Feb 2020

Retail

Birkenstock enters Indian market

German footwear brand Birkenstock is increasing its reach as part of its international expansion strategy and has started selling its famous sandals in India. To this effect, the brand opened its first mono-brand store at Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airports in Delhi on 27th January 2020 and started its official online shop at...

3 Feb 2020

BusinessFeatured

India: fatal factory fire shows that workplaces are still unsafe

A deadly fire at an Anaj Mandi area factory in north Delhi killed 43 people in the early morning hours on Sunday; 16 to 20 people were injured. The story sounds only too familiar: The building in a residential area of Delhi was illegally operated as a factory that made various products, including garments. About 70 factory workers - mainly...

10 Dec 2019