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.WAHL sells through modern, traditional and online avenues to reach out to its customers. They further intend to expand their portfolio and reach. Gunjan Piplani get the details from Rohit Sood,Managing Director, WAHL India.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): Kindly elaborate about the brand WAHL in India and globally.
Excluzen.com is one of India’s leading luxury service and products website catering to a very niche segment of the market. Recently, the website tied up with the Prestige Ticketing, official hospitality partner for Olympics London 2012 to offer travel and stay packages for corporate in India and Singapore. Urvashi Bahuguna Sahay, Founder & CEO, Excluzen.com shares her plans and experience so far in the online industry with Gunjan Piplani of Indianretailer.com.
FX Entertainment, one of India’s leading hi-fi brands distributors has formed an alliance with Triangle, the French audio brand. Looking forward towards a growing graph of luxury in India, Triangle and FX Entertainment together plan a ‘sound’ future. Aurélie Gonzalo, Head of exports Asia / Pacific, Triangle and Shane Choitramani, Managing Director, FX Entertainment share their views about the alliance and their plans for India in a tête-à-tête with Gunjan Piplani of Indianretailer.com.
Alberto Torresi, a men’s footwear brand by Virola Shoes Pvt Ltd, after a success in the European market now works towards growing big in India. Vouching on the ‘Stressless’ technology, Ishaan Sachdeva, Director, Alberto Torresi, wants to bring to Indians shoes which are comfortable and fashionable, all in one. In conversation with Gunjan Piplani, he unveils his future plans for the brand.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): How Alberto Torresi came into being in India?
Mutti, the Italian brand, is one of the leading manufacturers of tomato based products. The brand has recently entered the Indian market to give the consumers a feel of Italian cuisines, all at home. Arvind Tomar, Executive India, Mutti India explains the business plan for India and how brand identity will be popularised in India.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): From Italy to India, kindly elaborate on the journey.
A story which started off as a departmental store now caters to a very niche segment of society. D’mart has come a long way in these two decades. K V Rao, Chairman, Dolphin Group of Companies shares his story and future plans in an interaction with Gunjan Piplani.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): Give our readers a brief about D’mart.
Loyalty programmes are turning out to be the best way to keep your customers intact and reward them in return. In a recent development, Future Group joined hands with Payback to offer a loyalty programme to its group of retail brands and stores. Future Group’s CMO, Pawan Sarda, along with making it as a customer loyalty programme, also plans to study the complete customer shopping pattern and then work further on it. While on the other hand, for Payback, this tie-up adds another feather to its hat.
McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, which entered the Indian market in 1998, has now become one of the leading names in the frozen food segment. A company, which started by supplying frozen potato fries to Wimpy’s, has now become a household name with its retail presence across India.
Vikas Mittal, Managing Director, McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, and Ramesh Manoharan, Regional Director, Quality Assurance, Research & Development, McCain Foods India Pvt Ltd, talk about the steps they are taking to become the leading company in the frozen foods arena.
Launched in 2008, the brand offers home décor solutions ranging from vases to furniture and from bedsheets to upholstery fabric. Looking at the prospects in the Indian market, the brand is now aggressively growing its retail presence across the country. Rajat Singhi, Founder and Creative Director, Address Home, shares his retail plans with Gunjan Piplani.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): Now that Address Home is opening up new stores, what are plans from here on?
Magppie which has been known as the tableware brand is now writing a new story of being a complete home solution provider. After the stint with the brand Icecubes in 2007, Magppie starts afresh in the modular kitchen arena. Looking forward to a new start, Vinod Jain, Managing Director, Magppie shares his plans, in a one-on-one with Gunjan Piplani.
GP: With a second innings in modular kitchens, where do you see Magppie going from here on?
Envent, a consumer electronic brand launched in 2011, is scaling up to reach its consumers. With focus on retail and product development, Sukhesh Madaan, Founder and CEO, Envent, unveils his plans for this year.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): Starting off, how does Envent keep itself different from other IT product brands in India?
TESCO Hindustan Service Centre (TESCO HSC) is involved in the design and implementation of IT and allied solutions, for the global operations of this UK headquartered retailing giant. Sandeep Dhar, CEO - Tesco HSC, in a candid conversation shared the growing importance of Indian operations in the parent’s global strategy and the emerging technologies for retail.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): What kind of technology elements do you think is required for a huge size store? And what do you do in your property function?
EsselWorld will soon be launching ‘Freeze’, their in-mall entertainment format, to reach out to customers. Gunjan Piplani caught up with Bhushan Motiani, Head of Marketing & Sales at EsselWorld & Water Kingdom, to get details on their venture.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): What has been the aim behind entering small entertainment formats in malls
Khaadi is a Pakistani brand well known for its hand woven fabrics. The brand is a complete one-stop solution for home textiles, as well as women’s and men’s garments and fabrics, including khaadi, conventional lawn, ready to wear prêt wear and men’s salwar kameez.
The company recently participated in Lifestyle Pakistan, an exhibition, which was conducted to better trade relations between India and Pakistan. Danish A Adamjee, COO, Khaadi reveals his retail plans for India and also his takeaway from the exhibition.
In a market like India, where energy drinks are sold at a premium price as compared to carbonated drink, Tzinga, has emerged as a well-priced product. An energy drink brand is all set to grab the Indian functional drink market. Neeraj Kakkar, CEO, Hector Beverages Pvt Ltd, in a one-on-one with Gunjan Piplani, shares his plans from here on and explains what makes them a well-priced brand.
Gunjan Piplani (GP): How are you creating brand presence for Tzinga?
Amagi Media Labs, a known name in the arena of Smart Advertising, is promoting city level advertising for brands in various sectors. With an idea to offer better visibility at lower budgets, Amagi plans to reach 400 million consumers by end of 2012. K A Srinavas, Co-Founder, Amagi Media Labs, in an interaction with Gunjan Piplani, discusses about their soon to be patented, Smart Advertising platform.
