As curiosity gripped me to know more about Honeywell India, I reached out to Shailesh Deshmukh, the current Country Manager, who, thankfully agreed for an interview immediately. Here he doles out the success story of his company and the road ahead for them.

Seema Seth(SS): Give us a background of your company.                                                     

Cocoberry that offers delicious yogurt is incidentally also the first premium yogurt chain in India.

Here, GS Bhalla, takes Seema Seth on a yummillicious discovery of his brand and offers as he talks about the thriving business.

Seema Seth(SS): Why did you choose to be in this business? Why frozen yogurt of all?

Draped in a pleasant pink chiffon sari much complementing the lovely sunny day in mid spring, Asha Gupta almost passed off as a model until I caught hold of her business card that read boldly MD, Tupperware under her name,: such was the tall lady’s persona: charming and elegant, I realized as I met her for the first time at one of the recently held IDSA events. Adding cherry to the icing was her gift of the gab that turned maximum ear drums and eyeballs to her as she spoke hypnotizing everybody with her intelligence and infectious charm.

Nature's beauty secrets come to success shelves.

Aimed at those who wish to open online store and leverage internet or mobile based sales, Martjack comes integrated with Amazon, eBay, Google Merchants, Yahoo etc. and is a white label account that allows complete branding of your store. Any large scale retailer, manufacturer or even a small time single-shop owner can open an account, at a paltry Rs. 1000/- a month or go upto Rs. 50,000 a month depending on the size of operations.

Kishore Singh is chief editor with Roli Books, and has also launched lifestyle and design monthlies, edited Business Standard Weekend, scripted documentaries, and written as well as edited books across a diverse range of subjects. He continues to be a newspaper columnist that includes a weekly column on art, and currently heads exhibitions and publications at Delhi Art Gallery. Here, Seema Seth talks to him about how he has helped the Art Industry and the Artists evolve and establish over a long period of time..

The live - wire personality of Nidhi Markanday aptly suits her current role of DGM in an IT cum Electronic Company- Intex Technologies Pvt. Ltd. In a lively chat with Seema Seth, she unravels the future plans of Intex Square, their chain of stores and of the company as a whole.

Seema Seth(SS): Tell us about Intex Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Archies has been synonymous with gifts and cards that are not only exclusive but also tender emotional connect. In an exclusive chat with Retailer, Vijayant Chhabra, Executive Director, Archies, speaks of their business strategy, success ingredient and future plans.

Retailer: Tell us about Archies’ inception. How it started?

Marcus Sandstrom, in his capacity as an MD, is in perfect sync with the personal care company he is handling as is evident with the kind of clamor Oriflame has been making since he joined in last year. Be it launch of a new range or tie up with ace designer Rohit Bal, he is doing it with élan, determined to make Oriflame a “must have brand” in India. In a chat with Retailer, he shares his journey that has been so far and the future plans of his company.

Seema Seth(SS): Tell us about Oriflame.

Recently DDFS was in news as it announced special discounts and schemes for CWGs Athletes. Seema Seth decided to take a walk down the alley of Delhi Airport to know what’s in store for the visiting athletes and the general consumers. Mr. Abhijit Das, Head of Marketing Delhi Duty Free Services Pvt. Ltd., unraveled the devises and plans…

Seema Seth (SS): Kindly tell us about the offers for CWG Athletes?

Fine Food, a one of its kind endeavour that is responsible for having brought some of the world’s finest culinary brands to retail and hospitality chains across India was the brain child of Mr. Jaswant Sarvaiya, an avid traveller who while travelling European continents, learnt the intricacies of Italian cooking.

Here, he talks to Seema Seth about how his passion fueled his belly to import fine food from across nations and distribute them in India.

Seema Seth (SS): What was your prior occupation?

A part of the prestigious USD 3.8 billion Landmark Group (Dubai ), Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd opened its first store in 1999. In a little over a decade, it catapulted $ I billion empire. Then it forayed into  specialized stand alone home improvement store called Home Centre that deals in home bound products, and since then about 12 are thriving at best Indian locales. Apart from those 12 specialized stores, their products can also be traced in other Lifestyle stores, albeit in small supply whilst increasing the number to 25. Recently, Mr.