UK Remains Most International Retail Market

The UK continues to lead the world as the most international retail market, as Europe maintains its ability to attract the world’s top retailers, according to new research.

Wireless Carriers: Your New PC Retailer?

With the market for cell-phone service saturated, the PC market represents a way for mobile-phone carriers to get more people to buy monthly wireless Internet-access service plans. Consumers who buy wireless Web access can save money on the up-front purchase price of a computer and the price of monthly access to high-speed Internet.

Jewellery majors add regional touch to brighten sales.

LEADING jewellers are discovering the fact that it pays to play the regional card for sales to shine brighter. Players like Tanishq, Orra and Adora are all reaping dividends by tweaking their assortment and designs to suit regional tastes. Through this, they hope to grab a bigger share of the consumer’ wallets by offering a broader product range and more depth in various categories.

Luxury goods makers try to crack Indian market

NEW DELHI: Is India the next China for luxury goods manufacturers?
As Western markets falter, high-end retailers are searching for places where consumers are hungry for more glitzy brands and luxury products. India, in some ways, fills the bill, even as its economy cools.
While India makes up just 0.4 percent of global luxury good sales, the [...]

Tiffany to open outlet in Amsterdam

Netherlands: Tiffany & Co. announced plans to open a new store in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in fall of 2009. The approximately 2,100-square-foot (approximately 195 square meters) store will be located in a historic building at 86-88 PC Hooftstraat, in the city’s premier shopping area.
Tiffany architects and designers will preserve the building’s original façade and create [...]

Dolce & Gabbana launch luxury make-up line

MILAN – Italian designer duo Dolce & Gabbana, among Milan’s top fashion names, are branching out from dresses to lipsticks, launching a make-up line they say they have been dreaming of for years.
Extending their creativity to the cosmetics industry, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have turned to the Sicilian and Mediterranean roots of their brand [...]

UK-based retailer Habitat to open stores in Middle East & Russia

UK-based global home furnishing retailer Habitat has planned to open stores in the Middle East and Russia this year. As part of the plan, the company will open its stores in Moscow and St Petersburg in Russia showcasing Habitat’s Autumn-Winter 2009 collection. Further, the company will open stores in Dubai in September 2009, reports Retail [...]

INDIA: Marks & Spencer successfully opens its 15th store in Ahmedabad

UK’s leading retailer Marks & Spencer has launched its exclusive store in the city of Ahmedabad. Spread over a generous space of 14,000 sq feet, the store spreads over 2 floors at Dev Arcade Mall on S.G Road.  This is its 15th store in India.
Marks & Spencer is known for its international quality and value for [...]

TAG Heuer plans to retail products online

Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer — part of French luxury goods group Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) — is planning to retail its products online. “We are exploring the opportunity to sell not only our mobile phones but also exclusive luxury items and techno-design accessories developed especially for retailing through the internet,” said Jean-Christophe Babin, president [...]

Saks Incorporated Opens its first store in Bahrain

NEW YORK, (BUSINESS WIRE) — Retailer Saks Incorporated announced it has expanded its international presence by the opening of its first licensed Saks Fifth Avenue store in Bahrain today. The two-level, 57,600 square foot store is located in the Bahrain City Centre, an upscale development in Manama, Bahrain.
The Bahrain Saks Fifth Avenue store is congruent [...]