The February issue of Images Retail discusses the relevance of store design in modern retail. As the world is turning upside down, the new generation of consumers are not playing by traditional rules. They want more from shopping; they want to experience the store, the brand and the product in many more ways. As a result, retailers are increasingly investing in innovative store designs and high-tech retailing ideas and solutions to enhance consumers’ shopping behaviour. "Retail Excellence" column covers Indian women's wear retailer "Biba" and the "Entrepreneur" section presents Raghunandan Srinivas Kamat, whose Natural Ice Cream parlour is all set to foray abroad while maintaining strict focus on domestic market via franchisee route. The issue also carries profiles of video and computer game retailer Game4u and Rajkumar Jain's designer fan business Anemos. Harminder Sahni talks about the three "I"s – Inflation, Interest rate and International retailers – which would help the Indian retail sector to become more efficient, boost the topline and ultimately improve the overall vitality of the sector in the near future. It also has an exclusive interaction with Kinjal Shah, COO, Crossword Bookstores and Santhosh Unni, CEO, Costa Coffee India.
The June issue of Images Business of Fashion is led by a research on the Indian casualwear market, its size, growth, evolution and key trends and opportunities and growth over the years. The issue also talks to smart casual leaders like the Denmark-based clothing company–Bestseller, Raymond Apparel Ltd’s Parx, and French born fashion major Celio. It also features Tom Tailor’s online collaboration for India. The issue puts together our pick on of the most eye-catching ad campaign of the season—the smart one on a new look for every day of the week by Vero Moda. In the InFashion section of the magazine, Dan Cotton, EVP APAC, WGSN shares insights on the new trend watching feature WGSN IN Stock. This section also looks at how palazzo trousers are making a style statement, be it casual or Indian ethnic section among different age groups of women. We also take a look at some new launches, seminars and conferences that created a lot of buzz.
