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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Manish and Akshika Poddar are trying to replicate their menswear brand Rare Rabbit’s success across other fashion categories. But it’s a crowded market and profit margins are thin.
Radhamani Textiles, the Bengaluru-based company behind the popular menswear brand Rare Rabbit, has set itself a daunting task: it wants to sell everything. Under its multibrand label, The House of Rare, it has been rolling out one category after another: women’s western wear, kidswear, footwear, and, most recently, men’s sleepwear and innerwear. Many companies spend their entire lifespan sticking to just one category. The House of Rare is an outlier in that sense.
“The bigger vision has always been to build a house of brands and a lifestyle business, not just a menswear brand,” says Akshika Poddar, co-founder of The …
Government subsidies have drawn companies into basic chip packaging, where China and Malaysia already hold an edge. Moving up the value chain may prove to be a stiff task.
2026 is on track to be the second-highest year ever for dealmaking in the MENA region.
A dismal track record in portfolio management services doesn’t help the firm as it takes its first steps in a crowded industry dominated by some heavyweights.
