apparel
9 ARTICLES
Nykaa needs to up its fashion game
The beauty retailer seeks to present a pretty picture of its younger fashion business. A closer look reveals a rather underwhelming show.
10 Feb 2025
How Bewakoof, once a trendsetter, fell out of favour with young people
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
17 Dec 2024
Why the boost to Indian textile exports from the Bangladesh crisis could be short-lived
Though large in terms of capacity, India’s textile sector mostly caters to the domestic market. The units that export are mostly constrained by capacity and the absence of government support.
09 Sept 2024
Raymond confirms listing of demerged lifestyle, realty businesses soon
Raymond Lifestyle is likely to list on 5 September, realty by the end of 2025.
03 Sept 2024
Can including garments save India’s disastrous textiles PLI scheme?
A slowdown in exports and high thresholds for beneficiaries may have contributed to the initiative being a non-starter so far. Extending it to garment makers has the potential to change that.
02 Jul 2024
Trent continues to pull ahead of Aditya Birla Fashion
The Tata group-owned retailer’s focus on fast-fashion vertical Zudio seems to have helped, while the Aditya Birla Group’s retail unit has entered several categories.
10 Aug 2023
Fashion is Reliance Retail’s ace in the hole
Reliance Retail is India’s biggest fashion and lifestyle business. Now it wants to take on Flipkart-Myntra in online sales.
31 Mar 2022
Why is FabIndia rushing its public offer?
The financial battering of the last 18 months and the absence of a sizeable e-commerce play do little to deter the ethnic wear retailer from going ahead with its IPO.
28 Jan 2022
The early fiasco of Arvind Fashions
The branded apparel business of textile company Arvind Ltd had a promising listing last year. In 15 months, its valuation has fallen to a fifth. What went wrong?
01 Jul 2020