Archive for September, 2008
Budhadeb Bhatacharjee is a hero to survive the politics of his state. I do not know much of him but from whatever little I know, I put him in the squeaky clean league of Prime Minister Singh. Coming back to his state, of all the part time help we have had for the last 2 [...]
I was reading a Retail related post about ‘pop up stores’ on a the National Entrepreneurship Network website. (While on NEN – they are co-founded by IIT B; IIM A; SP Jain Institute, Bombay; IBAB, Bangalore and BITS Pilani to help launch new entrepreneurs, and hence thousands of valuable jobs for India. [...]
As I stood outside the Grand Hyatt in Bombay after the Images Retail Awards, waiting for my car – I spotted Jesse Randhava in front of me. There were a few painted others who were younger and maybe from the time that I stopped following page 3 news. The inaugural HDIL India Couture Week was [...]
I love the nimbu-mirchi – the most important ( and creative) element of Visual Merchandising in traditional Indian retail to ward off the evil eye ! Though of course you’ll also see it outside the poshest stores selling ‘firang’ labels.
If you’ve got a franchisee with a fertile Indian mind, you’d better develop the zen for green [...]
I love Barney’s Communication! Not Barney, the purple dinosaur but Barneys New York, the luxe retail brand. I love the Barney’s website, the mailers, the catalogue and those clothes. It’s a pity I don’t have the rich-punjabi-husband!
I was reminded of Barneys while reading in the ET the other day about Aditya Birla Nuvo’s plans to [...]
Was there life before the gas lighters ? It took me about 60 seconds to clear the fog over the last few decades of my life, even though I think I am still of relevant age ! The neighbourhood ‘Kiranedar’ would deliver the monthly ration in a neatly packed cardboard carton, brought up to our first storey [...]
I read this morning that 94 Thomas Bata, died in Toronto on Monday evening. For many years of my life I believed Bata was an Indian company. Something to do with the fact that Bata rhymed with Tata but more than that since Bata has been my generation’s childhood companion. I grew up with the [...]
A bit late in the day but Tesco has finally said ‘I do” to the Tata’s after wooing suitors like Bharti, the Wadias, DLF and Parsvnath among others. Though it seems that in this case, Tesco seems to be having the cake and eating it too !
On one hand they have decided to enter the [...]
Mukesh Ambani may just have put his foot in his mouth by his open support to Project Nano !
Madam Banerjee has announced that she now wants to take on some more ! The last I read, she has organised a ‘dukandar’ rally of small shopkeepers in Singur to oppose (sic) the entry of corporates into retail [...]
