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Asian Chic In the next 10 years, as many Americans will visit China as will travel to Europe and will likely embrace Asian themes, as they did 20 years ago after visiting Europe in large numbers. In fact, Shanghai Tang, owned by Switzerland-based luxury-brands holding company Richemont...

Organic Beauties The beauty organics market has grown 15-20 percent in sales each year over the past nine years. Increasingly, beauty products are formulated with ingredients that are food-grade, natural, chemically free, organically produced. Jurlique, an Australian skincare company, has...

Green Is Good Green is here to stay as evidenced by waiting lists for the Toyota Prius and, notably, the success of Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." Nike recently announced that it figured out how to remove the greenhouse gas from its sneakers and Levi Strauss will introduce Eco...

The Rise of the "Precautionary Principle" Americans increasingly need to take control of their lives. Everything that can be is being tightly controlled, from cleaning products to grooming items to what we ingest. "Precautionists" swap chemical products for vinegar and water. They might...

Material Gains—Going Green and Bright Clothes are about to get a whole lot greener and brighter. Fibers from wood pulp, bamboo, seaweed, soy and corn blended with luscious organic silks and cashmeres are becoming a fashion staple. With Philips' new Lumalive system, swaths of fabric can be...

Retail Trends 2007: Beauty, Fashion... China...by Patricia Pao November 7, 2006 As consumers take more control over all aspects of their harried lives, 2007 will bring major shifts in beauty, especially organics, and fashion. Expect growth to come from non-traditional sources. For beauty...

1. Old economy sectors such as retail, mining and power transmission to cross IT sector Old economy sectors such as retail, mining and power transmission are showing faster growth than software service in the past three years. Software companies have been growing at a three year compound...

Jewellery & Watches 1. Apranje Jewelers receives IGI certification Bangalore based Apranje Jewelers announced that it is the first diamond jewelry store in the city to become certified by the International Gemological Institute (IGI). The International Gemological Institute is an independent...

HR News 1. Simone Tata steps down Simone Tata stepped down as Chairman of Trent Ltd., the Tata's retail division. The new chairman will be Farrokh Kavarana. Simone Tata has guided Trent right from the start, establishing it in 1998, by acquiring Littlewoods and expanding the Westside chain...

1. Mothercare expansion may exceed targets The UK based Mothercare brand was founded in the 1960s and has come to be known as trusted and reputable. The company is now in 36 countries and is keen to push further into the Indian retail market with its tie up with Shoppers' Stop. In the UK, growth...

1. Old economy sectors such as retail, mining and power transmission to cross IT sector Old economy sectors such as retail, mining and power transmission are showing faster growth than software service in the past three years. Software companies have been growing at a three year compound rate of...

Page 6 "Always start with confidence. When you are successful you must give back to society. Society gives us so much; we must reciprocate. I wish you all the best." Then JRD continued walking up the stairs. I stood there for what seemed like a millennium. That was the last time I...

Page 5 To my surprise I saw JRD standing next to me. I did not know how to react. Yet again I started worrying about that postcard. Looking back, I realize JRD had forgotten about it. It must have been a small incident for him, but not so for me. "Young lady, why are you here?" he...

Page 4 It was only after joining Telco that I realized who JRD was: the uncrowned king of Indian industry. Now I was scared, but I did not get to meet him till I was transferred to Bombay . One day I had to show some reports to Mr. Moolgaokar, our Chairman, who we all knew as SM...

Page 3 There were six people on the panel and I realized then that this was serious business. "This is the girl who wrote to JRD," I heard somebody whisper as soon as I entered the room. By then I knew for sure that I would not get the job. The realization abolished all fear from...

Page 2 I took the card, addressed it to JRD and started writing. To this day I remember clearly what I wrote. "The great Tatas have always been pioneers. They are the people who started the basic infrastructure industries in India , such as iron and steel, chemicals, textiles and...

Sudha Murthy & JRD: ** * * It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I was the only girl in my postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies' hostel. Other girls were pursuing research in different departments...

The share of the country's organised retail segment has now grown beyond the oft-quoted `3 per cent'. It is estimated to be about 9 per cent of the current Rs 100,000-crore industry. Confirming this, Mr Gibson Vedamani, CEO, Retailers' Association of India, said, "Organised retail is about...

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