Fablestreet : Premium women’s
workwear brand FableStreet raised 21
crore in series A funding led by
Fireside Ventures. a high luxury cloths
brand, Ayushi Gudwani founder and
CEO of Fablestreet. ‘My Style, Your
Fit’ is a brand theme.
Kiko Milano: The Italian cosmetic
brand is tapping into India’s potential
market with a broader expansion plans.
The expansion will be done via store-in-
store concept, exclusive brand outlets
(EBO) and by partnering with various e-
commerce channels. Recently, the
cosmetic brand opened its door to the
customers in Dwarka, Delhi. IANS
Abhishek Bhattacharya is the country
director of Kiko Milano.
Cantabil Retail: The clothing and
apparel brand is set to expand its store
count up to 400 by 2020. The apparel
brand will invest around INR 25 crore to
expand its market into tier II and III
cities. Cantabil Retail’s India Director is
Deepak Bansal.
Zilingo, a Singapore based fashion
technology platform has acquired Sri
Lanka-based software service company
nCinga Innovations. Ankiti Bose, co-
founder and CEO of Zilingo. Imal
Kalutotage, CEO of nCinga
Innovations.
Pandora a Danish jewellery retail.
CEO Alexander Lacik,
Big Bazaar: With the end of 2019,
Indian retail chain Big Bazaar is taking
the customers on a nostalgic trip to
2009 with its ‘End of Decade Sale.’
Sadashiv Nayak CEO of Big Bazaar.
Indian actress Asin and the former
captain of Indian cricket
team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni have
previously endorsed for the fashion
vertical of myebaymart.
In 2020, burden with debt, Big Bazaar
was sold to Reliance Industries in a
sale transaction of ₹27,513 crores.
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Myntra : Fashion e-commerce
platform. Amar Nagaram, Head of
Myntra
Sugar Cosmetics: Is a
Indian cosmetics brand. Vineeta Singh
the CEO of Sugar Cosmetics,
Brioni: French luxury goods company
Kering appointed Mehdi Benabadji as
CEO of Brioni, menswear couture
house owned by the brand, effective
January 1, 2020.
Birkenstock: German footwear brand,
Oliver Reichert CEO of the Birkenstock
Group.
Sabyasachi Mukherjee: Fashion
Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee will
expand his reach with the launch of the
label’s first international flagship
store in New York City, US, next
year(2020).
Known for his traditional-wear
designs, the designer owns four
flagship stores at present including
each in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and
Kolkata. When American singer Katy
Perry was in India, Mukherjee
collaborated with Vogue to dress the
singer for the cover of the magazine’s
January 2020 issue.
Swarovski: A Jewellery brand.
Amazon: Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder
and CEO,
Fabindia: A ethnic wear retailer, Ajay
Kapoor, President of Fabindia. In March
2017, the retailer launched its first
experience centre as an experiment,
which turned out to be a success.
Carrera: A Italian jeans brand, Carrera
is an iconic brand inspired by the
popular ‘Carrera Panamericana’ race.
Sephora: Is a French beauty and
personal care brand. Sephora India,
CEO, Vivek Bali.
Manyavar:Is a men’s ethnic wear
brand, the brand’s parent company
 Vedant Fashion, Ravi Modi, Vedant
Fashion’s managing director,
Fashion Design Council of India (
FDCI): has taken the lead to set up
a COVID-19 Support Fund (CSF by
FDCI) to provide financial assistance to
small businesses and young designers
in need. Sunil Sethi, Chairman of
FDCI. The move was also appreciated
by Smriti Irani, Textile Miniter of
India.
Anita Dongre: A famous Indian fashion
designer. The founder of House of
Anita Dongre,
 In 2008, she received the GR8 Flo
Women Achievers Award for
‘Excellence in Fashion Design.
 In 2013, The Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Ladies Organization, Bombay Chapter,
presented an award to Dongre for
‘Excellence in Fashion Design.
 In 2014, she received the EY
Entrepreneur of the year award.
 She received the Pantene Shine
Award for helping women shine.
Styched: The Bengaluru based start-
up was launched in February 2019. A
new portal called “Styched Life” offering
fan merchandise to its customers from
different segments. Satyajit Hoskote,
head of business development. The
company collaborates with all kinds of
artists, influencers, brands, comics, TV-
shows and charitable organizations
across the country to produce limited
fashion merchandise. The start-up’s
portfolio includes names like M-Zee
Bella, Agsy, Hip Hop India, High on
Dance, Diamond Comics, Amar Chitra
Katha, Bengaluru Raptors and the
Cricket Association for the Blind in
India. “There is a huge market for
Indian comic merchandise. Most of us
have grown up reading and watching
characters like Chacha Chaudhary,
Shaktimaan, Vikram Betal and so on.
They remind us of our childhood and
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evoke a strong sense of nostalgia
among every one of us. When Styched
approached us, we were delighted that
a fashion brand has chosen to go the
Indian route. We couldn’t be more
excited about this,” said Gulshan Rai,
founder of Diamond Comics on their
collaboration with Styched.
LimeRoad: India’s multi-brand fashion
e-commerce platform- LimeRoad
recently launched a financial service
called the “Financial Clinic” for its seller
partners amidst the taxing situation of
coronavirus disease.  Suchi Mukherjee,
Founder CEO, LimeRoad.
Tjori: Sells home decor, apparel, and
other lifestyle products. Mansi Gupta,
founder of Tjori.
Fenty Beauty: Rihanna, the iconic
singer is all set is the founder of the
Skincare brand
Louis Vuitton : Ready to wear dresses
manufacturer. Now “Fashion house –
Louis Vuitton has unveiled its brand
new collection for the Homeware line.
The brand has come up with myriad
new sporting goods with the iconic
monogram label inscribed on it.” Also
Trench coats, shoes accessories,
jewelry manufacturer.
Tommy Hilfiger: Apparels
manufacturer, Shailesh Chaturvedi,
CEO of Tommy Hilfiger Apparels.
Burberry: A British base luxury cloths
brand. Luxury brand Burberry has
recently launched its sustainable line
for spring-summer 2020 with titled
“ReBurberry”.
H&M : Swedish fashion group  has
scored the first position on the fashion
transparency index 2020. Hanna
Hallin, leading the Global Strategy for
Transparency at H&M Group. Other
brands that saw their names in the top
5 were C&A, Adidas/Reebok, Esprit,
and M&S. On the other hand, Pepe
Jeans, Max Mara, Mexx rank the lowest
in the list.
Gap Inc: American fashion retailer, items in 26 cities which includes
Gap, one of the famous brands of Gap Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Bengaluru.
Inc. was once a rage among
Americans. Bhaane: is a contemporary clothing
Aditya Birla Group and Prosperity brand that is made in India and targets
Textile have launched new denim, the conscious, urban millennial who is
named “Freshever Denim”. Prosperity inspired by popular culture. Deepika
Textile is known worldwide for its Deepti is the new CEO of this company,
innovative denim fabrics in China. Thai has an eminent professional
Acrylic Fibre (TAF) is a subsidiary background and was formerly the
under Aditya Birla group. Amicor is the Director in Adidas’s Brand
patented anti-microbial fiber blended in Activation.
the yarn and is the main element in the Von Wellx: German Footwear
fabric. Satyaki Ghosh, CEO of TAF manufacturer Von Wellx has decided
and domestic textile, Aditya Birla.
to shift its entire manufacturing unit
Neeru’s: Neeru’s is a celebrated ethnic
from China to India. Von Wellx is
wear brand. It deals in exquisite bridal
entering India through collaboration
finery, formals, office outfits, daily
with Iatric Industries Pvt Ltd and
cotton, and much more. Avnish
will set up its production base in
Kumar, MD of Neeru’s.
Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Aldo: Famous footwear and
accessories brand, Aldo has filed for Zoya: is a chain of luxury
Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US. The diamond boutiques from the
Home country is Canada.
Stage Stores: The retailer has House of Tata. It is one of
surrendered in front of the coronavirus three brands of the jewellery
pandemic as it heads towards division of Titan Company
bankruptcy. Owing to the nationwide
lockdown, the company shut all of its Limited.
738 stores and three distribution
centers.
Tanishq: Jewellery brand, a TATA
product. Mr. Ajoy Chawla, CEO,
Jewellery Division at Titan Company
Limited.
Decathlon: A Sports brand.
Adidas: German sportswear behemoth
recently announced an online challenge
to support the COVID-19 Solidarity
Response Fund initiated by WHO.
Known as the  #HOMETEAMHERO 
challenge.
Walmart: The world’s largest retailer,
ThredUP is the leading resale platform
for fashion and accessories at mass-
market prices. Walmart
owned Flipkart has taken retail
store chain- Vishal Mega Mart on
board for the delivery of essential
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