LG targets 22,000 retailers across country

LG Electronics India is planning this year to add 22,000 new retailers to its present tally of 18,000 dealers across the country to grab a major market share in the emerging handset market .This will present dealers network to 40,000 dealers.

“We have planned out an aggressive marketing strategy to market our products. This is the first step of our business strategy,” said H S Bhatia, National Product Group Head GSM Mobile Phones.

LG has also planned to open two brand shops in Delhi, which will be exclusively for marketing and promotion of mobile phones. “We are planning to increase the number of brand shops to 20 by 2006. The whole of Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir is an emerging market with cellcos flowing there to launch their services,” Bhatia added.

The company having lined up an array of new handsets to be launched by 2007, is planning to launch 21 new models during 2007. LG would be launching around seven 3G enabled phones once the government comes up with the policy for the operators.

“LG is accepted as the No.1 handset manufacturer of 3G handsets in Europe and America. We are optimist about the market here in India,” he added.

Triumph lingerie to become available in 200 stores

International lingerie brand Triumph, which is available in India through 500 multi-brand operators (MBOs), retail stores and franchisee stores, has embarked on a major expansion plan, to reach out to more consumers in the metropolitan cities reports Business Standard.

The company planned to have its presence in at least 200 stores this year.
“The brand consciousness for Triumph is high among Indians. Much before we entered India in 2002, Triumph lingerie was available in the grey market. Our experience in the last four years has been good. By the end of this year, Triumph will be available in 20 more stores. Next year, 50 more stores will sell Triumph lingerie,” Triumph International India country head Thorsten Allenstein told Business Standard.

Rajesh Exports opens two more retail stores

Rajesh Exports opens two more retail storesPTI.

Jewellery exporter Rajesh Exports has announced the launch of two more outlets of its retail showroom ‘Laabh Jewellers’ in Bhubaneshwar and Secunderabad reports PTI.

With this launch the total number of its retail outlets across the country has increased to ten.

The launch marks the company’s retail forays into the states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The company would be establishing retail showrooms across the country in order to achieve a pan India presence in the jewellery sector.

Retail Management: Distance Learning

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