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Quick fashion: Legacy brands race to match instant delivery demands

admin — Wed, 06 May 2026 03:27:00 +0000

Vaeshnavi Kasthuril, MINT Mumbai, 6 May 2026 Fashion retailers are speeding up deliveries to keep pace with instant-gratification shopping driven by quick-fashion startups, with established players and newer brands taking sharply different approaches. For example, brands such as Biba and The House of Rare have adopted a more calibrated, infrastructure-led strategy rather than a rapid […]

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Consumption! Brands, e-Commerce, Mom&Pop stores in India – a conversation with Devangshu Dutta [VIDEO]

admin — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:13:00 +0000

This episode of theUpStreamlife is a freewheeling conversation between Vishal Krishna and Devangshu Dutta, founder of Third Eyesight, with insights into the growth of modern retail and consumption in India, brand building and M&A, the balance of power between brands and retailers/platforms, sustainability vs growth and many other aspects, and is well-suited for founders and […]

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Erratic winter puts clothing retailers on thin ice for a second straight year

admin — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Vaeshnavi Kasthuril, Mint Bengaluru, 11 February 2026 Sales of winter wear were underwhelming for the second year in a row as an unusually delayed and milder winter disrupted demand for heavy winter wear, particularly in north and west India, executives at two of India’s top clothing retailers said. Initial optimism for a bumper season this […]

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India’s richest man can’t crack e-commerce, even with Shein

admin — Fri, 23 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000

By Kunal Purohit and Ananya Bhattacharya, Rest of World Mumbai, India, 23 May 2025 Online retail continues to elude India’s richest man. The Shein India app, launched by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail in partnership with the Chinese fast-fashion giant, has struggled to gain traction in a market where Amazon and Walmart have been fighting neck-to-neck […]

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Fashion is Dead: A Zombie Business (VIDEO)

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:27:00 +0000

“Fashion is a zombie business. It is dead and it doesn’t know it yet,” says Devangshu Dutta, Founder of Third Eyesight, a specialist management consulting firm. This is a must-watch excerpt from a presentation and panel discussion anchored by Devangshu Dutta on 27 March 2019 at the India Fashion Forum, in Mumbai. The challenge he […]

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Will the Indian Apparel Sector Change its Fashion?

Devangshu Dutta — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:44:40 +0000

Can the Indian apparel retail industry change how it does business? A quick look at the biggest challenges facing the sector.

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Expecting Zarafication?

Devangshu Dutta — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:21:27 +0000

On a high-footfall day, at full price, Zara's Delhi store looks as if the merchandise is being given away for free.What does the Zara launch mean for the Indian fashion and retail sector? Is this the beginning of a new era? Should we expect Zarafication of the market, where the customer is driven by fashion, and the supply chain will turn and churn products faster than ever before? Should other international brands and Indian fashion brands be worried? [More...]

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admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:39:17 +0000

The Third Eyesight Knowledge Series© comprises of workshops designed and developed to help functional heads, line managers and executives refresh and upgrade functional and product expertise. The Soft Goods Series is specially focused at the Clothing, Textile and the Fashion Industry. Within this, the Textile Facts & Fabric Sourcing module is aimed at developing a working knowledge of […]

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History repeats – India’s role in global fashion

Sharmila Katre — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:41:04 +0000

In product design terms, India has moved on from producing and selling ‘fashion basics’ to ‘basic’ merchandise to ‘fashion basics’ once again. History says that this is where India's inherent talents and strengths as a source market lie. Rather than reinventing the wheel, it should should cash in on its strengths to practice and master fast fashion.

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Fast Fashion – The Sustainable Competitive Strategy – Seminar – 30 April 2008, New Delhi, India

admin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:30:37 +0000

In the business of fashion, time has always been important. However, speed and efficiency are now both a strategic imperative and a tactical necessity. With greater unpredictability in the market, it is critical to have the correct product at the correct time in the right quantity. Fast fashion requires completely different thinking in the way […]

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