Lane Bryant Inc. is an American women's apparel and intimates specialty retailer focusing on plus-size clothing. The company began in 1904 with maternity designs created by Lena Himmelstein Bryant Malsin. Lane Bryant, Inc., is the largest plus-size retailer in the United States. As of 2022, the chain consists of 448 stores in 46 U.S. states. Lane Bryant, Inc. is not affiliated with Lane Bryant catalog, which was spun off as a separate business in 1993.
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. It is the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Worldwide, it owns interests in 232 properties as of 2021.
The Izod Corporation is an American midrange clothing company that produces dressy-casual clothing, sportswear for men, and footwear and accessories. It is a division of Authentic Brands Group, and is currently marketed and manufactured by Centric Brands under a long-term licensing agreement. Other Izod classics include the Harrington jacket G-9 model and V-neck and cardigan sweaters. Today, the closest competitor of the Izod brand is the Chaps brand owned by Ralph Lauren Corporation, while the U.S. Polo Assn. brand is also an indirect competitor.
Trent Limited is an Indian retail company, which is part of the Tata Group and based in Mumbai. Started in 1998, Trent owns and operates fashion and lifestyle retail formats such as Westside, Zudio and Utsa. The company also runs retail chains like Star Bazaar and Zara through joint ventures.
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited (ABFRL) is an Indian fashion retail company headquartered in Mumbai. It emerged after the consolidation of the branded apparel businesses of Aditya Birla Group, comprising ABNL's Madura Fashion division and ABNL's subsidiaries Pantaloons Fashion and Retail (PFRL) and Madura Fashion & Lifestyle (MFL), in May 2015. Post consolidation, PFRL was renamed Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.
Future Group is an Indian conglomerate, founded by Kishore Biyani and based in Mumbai. The company is known in Indian retail and fashion sectors, operating supermarket chains Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar, lifestyle stores Brand Factory and Central, integrated foods and FMCG manufacturing sectors. Future Retail Limited and Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited are two operating companies whose assets are among the top retail companies listed in BSE, with market capitalization among the highest on the National Stock Exchange of India.
Express Avenue is a shopping mall in Chennai promoted by Express Infrastructure, A division of Express Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. which is bought by Ramnath Goenka from the monies of tha capitalists partner Raja Mohan Prasad and is held in trust by the current legal heirs for the family of Raja Mohan Prasad as per the trust deed given by Ramnath Goenka to Raja Mohan Prasad and is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India. Built at a cost of ₹7,500 million (US$94 million), the mall is spread over 1,750,000-square-foot (163,000 m2), including 900,000-square-foot (84,000 m2) of leasable (retail) area. The mall has 8 anchor tenants and 150 vanilla tenants.
MAS Holdings is a Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer. The company was founded in 1987 by Mahesh, Sharad and Ajay Amalean. MAS Holdings began as an underwear manufacturer and later diversified into sportswear, performance wear and swimwear.
Raymond Ltd is largest integrated manufacturer of fabric in the world based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has over 60% market share in suiting in India. It is also India's biggest woolen fabric maker. Textile division of the company has a distribution network of more than 4,000 multi-brand outlets and over 637 exclusive retail shops in the domestic market itself. Suitings are available in India in over 400 towns through 30,000 retailers and an exclusive chain is present in over 150 cities across India. Its products exports to over 55 countries including US, Canada, Europe, Japan and the Middle East. It has more than 20,000 design and colours of suiting fabric which makes it one of largest collection of designs and colours by single company. It was listed as India's most trusted apparel brand by The Brand Trust Report in 2015.
Mindspace is a brand of commercial and industrial parks established by K Raheja Corp. Located in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune, the industrial hubs offer offices, residential towers, entertainment facilities and other retail businesses. By 2016, the parks developed by Mindspace housed more than 50 businesses in India, including Accenture, L&T Infotech Ltd, Cognizant Technology and Capegemini Group.
AMP Capital is a large global investment manager headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Its owner, AMP Group, was established in 1849, and is one of Australia's largest retail and corporate pension providers. AMP Capital has a strategic alliance with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation.
Jabong.com was an Indian fashion and lifestyle e-commerce portal founded by Praveen Sinha, Lakshmi Potluri, Arun Chandra Mohan and Manu Kumar Jain. In July, 2016 Flipkart acquired Jabong through its unit Myntra for about $70 million. In February 2020, Flipkart formally shut down Jabong to shift focus completely on its premium clothing platform Myntra. The portal sold apparel, footwear, fashion accessories, beauty products, fragrances, home accessories and other fashion and lifestyle products. The company's headquarter was in Gurugram, NCR, India.
Clothing industry or garment industry summarizes the types of trade and industry along the production and value chain of clothing and garments, starting with the textile industry, embellishment using embroidery, via the fashion industry to apparel retailers up to trade with second-hand clothes and textile recycling. The producing sectors build upon a wealth of clothing technology some of which, like the loom, the cotton gin, and the sewing machine heralded industrialization not only of the previous textile manufacturing practices. Clothing industries are also known as allied industries, fashion industries, garment industries, or soft goods industries.
Arvind Limited is an Indian textile manufacturer and the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group. Its headquarters are in Naroda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, and it has units at Santej. The company manufactures cotton shirting, denim, knits and bottomweight (khaki) fabrics. It has also recently ventured into technical textiles with its Advanced Materials Division in 2011. The company is India's largest denim manufacturer.
Siyaram Silk Mills Limited, also known as Siyaram's and as SSML, is an Indian blended fabric and garment-manufacturer, with an associated chain of retail outlets and branded showrooms and an online store—Siyaram's Online Shop. Siyaram's was incorporated in 1978, and is headquartered in the Kamala Mills compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai.
Shrikant Prabhakar Joshi is the chief executive officer and managing director of L&T Realty, the Real-estate arm of a $21 billion building and development conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
The Singhania family is a prominent Indian business family, that started out in the Indian city of Kanpur. The family expanded into three major branches and is currently based out of Kanpur, Mumbai and Delhi. JK Organisation founded by Lala Kamlapat Singhania is one of the largest conglomerates in India today, with multiple million and billion dollar companies under its belt. The family owns majority stakes in several publicly listed companies such as JK Tyre, JK Cement, JK Lakshmi Cement, JK Paper, Jaykay Enterprises, JK Agri Genetics and JK Dairy. Some privately held companies in the family are Raymond Group, J.K. Ansell, JK Technosoft, JK Fenner, JK Insurance brokers and Global Strategic Technologies.
Viviana Mall is a shopping mall located in Thane West, Thane, Maharashtra. Located on the Eastern Express Highway, it is well-connected with all areas of the city. It has a wide range of retail and entertainment outlets at the mall. Built on a 13-acre plot and spread over an area of 1.7 million sq ft, the mall has a leasable area of approx 1 million sq ft and also (Cinépolis) movie theatre. The mall has Fun City, which is an Arcade for kids to play. The mall has over 250 stores which comprises 19 large and mini anchors tenants.
Tata CLiQ is an Indian e-commerce company based in Mumbai, India. It is owned by Tata Unistore Limited of Tata Group. Tata CLiQ operates in categories such as Fashion, Footwear, and Accessories. Tata Group's E-commerce platform, Tata CLiQ, also launched a premium and luxury fashion and lifestyle destination, Tata CLiQ Luxury, and it houses a wide range of apparel and accessories for men and women by luxury and bridge-to-luxury brands.
Virtuous Retail is an institutionally owned developer and operator of shopping centres. Established in 2007, Virtuous Retail is a joint venture between Singapore-based Xander Group and the Dutch institutional investor APG. Its India chapter is based out of Bangalore.
