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Biba Apparels Ltd women’s ethnic wear brand, buoyed by the success of its kidswear collection, is planning to open stores that will exclusively sell children’s apparel.

Biba one of the renowned retailer,will open its first stand-alone kidswear store in Bengaluru by mid-September and plans to open five such outlets by the end of 2016-17. Garments will be priced between Rs.499 and Rs.5,999 and will cater to girls in the age group of 2-13 years.

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Biba Apparels, which expects to close 2016-17 with a turnover of Rs.700-750 crore, is hoping to earn around 10% of its revenue from the kids segment.

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 Internet in India 2015' by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB International has revealed some startling retail industry information on trends of online retailing.

With global media exposure and rising aspirations, Indian customers have been looking for getting their hands on global fashion brands. While the customers have been ready, retailers have not been able to reach out to the customers in large part of the country due to limited and expensive retail space.

 Increasing penetration of internet and mobile internet helped the cause and facilitated the growth of online retail.Lifestyle e-retailers like Flipkart and Amazon also saw huge potential in fashion category and joined the bandwagon by promoting such merchandise. Indian ethnic fashion marketplace players like Jaypore, Craftsvilla etc. followed this by offering Indian handcrafted merchandise to attract a section of customers looking for exclusive ethnic fashion.

Macy's divulged the retail information about the closure of 100 stores next year and boost its online investments, as it tries to become more nimble in an increasingly fierce market.

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The closure represents close to 14 percent of its stores under the Macy's brand.This retail information was expected as Macy's had been a stellar performer since the Great Recession in 2008, but in the past year and a half has seen slowing sales as it battles competition on all fronts and changing shopping patterns.

Macy's has been under pressure from investors to sell some of its valuable real estate.One of the largest retailer earned $11 million, or 3 cents per share, in the quarter ended July 30 that compares with $217 million, or 64 cents per share, a year earlier.

Wal-Mart, world’s biggest retailer, has agreed to buy fast-growing online retail newcomer Jet.com, which had launched with a splash a year ago when it announced its intention to challenge online leader Amazon.

Wal-Mart is paying $3 billion in cash and another $300 million in stock. This retail information divulged on Monday is a major move by Wal-Mart, which is realizing that it needs to compete more aggressively in the online world.

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Last month, Wal-Mart announced that was selling its Chinese online business Yihaodian.com to the China's second-biggest e-commerce site J.D.com in a strategic partnership that it hopes will bolster its presence in the lucrative but increasingly competitive marketplace.

Wal-Mart’s online business has been slowing even as it has been making big investments in new distribution centers and expanding services.

Next Brand is facing the Brexit woes as the cost of buying materials for its clothing and homeware lines will increase by up to 5pc next year due to the pound’s weakness following Brexit. This retail information was revealed by the company as the fashion retailer is already seeing sales slip due to falling footfall after a bout of poor weather.

The retailer further estimates that importing clothes from its overseas suppliers, including factories in China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Burma will push up its costs from 2017 as a speculation following the Brexit

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Next, which generates around €200m in revenues from EU countries,would consider expanding its warehouse and operations in continental Europe “in the unlikely event” that selling stock from the UK becomes less efficient.

The company revealed that tariffs and other barriers to trade are unlikely to change, since it already imports most of its stock from factories in Asia.