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Mint
a day ago
- Business
- Mint
IKEA to make offline debut in Delhi with store at Pacific Mall, Tagore Garden
Swedish home furnishings company IKEA is all set for its offline debut in Delhi NCR with a store at Pacific Mall, Tagore Garden. This IKEA offline store in Delhi will open to the public on Wednesday, August 13. Sharing the exciting news on LinkedIn, Ankit Ghai, IKEA India's Selling Manager, wrote, 'The time has finally come, Dilli meri jaan! Mark your calendars! We're so excited to officially announce the opening of our first IKEA store at Pacific Mall Tagore Garden in saddi dilli on August 13th.' Ghai, who is also the Chief Business Officer – Home Furnishings retail business at IKEA, said this offline store is a 'first of the many to come very very soon!' Sharing IKEA's vision, Ghai said that the company had been working hard to 'create a special place where you can explore, dream, and find solutions to make your home your favourite place to be.' 'Whether you're looking to refresh your living room, organise your kitchen, or simply enjoy a delicious meal at our restaurant, we can't wait to welcome you into our home,' he added. Ghai also shared that the IKEA Delhi store's opening will be a 'day of celebration, inspiration, and affordable Swedish home furnishing solutions.' 'From the iconic BILLY bookcase to the delicious Swedish meatballs and our Iconic hot dog, we've brought everything you love about IKEA right to your city,' he added. IKEA also shared an 'it's happening' video on Instagram, showcasing some of Delhi's most iconic locations, such as the India Gate and Faqir Chand bookstore. 'Finally,' said excited Delhi-ites who were elated by the announcement. 'Omgggggg.... It's superb.... I was waiting soooooo hardlyyyy.. welcome,' said a social media user. 'I'M COMINGGGG!!!' another added. A user said, 'OMG super excited for this one.' Some netizens asked if they could be able to shop in the offline store on August 13 or not. 'Can IKEA family members shop at this store tomorrow or is it a viewing, which wouldnt make sense to drive all the way if no shopping is possible,' a user asked.
Fashion Value Chain
a day ago
- Business
- Fashion Value Chain
H&M Opens First Store in Faridabad's Pacific Mall
H&M India, the global fashion retailer renowned for blending style, quality, and affordability with a sustainable approach, has officially opened its first store in Faridabad. Located at Pacific Mall, this launch strengthens H&M's footprint in the Delhi-NCR region and marks the brand's 66th store in India, signaling its continued focus on high-growth markets nationwide. Spanning 1,289 square meters, the store offers a spacious, modern, and inviting shopping experience. Faridabad customers now have access to H&M's complete range of apparel and accessories for men, women, and children. Starting prices are set at INR 699 for womenswear, INR 399 for menswear and kidswear, and INR 799 for sportswear, ensuring accessible fashion choices for all. The store's debut coincides with the arrival of H&M's latest collection, which channels a sophisticated reinterpretation of the '90s wardrobe. Customers will discover a mix of retro and modern styles in a palette of whites, browns, indigo denim, and leopard prints, with bold black and orange accents adding a contemporary edge. Speaking at the opening, Helena Kuylenstierna, Director of H&M India, emphasized Faridabad's position as a vibrant, style-conscious city. She reaffirmed the company's mission to make fashion accessible while tailoring the shopping experience to local preferences. Aligned with its global sustainability goals, H&M has also introduced its Garment Collect initiative at the Faridabad store. This program invites customers to recycle old clothing and textiles—regardless of brand or condition—thereby promoting responsible fashion consumption. The store is now open at Pacific Mall, Sector 20B, near Bata Chowk, and customers can also explore the brand's offerings online at The launch further cements H&M's commitment to bringing high-quality, affordable fashion to communities across India.
Fibre2Fashion
2 days ago
- Business
- Fibre2Fashion
H&M expands Delhi-NCR presence with 66th store in India
H&M India, an international retailer known for fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way, has opened the doors to its first store in Faridabad at Pacific Mall. With this opening, H&M continues to expand its presence in Delhi-NCR, marking its 66th store in the country and reinforcing its commitment to key growth markets across India. Located in the heart of Faridabad, the new store spans 1289 square meters, offering a spacious and contemporary shopping environment. Shoppers in Faridabad will now have access to H&M's full range of collections across clothing and accessories for men, women, and children. Price points begin at INR 699(~$7.69) for Womenswear, INR 399(~$4.39) for Menswear and Kidswear, and INR 799($8.79) for Sportswear. H&M India has opened its first store in Faridabad at Pacific Mall, its 66th in the country, offering men's, women's, and kids' collections. Spanning 1,289 square metres, the store features a '90s-inspired collection and the Garment Collect recycling initiative, reinforcing H&M's growth and sustainability focus in India. As part of the opening, the store will feature the latest collection that presents a luxurious take on the '90s wardrobe. Blending retro charm with modern silhouettes, the collection features shades of white, brown, indigo denim, and striking leopard prints, elevated with black and orange accents. Speaking at the opening event, Helena Kuylenstierna, Director, H&M India , said: 'Faridabad is a thriving, style-conscious hub, and we are excited to continue growing our presence in the Delhi-NCR region with our first store here. As we continue expanding in key markets, our focus remains on liberating fashion for the many while offering Indian customers a tailored shopping experience where style, quality, and affordability come together effortlessly.' In alignment with H&M's global sustainability efforts, the new store will also feature the Garment Collect initiative, encouraging customers to bring in old clothing and textiles, from any brand and in any condition, for recycling. The store is now open at Pacific Mall, Sector 20B, near Bata Chowk. The launch underscores H&M's commitment to making fashion more accessible to customers across the country - through its stores and online at Note: The headline, insights, and image of this press release may have been refined by the Fibre2Fashion staff; the rest of the content remains unchanged. Fibre2Fashion News Desk (RM)
Hindustan Times
24-06-2025
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
VinFast VF7 and VF6 showcased at major shopping malls
VinFast is launching the VF 7 and VF 6 SUVs in India, showcasing them in shopping malls to attract eco-conscious buyers. The VF 7 features a 70.8 kWh battery, while the VF 6 offers a 59.6 kWh option, both equipped with advanced tech and safety systems. Notify me As a Vietnamese manufacturer, VinFast prepares to enter the Indian market, they have decided to showcase the VF7 and VF6 at few shopping malls in India. Starting June 21, this campaign marks the first large-scale exposure of these models to Indian consumers following their initial debut at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo earlier this year. Nationwide Tour — Reach Across 11 Cities Through this immersive roadshow, VinFast is positioning itself directly in shopping malls—prime outlets of foot traffic—to engage with urban, Eco-conscious buyers. The vehicles are displayed in high-profile locations like Select City Walk and Pacific Mall in Delhi, Express Avenue in Chennai, Lulu Malls in Bengaluru, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, and Lucknow, along with Phoenix Mall in Pune and Nexus in Ahmedabad. With stops in Gurugram, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and more, the tour offers prospective customers a hands-on preview of the design, cabin space, technology, and feel of both SUVs . Also Read : VinFast VF 6 and VF 7 vs rivals: How do the Vietnamese EV SUVs fare against rivals? Pham Sanh Chau, CEO of VinFast Asia, stated that following encouraging feedback at the Bharat Mobility Expo, the brand is bringing these models directly to 'major shopping centres," allowing consumers and EV enthusiasts to experience their electric innovation firsthand Engine, Style, and Tech Features VF 6 The VinFast VF6 will be the mass-market offering from the brand taking on the Hyundai Creta Electric, Mahindra BE 6, as well as the upcoming Maruti Suzuki e-Vitara A compact SUV powered by a 59.6 kWh battery, the VF 6 offers two variants—Eco and Plus—with NEDC-rated ranges between 460–480 km. Motor outputs span from ~177 PS/250 Nm to ~204 PS/310 Nm. Tech-savvy features include a 12.9″ touchscreen, head‑up display, 8-way power-adjustable seats, and Android Auto/Apple CarPlay support, along with safety systems like ESC, hill‑start assist, blind‑spot detection, automatic emergency braking, and a 360° camera VF 7 The VinFast VF7 is all set to arrive in India later this year as the brand's flagship/ Larger and more luxurious, the VF 7 sports a 70.8 kWh pack (75.6 kWh in some trims), with Eco and Plus versions delivering 177–204 PS, while the Plus AWD churns out 354 PS and 500 Nm. It measures around 4.54 m in length with a 2.84 m wheelbase. It includes advanced features like HUD, panoramic sunroof, ambient lighting, leatherette seating, wireless charging, and Level 2 ADAS with blind‑spot warning and adaptive cruise control. Also Read : Does the VinFast VF 7 electric SUV have what it takes to compete in India? Vibrant Colour Choices VinFast has listed four bold, monotone shades for both models in India—Brahimny White, Crimson Red, Jet Black, and Neptune Grey—giving the VF 7 an added special tone yet to be unveiled. VinFast's push in India is backed by a substantial ₹ 2 billion (US$2 bn) investment in manufacturing and infrastructure. The Tamil Nadu plant in Thoothukudi is expected to start operations in June–July 2025, initially assembling completely knocked-down (CKD) kits, with a plan to ramp up to full capacity of 1,50,000 vehicles per annum. Beyond that, VinFast is exploring expansions into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Check out Upcoming EV Cars in India, Upcoming EV Bikes in India. First Published Date: 24 Jun 2025, 16:44 PM IST
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Inside the 'notorious' Canadian shopping mall on a U.S. trade irritant hit list
Robert Whalen spends countless hours combing through stalls and stores for counterfeit goods and knockoff brands at the Pacific Mall in Markham, Ont. The large mall in suburban Toronto has long held a reputation as a place to find fake-branded footwear, apparel, electronics, phone cases and other goods. So much so that it has faced widely publicized police raids, parliamentary hearings and an untold number of sting operations conducted by private investigators on behalf of the world's biggest brands during the past couple of decades. 'I have to say that mall made me a lot of money as an investigator because I was there all the time,' the former police detective turned private investigator said. 'I'm not there very often anymore because it's relatively cleaned up.' Yet even as Whalen and others working against counterfeiting say the problem has subsided, Pacific Mall retains its reputation as an oasis for counterfeit goods, at least according to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), which is responsible for developing and promoting that country's foreign trade policies. The USTR once again placed Pacific Mall on its list of 'Notorious' marketplaces this year, alongside such websites as ThePirateBay and physical marketplaces like the Huaqiangbei Electronics Malls, a shopping tower in Shenzhen, China. Landing on the USTR list doesn't carry a uniform or inherent penalty, but Pacific Mall's latest showing comes in the midst of a tense U.S.-Canada relationship, when any irritant can take on enhanced significance as the two countries reset the framework that has governed trade for the past 30 years. 'A lot of the rights holders, the brands, see it as sort of emblematic of the issues that they face in Canada on an annual basis,' Travis Johnson, legislative affairs counsel at Washington, D.C.-based International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), said. The IACC recommended the USTR place the Pacific Mall on this year's Notorious list, as the non-profit has done for much of the past decade, because it thinks counterfeit apparel, footwear, consumer electronics and other luxury goods remain an intractable problem there. 'Cease-and-desist letters served on vendors at Pacific Mall are generally ignored; assistance from law enforcement to pursue known bad actors was described as 'inconsistent, at best,' and the mall's management is said to be 'largely disinterested in taking the steps necessary to monitor compliance among their tenants,' Johnson said in an October 2024 letter to the USTR. In other words, the Pacific Mall has become a stand-in for a broader problem in Canada, which is a lack of intellectual property (IP) enforcement by the country, despite some saying the mall is no longer the hub for counterfeit goods it once was. Even Johnson said IP enforcement at the mall has improved at times, though those efforts have fluctuated over time. The Pacific Mall may be the only Canadian marketplace specifically named by the USTR, but the agency also placed Canada on its watchlist of 18 countries with poor IP enforcement in a special report released earlier this year. Others on the list include Algeria, Guatemala and Pakistan. They are all one step below the 'Priority Watch List,' which includes eight countries such as China, Mexico and Russia. Canadian border agents hold ex-officio authority to seize counterfeit goods, but do not consistently use it, according to the USTR. It also said stream ripping, a way to illegally watch movies online, is rampant and illicit piracy devices are widely available. 'A top trade priority for the administration is to use all possible sources of leverage to encourage other countries to open their markets to U.S. exports of goods and services and to provide adequate and effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights,' the USTR said. An Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report in May said counterfeiting is a growing problem worldwide, accounting for US$467 billion in global trade, according to the latest figures, which date from 2021. China 'continues to be the primary source of counterfeit goods,' the OECD said, although other regions are beginning to significantly contribute to the problem. Recently, counterfeiting has expanded to new categories of goods that pose unique risks to public health, including 'automotive parts, medicines, cosmetics, toys and food,' the OECD said. It also said counterfeit goods are 'becoming a major source of income for organized criminal groups.' It is not the first time Canada has landed on the USTR's watchlist of countries because of its level of IP enforcement, or lack thereof, but the upshot of the report appears to be resonating more loudly in other countries in an era when U.S. President Donald Trump has made bold proclamations about reinventing global trade. For example, in Vietnam, which was placed on the USTR's watchlist, Reuters reported that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has 'urged the country's anti-counterfeit task force to devise new ways to fight fake goods, trade frauds and smuggling.' By contrast, Prime Minister Mark Carney has focused much of his attention on breaking down barriers such as interprovincial trade friction and reducing Canada's dependence on the U.S. A spokesman for the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) said the agency refers intercepted counterfeit shipments to either the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Health Canada for enforcement actions under their respective mandates. But if no action is taken, the CBSA detains the goods so that a representative of the brand owner can pursue private litigation. If the owner does not wish to do so, the goods are released to the importer. Through September 2024, the CBSA had detained 202 shipments valued by the importer at around $38,000. The number of detained shipments in 2021 surpassed 1,000 and hit a peak value of more than $400,000 in 2022. Those don't seem like big numbers, but Harley Lewin, a U.S. lawyer who has long represented brands battling counterfeiters, said Canada has always posed a dilemma for some brands. 'On the one side, the brands don't like to spend a lot of money up there because the market just isn't that big,' he said. 'But on the other side, there is a certain, let me put it this way, lack of enthusiasm on the part of Canadian law enforcement to institute investigations on their own.' Some lawyers said the bulk of IP enforcement falls on them and that Canada's laws are not strong enough. Lorne Lipkus, co-founder of Lipkus Law LLP, said a brand that believes it has identified counterfeit merchandise can obtain a court order asking the vendor to preserve the evidence — the fakes or counterfeits — for a court action, which could be a motion for judgment or a trial. 'We have to advise them that it is voluntary in nature, that I cannot force them to give up the product or the documents,' he said, 'but if they do not, the court could hold them in contempt of court, and that contempt of court could result in fines or imprisonment.' The problem, Lipkus said, is that many vendors who sell counterfeit merchandise employ underage people who are paid in cash and do not have identification on them, which makes it difficult to enforce any court actions. Part of what has made Pacific Mall particularly difficult to deal with, he said, is its legal structure as a condominium corporation, which means each stall has a separate owner, perhaps more than one, often overseas. In other words, there isn't a central owner leasing out space as there would be at some other malls. But Lipkus, who estimated he has served 1,000 orders on vendors at the Pacific Mall starting in the late 1990s when it first opened, said there has been an arc to the mall's fraud problem. Although there is no central management, there is a company responsible for managing the mall that at times has taken an interest in rooting out counterfeiting. He said the current management started doing that about a year or two ago. Now, fake goods are no longer displayed as brazenly as they once were there, such as when more than 30 police officers raided the mall in 2018 and seized thousands of goods. 'Anybody who knew anything about the Pacific Mall at that time knew that it was the hotbed for counterfeit products,' Lipkus said. 'Tour buses would pull up on a regular daily basis with tourists who would go in there just to buy counterfeits.' But things have changed over time. Lipkus's firm, and others, have sent private investigators into the mall and served orders on vendors they believed were selling counterfeits, often bringing civil lawsuits to enforce their actions. Mall management has sometimes helped reinforce the message by telling vendors they need to take such investigations and suits seriously. The cumulative effect of brand enforcement and the commitment of the mall's management has resulted in a cleaner mall from a counterfeiting perspective, Lipkus said. 'My gut reaction, and I know this might surprise you, is that I really feel that there are some people at Pacific Mall (now) who do not like having a reputation of selling counterfeits; (they) do not want that,' he said. 'They want to be known for selling good, quality merchandise.' Lipkus does not even think it's the worst marketplace in Canada as far as counterfeiting goes, with that distinction going to an unnamed flea market in Quebec. Yet, the mall's reputation lives on. In May, he travelled to San Diego for an annual conference hosted by the IACC and fielded a question specifically about the Pacific Mall while speaking on a panel. 'My answer was that when I first started doing work on Pacific Mall, I had no trouble finding 200 places with counterfeits,' he said. 'Now, there's not 100, there's not even 50, so whatever it is, it's significantly reduced.' The problem may be receding to the point that it's almost forgotten about. Philip Duchen, president of the condo board that oversees the mall, said he was unaware of the USTR report placing the Pacific Mall on the notorious list. 'To my mind, it's dropped off the radar screen,' he said. 'It's not something that … I was consciously aware of. I didn't, wouldn't even know how we would have known that the Trade (Representative) would have published an article.' Duchen said his board has been focused on helping its vendors move through the difficult economic periods that both accompanied and followed the pandemic, when shopping in brick-and-mortar retail stores fell to new lows. 'I can't tell you how many tears have been shed in meetings that I've had with people just trying to survive,' he said. Whalen, the private investigator who still visits Pacific Mall around once a month, if not more frequently, to hunt for counterfeits, said the food court — where you can find hand-pulled noodles, soup dumplings and other interesting cuisine — always makes the trips worthwhile. U.S. ambassador says Trump will benefit Canada Tariffs take Detroit and Windsor to verge of break-up But he said there are no longer stores openly selling fakes. 'Counterfeits are not hard to find, but it's harder now to find them in big groups,' Whalen said. 'I actually kind of like the Pacific Mall story because it's one that has worked.' • Email: gfriedman@ Sign in to access your portfolio
