How inflation killed Retailistan
Inflation is biting and it's taking a chunk out of the retail industry
Will Olpers’ cartoon ploy work?
Engro-Friesland might just be able to pull off a lot more with flavoured milk than Engro Foods’ attempt a decade ago
Skin whitening: A lucrative business indeed, but at what cost to the consumer?
Elaborate marketing campaigns and an unhealthy social obsession with lighter skin tones continues to generate sales and new customers
The new age of retail – Pop-ups!
A strong retail community has emerged in Pakistan over the last few years, providing a physical presence to online brands
The year of the landa bazar
One trader’s loss is another’s profit
Why are fashion retailers all suddenly selling perfume?
The competition in the local perfume market is growing stronger. Who will emerge on top?
Are local makeup brands really local?
Attention! Your imported drugstore makeup is melting, and not from the hot weather but from the heat it is getting from local players
Pakistan’s most successful designer brand is in trouble. But why?
With Élan looking for investors to come in and inject equity, we look back at how Khadijah Shah made and possibly broke her fashion empire
Morinaga may be up for sale in Pakistan. The buyer? Morinaga
The business of infant formulas is a big one in Pakistan, and Morinaga is a big name in it
Shezan – What’s in a name?
A history steeped in troubles, tribulations, and complications is at a turning point with the settling of a 33-year-old case over the Shezan name
Malls and retailers were dying to open again. Now they’re regretting it
While retail stores and malls are open for business again, footfall has fallen drastically, and retailers are bleeding money. What will they ask of the government now?
Covid finally got Pakistanis to spend on fashion online… but businesses were caught off-guard
After the pandemic-induced lockdown, apparel businesses that depended on brick and mortar locations as a footfall and revenue source had to make a decision: adapt or die? Most chose to shift online, with serious teething problems in the transition.
Shopkeepers’ scam adds fizz to profits
Retail prices of Coke and Pepsi remain unnoticed while retailers overcharge consumers day in, day out by as much as 40 percent – making millions over the top, apparently unnoticed
Measuring the market
How do retail brands measure their performance in Pakistan and how accurate is it? More often than not, the sole parameter used...
Wearing ‘Made of Pakistan’ on its sleeve
Established as a manufacturing and retailing unit some 32 years ago, in 1985 to be precise, Sefam started with embroidered fabrics made...