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
Pakistan’s first fashion billionaire?
The year 2017 is the first time the Pakistani clothing market hit Rs1 trillion in consumer spending (according to an analysis conducted...
Retail slowdown still a drag on Image’s growth prospects
The Pakistani consumer continues to struggle in the aftermath of the bout of high inflation from 2022 through 2025
The year of the landa bazar
One trader’s loss is another’s profit
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
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
Federal Tax Ombudsman orders FBR to stop shop seals, resolve POS system issues for tier-I retailers
In response to a complaint by the Chainstore Association of Pakistan, FTO emphasises that no retail outlets should be sealed until all technical issues have been resolved
Retail’s story of transformation
What is the future of retail in Pakistan? That’s a nagging question in the minds of big retailers in business, and it...
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.
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
Amazon eyes expansion in Pakistan, eager to capture e-commerce market
Amazon officials have also ensured that every effort would be made to make the process of selling on Amazon easy for Pakistani nationals.
The unsustainable price tag of fast fashion
Those of you born in the 80s will remember your mothers buying material from Bareeze. The stores glittered with delicate, sparkling work...
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
From a hole in the wall to market leader
Lifting its shutters for the first time in 1974 as a modest enterprise in the famed Bano Bazar of Anarkali – a...
Losing to loose milk
On a Wednesday evening in one of Karachi’s oldest areas, Lea Market, Samir Rajput is working the phone, trying to seal a...