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BRAND PROFILE is the modern business-to-business souk that assists brands in reaching out to markets instantly and with greater cost efficiencies. From the clothing segment, we have partnered with some of India’s top-of-the-line brands, including Lux, Rupa, and Lyra in innerwear, Toodles, Magic Train, Maple, Kinder Choice, Krazy Girl, and Ahhaaaa in kidswear, Ruf & Tuf, Newport, Mafatlal, and Advance-18 in menswear, Gajiwala, Mahaveer Fashion, Bahubali, Tejoo Fashion, and many more in womenswear,” says Shraiyaa Aggarwal, Senior Marketing Manager, Udaan. UDAAN ADVANTAGE Traders and manufacturers, as well as brands, are always looking for ways to grow their business by selling more products to more and more retailers. 66 I APPAREL I THE PRIMARY ADVANTAGE OF UDAAN IS THE ACCESS THAT ONE GETS TO AN ALREADY- ENGAGED AUDIENCE. Udaan helps these traders and brands to safely sell through its marketplace. It provides them with an opportunity to tap into an untapped market, by way of providing easy access to a large, new audience base. “If you are a manufacturer and looking at distributing your products to retailers, or if you are a distributor and are looking at expanding your sale channels, then you must partner with Udaan for a number of reasons. For instance, it has an extremely low cost of entry. Brands and manufacturers do not have to create or develop their own e-commerce platform. You do not have to spend on marketing because Udaan brings in retailers and drives sales. An easy-to-set-up account also enables easy listings. You will not have to spend years setting up a storefront. Instead, you just need to create an account and load your product information to start selling,” says Aggarwal. The primary advantage of Udaan is the access that one gets to an already-engaged audience. This extends a brand’s reach to new customers nationally. Udaan is also a great way to test out new products with different markets, wherein you can hand-pick a few products and check the response on the same. Depending on their June 2019