Apparel Online Bangladesh Magazine April Issue 2019 | Page 17

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India has,” said Mohit Mathur, adding,
“Make sure that the transformations
done within the length, breadth and
depth of an organisation is what is
going to bring in changes for the
retailers.”
“Indian retail industry is moving
towards re-engineering sourcing,
which is a very good sign for
fashion retail sector of India.” “In today’s market, it is
important for us to relook at our
manufacturing practices to seed
the potential that India has...”
– Wicrant Gambhir, Head Sourcing,
Jockey India – Mohit Mathur, Senior VP Sourcing,
Landmark Group
“Speed, agility and technology are
the keys to serve today’s customers,”
underlined Neetu adding, “The
main ingredients to a successful
organisation are the quality of the
products and a clear consumer
understanding.”
Apart from the combination of
speed, technology and flexibility,
manufacturers need to look carefully
at the other aspects as well, she
emphasised.
“The mindset of the manufacturers
is what needs to be changed, as
today the customers are striving for
new products and want to stand out
from the crowd everyday,” explained
Neetu stating the relevance to help
the vendors/manufacturers grasp the
emerging concepts in retail, and fine-
tune and upgrade their capabilities
accordingly to make a successful foray
into the Indian fashion retail sector.
I am impressed
by the collection
displayed by
Bangladeshi
garment
manufacturers
and will try to
focus more on
sourcing from
Bangladesh”
– Bipan Jain
Managing Director, Madame
Second session of the Day-2- EASE
OF FASHION IMPORTS - STEER
YOUR WAY THROUGH LOGISTICS,
Day 2, Panel Discussion 2: Seminar titled ‘Ease of Fashion Imports’ marked presence of industry
professionals who addressed the pain points of handling import and export sector
“We work very close to our vendors
to make sure that the products
outsourced are consistent and
according to our need, supporting us
and tool propelled by technology.”
– Ramesh Ramalingam, AVP– Sourcing Operations,
Arvind Lifestyle Brands
BANKING AND CUSTOMS, moderated
by Neeraj Nagpal (Customer Care
Associate and President – Brands,
Shoppers Stop) saw speakers like
Naagendra Srinivasa (Head Supply
Chain & Sourcing, Raymonds
Limited), E. S Shankar (MD,
Synergy Logistics), Mohd. Nasir,
VP – Finance, BGMEA and MD
Evergreen Sweaters) and Sandeep
Golam, (Director Operations,
Armana Group) run through many
important issues related to the
concerns of importing garments from
Bangladesh.
The next panel discussion revolved
around products, quantities, sourcing
strategies and delivery expectations of
both Indian and international brands
sourcing for Indian stores with focus
on new challenges and also growth
areas like opportunity buying.
Titled RE-ENGINEERING SOURCING-
SOURCING STRATEGY FOR INDIAN
& INTERNATIONAL RETAILERS AND
BRANDS IN INDIA, eminent names
from the Indian fashion retail sector
including Mohit Dhanjal (Director
Retail, Raymond Limited); Wicrant
Gambhir (Head Sourcing, Jockey
India); Mohit Mathur (Senior VP
– Sourcing, Landmark Group);
Yogesh Choudhary, VP – Production/
Sourcing, Gini and Jony Ltd.); Purvi
Joshi (VP – Being Human Clothing/
Mandhana, India); and Ramesh
Ramalingam (AVP – Sourcing
Operations, Arvind Lifestyle
Brands), took part in the dialogue.
“In today’s market, it is important
for us to relook at our manufacturing
practices to seed the potential that
Moderating the session, Mohit Dhanjal
stressed that since retail formats
and the way of working are changing
fast, the back-end support in terms of
sourcing also needs to keep pace by
using new technologies to reduce time
to market.
Last session of the show, DRIVING
SMART RETAIL AND SOURCING
WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY IN 2019
included eminent names like Robert
Lobo, Consultant, AI, Applications,
Venture Partner at Z Nation Lab;
Vikas C. Raykar, Senior Researcher,
IBM Research; Ankur Dinesh
Garg, President & CEO, Hotify
& Co; Gunish Jain, CEO, Blue
Kaktus; and Urvashi Gupta, Head
of Account Management, WGSN,
South Asia underlining the role and
importance of technology in today’s
retail perspective. The session
was moderated by Prabir Jana,
Professor, NIFT, Delhi.
The Open House session by Winkl on
Day-2 garnered similar attention just
as it had on Day-1 with Divya Maben,
Deena Pinto and Farah Magi of
Winkl continuing forward with the
discussion on the growing significance
of the new concept of ‘influencer
marketing’ in retail segment.
The fun highlight of the final day of
ASW was hands-down the interactive
and highly engaging WGSN Fashion &
Retail Quiz.
As stated by Puneet Dudeja, “This
was the first time that WGSN held a
quiz in India. We generally do trend
forecasting presentations, but being a
great way to engage the audience, we
took up this quiz at Apparel Sourcing
Week as it had the correct audience
for an industry-oriented theme like
fashion and retail. We are happy with
the response.”
The winners of the quiz competition
were proud recipients of Amazon
Alexa as well as a presentation by
WGSN.
Considering the huge success and
acclamation that the inaugural edition
of ASW has received, the organisers
are soon to declare the dates for the
next edition… So, be ready to be a
part of the next ASW!
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