Apparel Online India Magazine November 1st Issue 2018 | Page 6

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF’s DESK… AO TOP 100, an honest exercise to map top players of the industry In this long journey of following the ups and downs of the apparel industry, Apparel Online has always attempted to walk with the industry providing information and directions that could support the industry in moving forward. AO TOP 100 was conceived 10 years ago as one such attempt to bring to the table 100 export companies that are among the best in India. Of course, the debate on whether these 100 companies are in fact the country’s top 100 in terms of turnover is a continuous one… I would like to clarify that we do not in any way claim that our listing is perfect and that there are no other companies that should be on the list. In fact, we are ‘handicapped’ by the lack of transparency in the industry to sharing information, especially regarding turnovers. There are companies that understand the significance of the AO TOP 100 listing and willingly contribute to the exercise of filling in the form and sharing important information that can be analysed. It is these companies that I would like to salute and thank for standing with us all these years. However, the number of these companies has been dwindling over the years, mostly because the market conditions have been tough and many companies that were doing well and growing before have either stagnated or even seen a downturn. Instead of understanding that it is critical for such companies to openly share their constraints and challenges for policy makers to understand, they prefer to clam up and just refuse to participate in this exercise. Having said that, we respected the industries wish for two years and did not bring out the TOP 100 listing, but for how long...? I sincerely feel that going into a shell and waiting for things to change is not going to help; in fact it could be counterproductive! EDITORIAL TEAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Deepak Mohindra EDITOR Ila Saxena COPY EDITOR Veereshwar Sobti ASST. EDITOR-NEWS Dheeraj Tagra ASST. EDITOR - FASHION Anjori Grover Vasesi CONTRIBUTOR - FASHION Shraddha Gupta SUB EDITOR Priyanka Mishra CREATIVE TEAM Raj Kumar Chahal Peeush Jauhari Satyapal Bisht PHOTO EDITOR Gaurav Naroola OPERATION DIRECTOR Mayank Mohindra PUBLISHER & MANAGING DIRECTOR Renu Mohindra HEAD OFFICE Apparel Resources Private Limited B-32, South Extension-1, New Delhi-110 049 (India) Phone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected] Web associate: www.apparelresources.com So, we have decided to go ahead with the list this year. While a good number of companies did share their turnovers, many did not come forward. Hence, I would like to humbly request the industry to understand the purpose behind the listing and how it can be a tool for the industry to talk with the Government. PRINTING After all, even the Government would like to know how the top companies are performing…; it reflects on how the majority, which have less resource, must be faring. Yes, I wish to subscribe to The AO TOP 100 list for FY 2017-18 in the current issue has those companies which responded to our mailers; companies that are public limited ones and those which by general acceptance are at the top, and information regarding their performances has been gathered through market sources. Subscription within India – Send Cheque/DD to Apparel Resources Pvt. Ltd. B-32, South Extn. Part-1, New Delhi-110049, INDIA This exercise is an honest attempt to map the top players of the industry and companies which deserve to be on the list, as per market feelers that have been mentioned alongside. We welcome reactions and want to work closely with industry to bring the list as close as possible to the real situation, and for that we look forward to the pro-active support from industry next year. 6 Apparel Online India |NOVEMBER 1-15, 2018 | www.apparelresources.com TARA ART PRINTERS PVT. LTD. B-4, Hans Bhawan, B.S. Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 Tel: [phone] SUBSCRIPTION RATE Apparel Online INR 2400.00 24 issues *This rate is valid only for subscription in India International subscription (in Dollar) - Credit Card using www.apparelresources.com Telegraphic transfer to Bank Account No. 03192320003806 (Swift No:HDFCINBB) with HDFC Bank, D-9, South Extn. Part-2, New Delhi-110049. INDIA SUBSCRIPTION ENQUIRY ADVERTISEMENT ENQUIRY GENERAL ENQUIRY 82-62-880-880 subscribe@ apparelresources.com [phone] rani@ apparelresources.com [phone] contact@ apparelresources.com