Under the Arvind Lifestyle Brands, Nautica launched its first store in Hyderabad in 2013. Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Sumit Dhingra, Country Business Director- Nautica and GANT at Arvind Lifestyle Brands added, “We are extremely excited to launch our 4th Nautica store in Hyderabad. We are delighted to provide the best to our customers, who have helped us grow immensely over the years in the city of Hyderabad. We have excellent customer loyalty which has given us a tremendous push to open our 4th store. We will dedicate and provide the best to our customers”.
The store launched on August 23, 2015 with the new Fall ’15 collection which is quintessential Nautica, incorporating classic silhouettes with updated and modern touches.
Well.. Let's check the collection at the store..
I really loved the new colorful collection which totally made me go to the beach.. :D Fall and beach doesn't really go well together but I totally want to just dream of visiting a beach now. I loved the bright tshirts from the men's collection.
About Nautica:
Founded in 1983, Nautica® is a leading global lifestyle brand ranging from men’s, women’s and children’s apparel and accessories to a complete home collection. Nautica® products are refined casual classics inspired and energized by the water that are always crisp, clean and distinct. Today Nautica® is available in more than 75 countries with 265 full price Nautica® branded stores and over 2,000 Nautica branded shop-in-shops worldwide. In 2003, the Company was acquired by VF Corporation, a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel with more than 30 brands, including Wrangler, The North Face, Lee, Vans, Nautica, 7 For All Mankind, Eagle Creek, Eastpak, Ella Moss, JanSport, lucy, Kipling, Majestic, Napapijri, Red Kap, Reef, Riders, Splendid, Smartwool® and Timberland®. For additional information, please go to www.nautica.com and www.vfc.com.
In India, Nautica has its presence across Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Jalandhar and Jammu. The product lines for the Indian market comprise of menswear, womenswear and accessories.
About Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd:
Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd is a subsidiary of Arvind Ltd which is India’s largest integrated textile player and is one of the oldest and most respected groups in the Textile Business in India. Arvind is also one of the largest producers of denim fabrics and is supplier to a large number of fashion brands in the world. Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd has been a pioneer in brining international brands to India and first brought Arrow to India in the year 1993. Arvind Lifestyle Brand Ltd has licensing relationships with many international Brands including Gant, Arrow, Izod, Energie, US Polo Association, Elle, Cherokee, Mossimo and Geoffrey Beene. Arvind also has a portfolio of 12 of its own brands. Arvind has a JV with Tommy Hilfiger for the Tommy Hilfiger business in India. It also runs India’s largest value retail chain, Megamart.
Arvind’s pursuit of multi-brand, multi-price point and multi-channel strategy over the last 5 years has paid rich dividend and has grown the business at a CAGR of 38%. Arvind is the only company in the fashion industry which has presence from Value to the Bridge to Luxury Segments.
Arvind is targeting revenues of Rs 5000crs from its brands & retail businesses in the next 5 years by strongly leveraging its strengths in production, marketing and distribution. While Rs 3000 cr would come from growing the business organically at a CAGR of 20%, the rest would come through acquisitions, new brands launches and JVs. The acquisition of the business operations of Debenhams, Next & Nautica is the first step in our inorganic growth strategy to cross the Rs 2000 cr revenue mark in the next 5 years.1
The company also has one of the strongest distribution networks in Indian apparel sector with over 1.3 million square feet of retail space available pan-India to its brands across 730 retail stores spread over 150 towns. This is in addition to Arvind Lifestyle Brands international doors in the Middle East and South Africa.