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Future Retail signs agreement with 7-Eleven

Future Retail has announced that its subsidiary has signed an agreement with 7-Eleven, Inc., the world’s largest convenience retailer with more than 67,000 stores worldwide to develop and operate 7-Eleven stores within India.

The new master franchisee plans to build 7-Eleven stores as well as convert some of its existing locations to the 7-Eleven brand.

The expansion marks the company’s first entry into India and the first 7-Eleven convenience store in India is expected to open in 2019. 7-Eleven’s entry into the country will modernize the small-retail environment and bring greater convenience to shoppers.

The company said that internationally popular products, beverages, snacks and immediately consumable fresh foods with recipes developed for local tastes will be part of the initial convenience offering.

“7-Eleven, Inc. is among the most iconic global brands in the food retail landscape. We are proud to bring globally trusted convenience store to India and build new pathways together which will offer Indian customers greater convenience and choices, within their own neighbourhood,” said Kishore Biyani, Founder & Group CEO, Future Group.

“This strategic relationship offers an excellent opportunity to bring 7-Eleven’s brand of convenience and its iconic products to the Indian consumer,” added 7-Eleven, Inc. SVP and Head of International Ken Wakabayashi.

7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 67,000 stores in 17 countries,including 11,800 in North America. 7-Eleven will support Future Retail Ltd to implement and localize the unique 7-Eleven business model. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products under the 7-Select brand including healthy options, decadent treats and everyday favorites, at an outstanding value.

Future Group offers more than 80 brands in fashion, footwear, FMCG, food and homeware segments that contribute almost half of its sales through the retail chains forming part of its network.

Himatsingka Seide signs licensing agreement with Iconix Brand Group

Himatsingka America Inc, a wholly owned step down subsidiary of Himatsingka Siede, has entered into a licensing agreement with the Iconix Brand Group,, Inc. for the Royal Velvet brand.

As part of the agreement, the exclusive licensing rights to the Royal Velvet brand is for the territory of North America.

“We look forward to partnering with Iconix Brand Group and leveraging our integrated expertise to enhance the presence of the Royal Velvet brand across various home textile categories”, said Shrikant Himatsingka, Managing Director and Group CEO, Himatsingka Group.

Under the agreement with heritage luxury home brand, Himatsingka will design, manufacture and distribute fashion bedding, sheets, core bedding, utility bedding, bath and bath accessories under the Royal Velvet brand.

Royal Velvet is one of the 30 brands in Iconix Brand Group’s portfolio of consumer brands. The company owns, licenses and markets its brands through a network of leading retailers and manufacturers in both the United States and worldwide.

Bob Galvin, Chief Executive Officer and President at Iconix Brand Group said the licensing deal will help the company maximise the potential of the home brands in his company’s portfolio.

Himatsingka Group is a vertically integrated Home Textile major with a global footprint. The Group focuses on the manufacturing, retailing and distribution of Home Textile products. On the manufacturing front, the Group operates amongst the largest capacities in the world for producing upholstery fabrics, drapery fabrics and bed linen products.

Spread across Asia, Europe and North America, its retail and wholesale distribution divisions carry some of the most prestigious brands in the Home Textile space and cater to Private Label programs of major retailers across these geographies.

Tubi signs licencing deal with NBCUniversal

Tubi, the world’s largest ad-supported video on demand has signed a licensing deal with NBCUniversal, which will add nearly 400 television episodes and movies as part of its aggressive plan to expand in 2019.

The Tubi customers will be able to access a variety of movies and television series from one of the world’s leading content libraries – completely free. Titles include iconic TV series such as Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, The A-Team, Punky Brewster, The Incredible Hulk, Quantum Leap and the original versions of Magnum, P.I., Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman, and She-Ra: Princess of Power.

“We’re excited to be a home to this robust library of world-class, iconic content from NBCUniversal that appeals across generations,” said Adam Lewinson, Chief Content Officer, Tubi.

Tubi continues to expand its already massive content library which contains more than 12,000 movies and television series – and expects to increase at an accelerated pace throughout the year.

The company’s content volume is more than double in size to Netflix – approximately 40,000 hours of content.

Tubi also announced plans to invest over nine figures into content acquisitions in 2019 to rapidly grow its already large catalog. The company also recently announced record growth in 2018, with 4.3 times the amount of content on the service over the previous year.

Tubi will launch in additional international territories this year with the first expected to be announced in Q1.Presently the service is available in the US and Canada.

Tubi consistently ranks as one of the most watched apps on the world’s largest platforms including Amazon’s Fire TV, Roku iOS, Android, Xfinity X1, and many others.

NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks, and a suite of leading Internet-based businesses.

Tubi is backed by Foundation Capital, Cota Capital, Jump Capital, and Danhua Capital, as well as strategic investors MGM, Lionsgate, and TEGNA Ventures.

Macy’s reports Q4 results

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Macy’s, Inc reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2018 and provided annual sales and earnings guidance for fiscal 2019.

Net income attributable to the company’s shareholders was at $740 million, while Net sales declined by 2.5% to $8.46 bn.

“2018 was an important year for Macy’s, Inc. as we changed the trajectory of the company and delivered positive comparable sales for the full year. I’m pleased with the impact of our strategic initiatives, particularly as they gained traction in the back half of the year,” said Jeff Gennette, Macy’s, Inc. chairman & chief executive officer. “Looking at the fourth quarter of 2018, while we delivered positive comparable sales against what was a strong holiday season in 2017, results were lower than our expectations.

Looking Ahead

2019 strategic Initiatives to drive growth

The company will carry three of its 2018 strategic initiatives forward and add two new areas of focus in 2019:

Growth150: Expand growth investment strategy to another 100 stores.

Backstage: Add Backstage locations to 45 Macy’s stores and deliver positive comparable sales for the Backstage stores previously opened.

Vendor Direct: Build on the success of the 2018 launch with continued aggressive expansion of vendors and SKUs.

Mobile: Continue ‘mobile first’ strategy. Strategically enhance the Macy’s mobile app with new features and functions to deliver outsized growth in mobile sales.

Destination Businesses: Invest in areas where the company already has strong market share to drive disproportionate growth. These categories are dresses, fine jewelry, big ticket, men’s tailored, women’s shoes and beauty.

Macy’s, Inc. is one of the nation’s premier retailers, with fiscal 2018 sales of $24.971 billion and approximately 130,000 employees

Cadbury Bournvita partners with Doraemon

With the exam season kicking in, Doraemon along with Cadbury Bournvita joins you in the preparation to win.

Cadbury Bournvita is known to provide kids with great inner strength formula with strong bones, muscles and an active brain. This exam season the partnership with Doraemon is providing kids with a complete exam starter pack.

Cadbury has come out with 2 sizes for its Bournvita pack, 1 kg and 500gms. Kids get a cool looking writing pad free with a 1 kg pack and a trendy pencil box free with a 500gms pack. These packs are now available in your nearest stores.

Can’t keep calm! Kit Kat Drumsticks now exists

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What happens when two iconic snack foods meet? Nestlé is combining our beloved candy and an American favorite ice cream treat, the Drumstick, to create a new delicacy — the KitKat Drumstick.

According to media reports, Kit Kat Drumsticks will be sold at Kroger stores nationwide and will be sold at other grocery stores, soon.

The new Kit Kat Drumsticks will have a chocolate wafer twist on the iconic packaged ice cream cone.

A food blogger took to the Instagram and wrote, “Break me off a piece of that KitKat…ice cream cone! The chocolate shell isn’t any ordinary chocolate shell…it’s got KitKat wafer pieces embedded into it!”

Each four-pack box features four Drumstick cones, with the signature vanilla ice cream in a cone lined with chocolate the ice cream is coated in a chocolate shell with roasted peanuts.

The KitKat Drumsticks also feature the traditional Drumstick fudge center and “chocolate-y nugget” at the bottom of each cone, reportedly.

The delicious product retails for roughly USD 3.99.

This February, Lego Group to unveil product range for ‘The Lego Movie 2’

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Inspired by the film, The Lego Group brought to India, an array of engagement activities and its latest movie-themed product range, taking Lego lovers across age groups on an epic building journey!

The Lego Movie 2 that releases worldwide on February 8 in association with the Warner Animation Group is a direct sequel to The Lego Movie (2014).

The saga of the movie will continue with the launched product range through which fans will continue to live the journey of the movie. One of the most coveted products from the collection is the Lego Movie 2 Movie Maker which recently won the “Toy Fair – Hero Toys of 2019” at the UK Toy Fair 2019.

The launched product portfolio will also include Lego Queen Watevra Wa’Nabi and Lego Sweet Mayhem’s Systar Starship among others.

Rohan Mathur, Head of Marketing, Emerging Asia, Lego said, “After the tremendous success of The Lego Movie, we are excited for the release of The Lego Movie 2 as well as the exciting product range that we are bringing to India. The launch of the movie trailer has received an overwhelming response worldwide and we are happy to bring many engagement activities for our Indian consumers. From our new product range to the planed in-store activities at Hamleys, every event has been thoughtfully planned to engage and provide the best experience to our audience.”

Set five years after the first movie, the sequel will provide fans, a glimpse of life in Bricksburg and follow the journey of Emmet and Lucy as they battle Duplo invaders who have turned Bricksburg into a post-apocalyptic wasteland as well as a fight against Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi from taking over Bricksburg and the Universe.

The new range of Lego assortment is first-of-its-kind in the brand’s history and will cater to all genders across age groups. One of the most unique features of the new collection is the multi-play opportunities that it provides. Lego lovers can create multiple versions of Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi and other sets from the range, thus engaging in multiple passion points with the brand.

The movie is directed by Mike Mitchell along with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (writers and directors of the first film) and brings back the acclaimed ensemble cast comprising of Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Charlie Day, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, and Will Ferrell. The case also has new editions such as Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz and Maya Rudolph.

As a part of the engagement activities which are aimed to further amplify the buzz around the movie, select Hamleys stores across key cities in India will host the Brick Dance Challenge to engage fans and drive conversation ahead of the movie release.

To add to the excitement, these outlets will also organize competitions for fans to prove their mettle as the fastest “Awesome Together” Lego Builder.

In addition to this, keeping in line with the movie’s “Awesomer Together” motto, select retail outlets will provide the opportunity for fans to win complimentary movie passes on their purchase above Rs 3000. The offer will also be available in select Landmark and ToysRUs stores in Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune as well as on Amazon.

As they say in Bricksburg “Everything is Awesome”!!

Kylie Jenner to launch Valentine’s Day makeup collection on THIS day!

Want to gift your girlfriend an exquisite makeup collection on February 14? Fear not, the beauty mogul is here again to surprise us with beautiful products.

The youngest of Kardashian, Kylie Jenner will be releasing Valentine’s day collection on February 1.

 

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Three must-have Valentine’s lip sets ❤️ The Forever Set, The Love Set and the Soulmate Set launching Feb 1 ????

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The 2019 Kylie Cosmetics Valentine’s Day collection will include new lip sets (which are named after Taylor Swift songs), a new eyeshadow palette and blushes. There is also an eyeshadow palette in matte and iridescent hues, in shades including gold, fuchsia, and bright red.

 

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We’re melting over these Valentine eyeshadow swatches by @theglamwoman! ???? Who plans to grab this palette when it drops?! ❤️

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can’t wait to reveal the VALENTINE COLLECTION tomorrow! it launches Feb. 1st ♥️????

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Recently, the Kardashian duo – Kendall and Kylie Jenner had released a line of apparel in partnership with PacSun. The collection comprised of puffer coats, frayed denim, and cropped jackets, as per a report in Seventeen.

Kylie Cosmetics was founded by Kylie Jenner in February 2016. Since then, it has earned a revenue of USD 630 million. Jenner owns 100 percent of the company. With a vast majority of her 110 million-plus strong Instagram followers, Kylie is the most influential person to date.

The financial magazine Forbes estimated that Kylie’s worth is estimated at USD 900 million, making her not just the richest member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan but to become the youngest self-made billionaire ever.

Currently, Facebook’s brainchild Mark Zuckerberg is the current record holder of the title, whose worth was estimated at USD1 billion at the age of 23.

A dream collaboration: Jacqueline Lash by Huda Beauty is out now!

Finally! The Jacqueline Lash by Huda Beauty and Moi is out now. The beauty-blogger-turned-entrepreneur Huda Beauty had partnered with Bollywood actress and model Jacqueline Fernandez to release a line of eyelashes.

In a first-of-a-kind collaboration, Huda Beauty x Jacqueline lashes launched on shophudabeauty.com on January 29.

In a series of pictures, the actress took to the Instagram to reveal the lashes. Jacqueline shared a stunning picture on Instagram captioning, “Today’s the day!!!  I’m so excited that my lash collab with @hudabeauty, the Jacqueline Lash, is launching across the world! Make sure to hop over to @shophudabeauty to buy yours! “.

 

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Jacqueline Lash by @hudabeauty and moi!! ❤️???????? Out now!!!

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Dream come true!! So excited for the Jacqueline Lash, love you @hudabeauty ????????????

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The official page of the cosmetic brand also shared, “The Jacqueline lash inspired by the beautiful @jacquelinef143 is finally here!  We’re so excited to share this with you all especially as it’s our first ever collab. We can’t wait for you guys to try it, shop now link in bio #HudaBeautyLashCollab”.

“When we started our lash collaboration journey for our next generation lash collection, choosing inspirational women wasn’t hard – we knew so many incredible women, and Bollywood badass Jacqueline Fernandez was an instant match. Not only is Jacqueline one of Bollywood’s biggest actresses, but she’s also a humanitarian and an absolute sweetheart. Her unique style, elegance, and charm were the ultimate inspo to develop the evolution of the classic lash,” Huda Kattan was quoted as saying from BAZAAR earlier.

Huda is also working on launching a Huda Beauty skin care range later this year.

Sharing space with the youngest reality star Kylie Jenner, Huda Kattan ranked number 37 on Forbes’s list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women.

Best known for highlighter kits, foundations, and liquid lipsticks, Huda Beauty started in 2013 and gained mass appeal through the brand’s strategic social media strategy.

The products bring in at least USD 200 million in annual sales and she has a net worth of USD 550 million.

Kattan is also a beauty influencer and has 26 million followers on Instagram.

On the professional front, Jacqueline will be seen alongside Sushant Singh Rajput in Drive. She will also begin shooting for the Hindi remake of Kirik Party with Kartik Aaryan.

Animation International to represent Purple Turtle in India!

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In what could be termed as good news for cartoon lovers, Animation International India has got the licensing and merchandising rights of leading pre-school and home-grown IP, Purple Turtle.

Purple Turtle is now officially available for licensing and merchandising.

Sharing an image, the company took to the social networking sites for the announcement.

Recently, Animation International also bagged the official license for comic legend Charlie Chaplin.

Animation International Limited, one of the most renowned and respected names in content licensing and syndication industry across Asia has been active for the last 5 decades. Being the pioneers, AI India launched some of the most credible IP’s in India including Hello Kitty, Marvel, WWE, Dragon Ball Z, Barney and Friends among others.

Last year, AI organized the first Doraemon Licensee Expo in Mumbai on August 3. With an array of products ranging from chocolates to watches, plush toys, to feeding bottles, Doraemon is a popular toon companion for kids.

Purple Turtle is India’s first International brand with its educational content in 30 countries including Russia, China, US, UK, and multiple languages in India. Purple Turtle was created to promptly spread education through a wide range of innovative children books and convenient online learning experiences bringing learning and entertainment on a common platform.