Articles tagged under: Reliance Brands

Mothercare, Reliance Brands Holding UK Ltd announce joint venture for South Asia

October 18, 2024
Mothercare, Reliance Brands Holding UK Ltd announce joint venture for South Asia

Mumbai: Mothercare plc (“Mothercare” or the “Company”), a global specialist in products for parents and young children, and Reliance Brands Holding UK  Limited (“RBL UK”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Brands Limited, today announced the  formation of a new joint venture that will own the Mothercare brand and its intellectual property  assets related to the regions of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. Under the agreement, RBL UK will hold a 51% stake in t...Read More

Reliance Brands to acquire majority ownership of Superdry IP for Indian territory

October 04, 2023
Reliance Brands to acquire majority ownership of Superdry IP for Indian territory

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Limited (RBL), through its wholly owned subsidiary in UK (RBUK), has today signed a definitive agreement to enter a joint venture with UK-based Superdry PLC, marking a significant new chapter in its partnership with Superdry PLC. The joint venture entity will acquire Superdry's intellectual property assets for the India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh territories. RBUK and Superdry will own 76% and 24% of the joint venture entity, respectively. The consideration for the IP is ...Read More

Reliance Brands Ltd inks strategic deal with Balenciaga

August 04, 2022
Reliance Brands Ltd inks strategic deal with Balenciaga

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) has signed a strategic deal with the hottest global luxury brand Balenciaga, to bring the best of global couture to the Indian market. With this long-term franchise agreement, RBL will be Balenciaga’s sole India partner to launch the brand in the country and this partnership will be RBL’s second with the parent group Kering, that houses Balenciaga. Founded by Spanish-born Cristóbal Balenciaga in 1917 and established in Paris in 1937, the original...Read More

Reliance Brands Ltd partners with Maison Valentino

July 21, 2022
Reliance Brands Ltd partners with Maison Valentino

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) has inked a long-term distribution agreement with Valentino to bring to India the most established Italian Maison de Couture. Through this long-term partnership, Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) will partner with Valentino to open its first boutique in Delhi, followed by a flagship store in Mumbai. The first store is due to open in 2022 by the end of the summer, with the flagship store in Mumbai to follow in the coming months. The stores will stock a complet...Read More

Reliance Brands to foray into food & beverage retail with global food chain Pret A Manger

June 30, 2022

Mumbai: RELIANCE BRANDS LIMITED (RBL) has announced a strategic partnership with global fresh food & organic coffee chain, Pret A Manger, to launch and build the brand in India. With this long-term master franchise partnership, RBL will open the food chain across the country starting with major cities and travel hubs. Pret A Manger, French for ‘ready to eat', first opened in London in 1986. It was a shop with a mission to create handmade food, freshly prepared each day. Over 35 years later,...Read More

Reliance Brands inks JV with Plastic Legno SPA to strengthen toy manufacturing ecosystem in India

June 01, 2022

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) and Plastic Legno SPA have signed a joint venture arrangement through which RBL will acquire a 40% stake in Plastic Legno SPA’s toy manufacturing business in India. This investment by RBL serves a dual purpose, bringing in vertical integration for RBL’s toy business and helping diversify the supply chain with a long-term strategic interest in building toy manufacturing in India. Plastic Legno SPA is owned by the Sunino group that boasts of more than 2...Read More

TOD’s SPA and Reliance Brands Ltd enter a multi-year franchise pact

May 09, 2022
TOD’s SPA and Reliance Brands Ltd enter a multi-year franchise pact

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Ltd today announced a pact with the icon of Italian luxury lifestyle Tod’s S.p.A. With this long-term Franchise agreement, RBL has become the official retailer of the brand across all categories including footwear, handbags and accessories in the Indian market. Tod's has been operational in India since 2008 with mono brand stores in DLF Emporio, New Delhi and Palladium, Mumbai and multibrand ecommerce platform Ajio Luxe. The management of existing channels will be ...Read More

Reliance Brands Ltd and Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla partner to reinforce The Storied Couture House

April 19, 2022
Reliance Brands Ltd and Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla partner to reinforce The Storied Couture House

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) has signed a definitive agreement to invest (either by itself and / or through its affiliates) in India’s foremost Couturiers Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla (AJSK) for a 51% majority stake. The strategic partnership is aimed at accelerating the 35-year-old couture house’s growth plans in India and across the globe. Based in Mumbai, Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla are India's premier couturiers their design legacy began in 1986. Their couture label Abu Jani Sande...Read More

Reliance Brands – Rahul Mishra JV to create new ready-to-wear brand

January 31, 2022
Reliance Brands – Rahul Mishra JV to create new ready-to-wear brand

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) together with Rahul Mishra (RM), will embark on a collaborative journey to create and own a new brand that would encompass Rahul Mishra’s ready to wear business through a 60:40 Joint Venture (either by itself and / or through its affiliates). Joining forces with the designer, the new brand would be synonymous with excellence and creativity world over, presenting an exclusive Ready to Wear Collection at one of the global fashion weeks. The brand will grow b...Read More

Reliance Brands Ltd and Anamika Khanna to partner for Avant Garde brand AK-OK

December 20, 2021
Reliance Brands Ltd and Anamika Khanna to partner for Avant Garde brand AK-OK

Mumbai: Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) and Indian couturier Anamika Khanna have agreed to join hands for a 60:40 Joint Venture (either by itself and / or through its affiliates) for owning and developing the brand AK-OK, setting the foundation for a new outlook in Indian fashion. AK-OK was born out of a deeply personal story in a time of crisis and Anamika Khanna’s sons Viraj and Vishesh’s determination to re-write the narrative to one of optimism and acceptance - “Don’t worry, everyth...Read More