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Coach Inc. Celebrates The Launch Of The First Coach Store Coach Inc. known for modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, celebrated the launch of the first Coach store at DLF Emporio, and the daughter of actor Suniel Shetty was present as a special guest. The actress said, "I love the brand because not just are their products classics in terms of, design, durability and just great leather but because their service in store and after sales is outstanding." Coach's second store in India carries a wide assortment of accessories for women and men including bags, small leather goods, footwear, weekend and travel accessories, scarves and jewellery. The in-store celebration was attended by Coach Chief Executive Officer Victor Luis, Coach International Group President Ian Bickley, and Genesis Luxury Executive Chairman Sanjay Kapoor.

FOOD Freshly To Launch Sliced Fruits Packaged With IG International German company FOOD freshly, which deals in fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, has formed a joint venture with exotic fruits importer IG International and will launch sliced fruits packaged to remain fresh for 10 days. The joint venture is named FOOD freshly India. Sukhdev Singh, CEO, FOOD freshly India, said, "We are soon planning to launch cut-and-sliced apples and pears packaged with shelf-life of over 10 days for easy consumption without any health hazards. Initially, we will reach out to the big cities, including Mumbai." Singh added, "We have set a capex of 6,00,000 euros for building infrastructure, equipment and technology. We have already set up a processing plant in Navi Mumbai and have begun awareness drive and product tasting. We will soon commercially launch sliced apples and pears in Mumbai."

Myra Plans To Grow By 3-4 Times In The Next Nine Months Despite the online pharmacy market's growth getting stymied because of regulatory hurdles and a bunch of startups like Zigy shutting down, some investors are backing select ventures as they look to disrupt the pharma retailing industry. After PharmEasy scooped up $18 million from Bessemer Venture Partners and others, Bengaluru-based Myra has roped in Matrix Partners and Times Internet, a part of the Times group which publishes this paper, as investors. Together the two in hairs have put around $7-8 million, it is learnt. Faizan Aziz, Founder and CEO, Myra, said, "We are looking to start operations in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderbad, Pune while we deepen our network within Bengaluru." Myra is planning to enter new metro cities after having been in Bengaluru since inception. The company is clocking about 1,000 orders per day and plans to grow by three to four times in the next nine months.

Himalaya BabyCare Plans To Introduce 25 New Outlets Himalaya BabyCare, the homegrown baby care brand from The Himalaya Drug Company has announced its entry into exclusive moms and babies retail sector. The company has launched its first exclusive 'moms & babies' shop in Bengaluru, and plans to introduce additional 25 new outlets in leading metros and non-metro cities this financial year, it said in a statement here. The newly launched 'moms & babies' shop in Bengaluru, offers a complete range of Himalaya BabyCare and Himalaya for Moms products, which the company launched last year.

AccorHotels Plans To Expand Its Luxury Platform Hotel chain AccorHotels which owns brands like Ibis, Novotel and Pullman in India said its primary focus is to expand the luxury segment in emerging markets like India. AccorHotels acquired luxury brands Fairmont and Raffles in a $2.7 billion deal last year and luxury is over one third of Accor's hotel revenues globally. Gaurav Bhushan, Global Chief Development Officer, AccorHotels, said, "One of our big focus is to expand our luxury platform. We see a significant scope for expansion in the luxury space. The next big wave of growth for us is going to come from luxury and emerging markets. Luxury is an important component in these markets." Bhushan added, "We have got eight new brands in our port folio in the past twelve months. We are looking at expanding the Fairmont brand in India. We are seeing good interest from the Indian market for our new luxury brands. We have active enquiries for

Randeep Hooda and BBI Launch Gym99 Bollywood actor, Randeep Hooda, co-owner of Body Building India (BBI), fitness and supplements company, has launched “Gym 99”, a unique concept which will provides customers an option to pay just Rs 99 for an hour to avail gym facilities across India. With an investment of Rs 25-35 crore, BBI targets to open 50 gyms across India by 2017. The investment would be funded by internal accruals including investments by franchisee owners.   Randeep Hooda, Co-Owner and Brand Ambassador at Body Building India, said, “This new concept of plug and play by Gym 99 by BBI will create unparralleed demand for new audience including college students, housewives, working professionals and businessmen. Many people start to avoid gyms because they can’t adopt to daily workout routine and some can’t dodge work commitments, Gym 99 is meant for them. Our first gym will come up in Delhi and we are looking to expand to Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Noida