Sunday, June 27, 2010

Indian Fashion Trends: Retail News: News Relating The suicide of ex-supermodel Viveka Babajee, Vishal Retail, Swarovski's Launch


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#1 The suicide of ex-supermodel Viveka Babajee, who killed herself at her Bandra residence, reveals the darker side of the glamour world.

Viveka's suicide brings back memories of Nafisa Joseph; a Bangalore based ex-model and MTV video jockey, who hung herself in her flat in Mumbai on 29 July 2004. She died after she discovered that her fiance Gautam Khanduja was still married.



#2 Vishal Retail, burdened with Rs 730-crore debt, has approved the terms of a memorandum of understanding with private equity firm TPG VW (TPG). The MoU is in accordance with the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) scheme approved by the company’s lenders, Vishal Retail informed the Bombay Stock Exchange late on Wednesday.

#3 Swarovski has launched a new 600 sq. ft. boutique in the Palladium Mall, Mumbai, which also carries its new retail architectural theme called ‘ Crystal Forest’