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In 1958, well before American companies were sourcing from India, John Bissell left his position as a buyer for Macy’s New York to work as a consultant for the Ford Foundation in order to develop India’s export potential in its emerging textile industry. What Bissell discovered was a village-based industry with a profusion of skills hidden from the world. Determined to showcase Indian handloom textiles while providing equitable employment to traditional artisans, Bissell established Fabindia in 1960 in order to fuse the best aspects of East/West collaboration. Fifteen years later the first Fabindia retail store was opened in Greater Kailash, New Delhi with a range of upholstery fabrics, durries and home linens. By the early eighties, we started producing garments made from hand woven and hand block printed fabrics. Over the years the focus of Fabindia's marketing shifted from exports to the local Indian retail market. What started as an export house has today become a successful retail business presenting Indian textiles in a variety of natural fibers, and home products including furniture, lights and lamps, stationery, home accessories, pottery and cutlery. Extending this partnership to the farmers in rural areas, Fabindia launched its organic food products range in 2004. Fabindia Sana, the company’s authentic bodycare products range is also being launched at all Fabindia outlets. Fabindia sources its products from over 15000 craft persons and artisans across India. We support the craft traditions of India by providing a market and thereby encourage and sustain rural employment. Today we have retail outlets in all major cities of India - 217 last count - in addition to 11 international stores .

Born out of the love of design, Chumbak takes everyday objects and turns them into colourful and fun-filled products. We're driven by smiling customers and to Make Happy is what makes us tick :) Based in Bangalore, we design all our products in-house at the Chumbak Design Studio. We retail over 100 categories across 40+ stores pan India.

In just a few years, Nykaa has emerged as the largest beauty destination in India with close to 10 million happy customers depending on us not just for their favorite brands but also for advice, updates, expert tips and videos on how to look and feel gorgeous always! With almost 1000+ curated, well priced and 100% genuine brands and over 1 lakh products, Nykaa prides itself for offering a comprehensive selection of makeup, skincare, hair care, fragrances, bath and body, luxury and wellness products for women and men. We aim to please, going to the farthest corners of the country to reach you! Today Nykaa ships across the length and breadth of the country to almost every zip code using the services of leading and reliable courier companies. Extending the same conversation with our customers, we take immense pleasure in introducing the Nykaa Design Studio. A one stop shop for designer wear that is specially curated to cater to the needs of a modern Indian women. Nykaa Design Studio houses commendable labels such as Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, Masaba Gupta, Anita Dongre, Ritu Kumar, Abraham & Thakore, Payal Pratap Singh, Abhinav Mishra, Payal Singhal, Gopi Vaid and many more. Our strength lies in offering a staggering selection of 100+ contemporary and ethnic designs to pick from, specially curated designers across varied styles and price points. Most importantly our assortment of trend-led styles and classic designs consists of dresses, kurtas, tunics, lehengas, shirts, saris and so much more sets. To add to all of this, our editorial repertoire, covers quick styling tips from the designers, celebrity looks, how to’s, latest launches, buzz-worthy buys and season’s must- haves , all at the comfort of your palms. These services ensure that all your fashion fixes are taken care of by us.