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04th December 2009 16th November 2007

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A Great Career in Retail, Fashion & Management

Issue No. 235
Finalists From:
Amity Business School, Appejay Institute, BIMTECH, FDDI, IMS DIA, JD Institute, Pearl Academy of Fashion, Satyam Institute etc.

Visual Merchandising Competition held at FDDI

Centre for Retail Management (CRM), the Retail Department of Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) hosted the first of its kind Visual Merchandising (VM) Competition. The VM competition which started with the preliminaries two months back culminated with the grand finale on Friday the 27th November, 2009.
The objective of the competition was to give the creative teams from all over India, the chance to showcase their talents, as well as an opportunity for them to be the best among the best and to shine on a national stage. -Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI.

The competition was a never before opportunity for the students of various institutes to present their creative thoughts by way of Visual Merchandising. CRM, FDDI received 35 entries for the contest, out of which the final 14 entries competed for the honours on Friday the 27th November, 2009.

Visual Merchandising encompasses everything from window dressing to in-store displays. Visual Merchandisers can change the fortunes of any shop and the people behind the displays are the unsung heroes of retail.
Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI lighting the inaugural lamp

Besides FDDI, the finalists were from reputed institutes like, Amity Business School, Appejay Institute, BIMTECH, IMS DIA, JD Institute, Pearl Academy of Fashion, Satyam Institute etc.

The Banners of VM Competition

According to Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI, The objective of the competition was to give the creative teams from all over India, the chance to showcase their talents, as well as an opportunity for them to be the best among the best and to shine on a national stage. It's visual merchandisers who decide how a store and its products are presented, covering everything from designing and creating layouts and window displays to ensuring a consistent visual style instore that maximises sales.
Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI watching the display made by students of FDDI

It also encouraged the participants to experiment with creativity and innovation and create a stunning, unique window display on a small budget. With the retail revolution going on in the nation, Visual

A Great Career in Retail, Fashion & Management

Merchandising comes up as an attractive area for people with creative bend of mind. Keeping in mind the sweeping changes experienced the students were given a very futuristic theme, viz. "India in 2020". and the third prize was awarded to team from Pearl Academy of Fashion.

A view of the display of Satyam Institute

Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI watching the display of JD Institute

Eminent Jury Members: Mr. Vinod Kaul, Chairman, FDCI; Mr. Dhirender Ralhan, Concept Head-VM, Pantaloon Format; Ms. Rasika Lal, National Head-VM, Marks & Spencer

Mr. Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS, Secretary, FDDI remarked, By bringing the country's talent together, it not only gave the student & industry a platform but made visual merchandising more focused and encouraged new ideas.

Jury watching the display of APJ Institute

Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI awarding the Prize

Innovative concept was appreciated by the doyens of the Retail Industry & students were motivated & overwhelmed by the esteemed presence of faculty and management.
By bringing the country's talent together, it not only gave the student & industry a platform but made visual merchandising more focused and encouraged new ideas. -Mr. Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS, Secretary, FDDI.

It is expected that this novel step from CRM, FDDI will prove to be a new trend for encouraging creativity and tapping talent of the youngsters of today.

Display made by the students of PGDCD of FDDI, NOIDA

Plastic bags, synthetics, plastic bottles, tin cans, and computer hardware these are some of the things that make life easy for us. But, these advanced products do not break down naturally. When we dispose them in a garbage pile, the air, moisture, climate, or soil cannot break them down naturally to be dissolved with the surrounding land and pose a grave threat to our environment. Hence, there is the need of the three Rs.i.e. reuse, reduce and recycle.

The entries for the final contest were judged by eminent jury members like Mr. Vinod Kaul, Chairman, FDCI; Mr. Dhirender Ralhan, Concept Head-VM, Pantaloon format & Ms. Rasika Lal, National Head-VM, Marks & Spencer. The first & second prizes were won by teams of Apeejay Institute

In this regard, the students of the 03rd batch of PG Diploma in Creative Designing & CAD-CAM (PGDCD) of the Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) displayed their work on Make Useful Product From Non-Biodegradable Waste Materials in the institute on 27th November, 2009.
The objective behind this competition was to spread awareness about the harmful effect of nonbiodegradable waste materials which cause threat to the environment, how it can be reused, reduced and recycle in a useful manner. - Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI.

Secretary, FDDI, said, The students used innovative ideas to convert the non-biodegradable waste materials such plastic bottles, tyres, CDs etc., into valuable products which could be a part of our daily life.
The students were successful in reflecting their creativity & skills by making products for day-to-day use from non-biodegradable waste materials. - Mr. Deepak Kumar, IRS, Executive Director, FDDI.

The viewers were left spellbound by the final outcomes of all the products displayed and at the same time also

On this occasion, Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI, said, The objective behind this competition was to spread awareness about the harmful effect of non-biodegradable waste materials which cause threat to the environment, how it can be reused, reduced and recycle in a useful manner.

Students explaining their display to the Managing Director, FDDI Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS

gave the message to resist buying anything in nonbiodegradable materials.

Mr. Rajeev Lakhara, IRS, Managing Director, FDDI watching the display

The batch was divided into seven group consisting of Ajay, Chameli, Ramen, Sri Ram, Sujeet, Vineeta, Thonngamlu Gonmei and Prashant in group one.
The students used innovative ideas to convert the non-biodegradable waste materials such plastic bottles, tyres, CDs etc., into valuable products which could be a part of our daily life. - Mr. Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS, Secretary, FDDI.

The 3rd batch of PGDCD

Similarly, Jamshed Kabir Alam, Anjumal,Vaibhav, Aman Khan, Bharat, Rohil and Ekta were in group two and Priyanka, Nalnika, Shikha, Asmat in group three. Group four consisted of Priyanshu Gupta, Vishal Pundir, Sheweta Kshirsagar, Meenu Madhavi and Sankar. Abhishek, Kashish, Nilesh, Ram Pratap, Raj Mauli and Umesh in group five whereas Gaurav, Abhinav in group six and Imraan alone in seven. The displays were judged by the jury members consisting of Mr. Laxman Singh Panwar, Sr. Manager, Mr. Ajay Sahai, Faculty Member, Ms Prachi Sharma, Faculty Member and Ms Rina Gupta, Faculty Member. On this occasion, Mr. Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS,

According to Mr. Deepak Kumar, IRS, Executive Director, FDDI The students were successful in reflecting their creativity & skills by making products for day-to-day use from non-biodegradable waste materials.

Gold, silver jewellery exports to get drawback

No change in existing rates, caps. Gold and silver jewellery exporters have cause to cheer as the Government has, for the first time, specified drawback rates for such exports. Through drawback payments, exporters can avail themselves

of refund of duty suffered on the inputs used in the manufacture of export products. The Finance Ministry has specified an all-industry drawback rate of Rs 22.60 per gram of net gold in case of gold jewellery exports. In the case of silver jewellery, the drawback rate has been pegged at Rs 1,030 per kg of net silver content. However, no drawback will be available for goods manufactured or exported in discharge of export obligation under schemes that provide duty-free import /replenishment /procurement from local sources of gold/silver. New inclusions Gold and silver jewellery form part of the list of six entries that have been included in the existing drawback schedule. The other items are wooden bat (sports good); bells, gongs, statuettes, ornaments, picture frames of aluminium and iron and steel; leather safety footwear with protective metal toe; jars and perfume bottles and lanterns/lamps made of glass. Meanwhile, the Government has dashed the hopes of the exporting community by retaining drawback rates as the existing level for the current fiscal in respect of all items in the drawback schedule. The Government has introduced six new entries in the drawback schedule. The rates and caps on other items remain unchanged. The drawback schedule that was announced in August 2008 will continue to be in operation, official sources said. Exporters disappointed The Government's decision not to tinker with drawback rates has disappointed many exporters, who were expecting an increase in drawback rates. The thinking in official circles is that the fiscal stimulus measures are likely to be withdrawn early next year and with just three months to go before the Union Budget, it may not be prudent to announce new drawback rates for 2009-10 now. Compiled by : Resource Centre (RCIP), Footwear Design & Compiled by : Resource Centre (RCIP), Development Institute Footwear Design & (Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Development Institute GovernmentCommerce & (Ministry of of India) A-10/A, Sector-24, NOIDA-201301 Industry, Government of India) A-10/A, Sector-24, NOIDA- 201301 Phone : + 91-120-4500100, 4500107 Phone : + 91-120-2411384, 2412456 Fax : + 91-120-2412556, 2411335 Fax : + 91-120-2412556, 2411335 Editor-in-Chief : Rajeev Lakhara, IRS Editor-in-Chief : Rajeev Lakhara, IRS Editor : Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS Editor : Shashi Bhushan Shukla, IRS Email : ashish@fddiindia.com Email : ashish@fddiindia.com Website : http://www.fddiindia.com Website : http://www.fddiindia.com

Physical Laboratory Testing Services Provided by FDDI, NOIDA

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To be continued