KAMAL KUSHLANI

Kamal always had a keen interest in the fashion retail

business. To finally start building on his dream, he
borrowed Rs 10,000 from a maternal aunt and
plunged into his entrepreneurial journey. He started
by launching the ‘Mr & Mr’ shirt company in 1992,
manufacturing and retailing shirts for men. 

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 STARTING FROM SCRATCH

The business was running fine. But, Kamal felt

that he just wasn’t using his business skills to the
optimum in an industry that still had enough
vacuum to fill.

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I had no office, no staff; I was the peon cum proprietor of my business. My
warehouse was the space underneath our dining table. When I had to collect
the shirts from the workshop I could pick up about 60 pieces at one time as
I had a large suitcase (soft one) on which I got straps attached by a
mochi. It would look really funny as many a times I would be in traffic
where my bike could pass through but I had to wait as the width of the
suitcase slung on my back was too wide for me to pass. So I was a laughing
stock for my fellow commuters."

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A picture is worth a thousand words

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 THE PATH AHEAD

Talking about the company’s future

prospects, Kamal says the brand is
currently focussing on integrating new
trends in its collection and is also planning
to enhance its foothold in the Indian market
by expanding its reach to the nooks and
corners of the country. He adds that Mufti
is not planning to enter the foreign market
as of now. 

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THANK - YOU