Shopping

The products imported from National Foods of Karachi (NFK) by Quantum Foods of Panipat in Haryana have become a craze with Kashmiris for their high quality. The products from the neighbouring country are already flooding the markets here and are much in demand. Several shopkeepers across the Kashmir Valley were doing brisk business selling Pakistani [...]

The Moguls’ embellishment of the Lahori Khussa made it into a trend for the ordinary as well as the privileged and the Khussa of Heera Mandi became an important part of the subcontinent’s culture. Lahore’s traditional embroidered shoe, the Khussa, is a specialty of Heera Mandi – a bazaar of great historical and cultural significance. [...]

A visit to Khori garden is every book lover’s dream come true. Its narrow lane is lined with bookshops that offer books of all shapes and sizes. Situated in a congested business area of the city – the Bolton Market, Khori garden is a treat to visit. Some shopkeepers of the area believe that it [...]

In Gulistan-e-Jauhar, there is one name which is on the lips of everyone, whether that person lives in Gulistan-e-Jauhar or some adjoining locality. That place is called “Perfume Chowk.” The name comes from a perfume shop originally which has been running for seven years at the same place. Mursaleen Khan Sherwani established his business after [...]

A Bangladeshi company, Beximco, will open a chain of stores named Yellow in a number of cities in Pakistan. BEXIMCO is the single largest company quoted at Dhaka Stock Exchange and largest supplier to leading fashion apparel brands such as Zara, Van Huesen, Calvin Klein and DKNY. It is also the largest supplier of Bone [...]

A long time ago people from Kerala, many with strong leftist roots, held sway in this bustling port city of Pakistan. Today, barely 6,000 remain, and most of them have lost their Malayalee identity. Most of the early Keralites started to make a living by brewing and selling tea to shopkeepers. The enterprising people they [...]

There was a time when there were not many flower shops in Pakistan and the people would ask the mali working in the garden next door to make a small bouquet. However, times have changed since. Most flowers come from Punjab town of Pattoki and include roses, lilies, irises, tuberoses, daffodils and gladiolas. A few [...]

Leading Swedish-based retailer IKEA is keen to import household items worth Euro 100 million 9US$130 million) during the next fiscal year. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and IKEA, in the meanwhile are jointly organizing EPB-IKEA conference at Karachi and Lahore on May 17 and 19, respectively. The EPB has advised companies engaged in manufacturing home [...]

Team- A, plans to open a range of Mothercare stores in all major cities of Pakistan, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Sailkot. The first store is scheduled to open in Karachi next month. The conducive investment atmosphere with changing political situation is providing level playing field to do the business in this part of [...]

Pakistani financial organization United Bank Limited has chosen XLS software from Welcome Real-time to power its newly launched credit card, the first Visa chip credit card in Pakistan and South Asia. The new UBL chip credit card will be a payment card embedded with a microchip. The embedded chip will store encrypted customer information and [...]