This is the platform for meeting most of the dealers, distributors or buyers from the large formats stores throughout India. It becomes one stop platform for meeting everybody and we have been participating for almost every year. We use this as a platform to grow our dealer, distributor network. I have seen lot of traffic this year looking at almost 3 times amount of leads we have last year. I see the exhibition growing in the terms of categories and we look forward to this show for all our product launches. We are really excited to be here, we are primarily being Export Company and now on this space we realized there is enormous potential that exists in brand space, in the quality space, in the supply chain space, we feel it’s a little segmented into zip codes. It’s a tough way in but I see a huge opportunity here.

Excellent and this is the right forum for you to meet your customers, to meet your visitors, to meet the people who are connected with you in the trade so it becomes extremely a nice forum to what you can call to introduce your products and talk about it and to take it forward. We are really happy with the show. The participation helps you to showcase your products, people to build little more awareness about your product. We hardly do any bookings here, we are booked till autumn – winter, we are completely sold out till autumn – winter, but it helps people understand what the company is doing like we have just introduced an innovative concept call make your own bedsheet wherein you can send in your design and for only Rs. 1999/- we make bedsheet as per your design and will ship it to you in 30 days. So, we have introduced this concept in HGH India this time.

We have been participating in HGH India since inception and I think every year our booth is also getting bigger and bigger that’s reflecting a more number of visitors as well as the statue of the exhibition is growing, so we find it a good platform to show all our new products, new offerings and also to ensure that all our customers are coming here whether it be retailers, whether it be large format stores, everybody is here so we like it and we think it is a good platform for our industry.

We have one of the largest populations in the world and we are also having a very fast growth of per capita income, which means the affordability of buying luxury items is increasing day by day. So, we are in that preparation preparedness to absorb more and more domestic items in the Home textiles. In addition to that we are also becoming more fashionable, more trendy. Certain areas of Home textiles like when you are putting anti-bacterial property or fire retardancy or even water repellent properties, all those becomes technical textiles in their own right, so that is another segment which the government is very much encouraging. So, I would like all the innovations which are happening, they should come more and more and we should develop. We are the hub of the manufactures. We should become even a stronger hub and reach out to all the global markets. The soul and the heart of our country rest with handicrafts, rest with khadi, we have got great kind of sentimental attachment to these products. The artisans that I saw I think they are the best anywhere in the world and the kind of art which they have really requires to be nurtured and requires to be developed because this art can never be replaced in many many years.

So, we have been participating for four years now, we are very excited and every year it is just getting better. So I just wish you guys all the best and I am sure definitely looking at participating in upcoming years. I just expect the show gets even longer, since this is the platform where we showcase all our new launches and we wait for this show throughout the year. We have been growing at almost two hundred percent year on year. And primarily lots being because of HGH.

So earlier there were no avenues for furnishing companies or window decoration companies or curtain styling companies like us to have a common platform to display all our products, and each of us used to have our own individual shows wherein you know people used to come and it was difficult for them also to make it to these shows, to each of these individual shows. But now, this being a common platform, it is easy for our customers to meet everyone at one go. So this is a very important thing I feel.

A lot of exhibitions, but they are not into the theme of the indianflavour. And india you know, the indianness matters, and that is what you have done. And I must say, I mean I have seen you up your act every every year. And this is something really good. Well done! I must say. When you talk about india and you talk about a country of two billion people sixty to seventy percent are millennials and baby boomers, and they have a great aspiration and that is what I see. And believe me fashion does not mean to be expensive, fashion could be affordable as well.

Rajesh: I think brands are getting more acceptance now. Originally, traditionally, people were focussed on the unorganized sector, and it is something I have been saying for a long time, I think we are following where garments are. How many unbranded garments do you see today, except in the very c- segment or D- segment. Otherwise anybody, C+ or B aspires to have brands on their apparel and I feel that the same trend is going and I think maybe another 5 to 7 or 10 years, home will be as brand conscious as apparel is today. Abhinav: in probably a year, it is a great platform meeting people. And meeting people from the industry, seeing different trends happening around here, the show is just growing. That is what we feel.

So I think they have made a small change in the format in which they have homeware separately in terms of the kitchen art separate and the textiles in a separate hall and I think that is a value addition because the buyers are little bit different. So it is a value add for us because we get specific customers who are interested for the range of products that we are actually promoting. So I think from that point of view it has been a good move in the right direction. So I think that itself is the innovation. They have been able to attract better quality also of buyers, better quality of the customers in terms of the exhibitors and all of this is making us confident that in the future this will continue improving and increasing the exhibition space to show our ware and it is also a great place to launch new products. All of that helps any company in its brand image to announce to the market. Since, the last four years, we have been participating. We were here from the very year and we have continued growing our booth. In fact in the very first year, it was a much smaller booth, but now as the exhibition has grown, as we have grown, we have invested in larger and larger spaces, so we are happy about that. So a) it is of course located in Mumbai and Mumbai is our home as well and it is a place where we get a lot of the buyers especially in the modern trade formats, they sit out of Mumbai and they are more than happy to come in here to come and have a look in one show to see so many different brands. So therefore, it just makes sense for us to be here. In fact just today we had the buyers of all the leading large format stores visiting our booth. And we can show everything that we have. It is a very unique opportunity where you get a lot of time to show it and also because everybody else is here, it allows us to show how we are different from others. Those are all value additions. As far as other trade shows are concerned, I think there is an opportunity for having a trade show in Mumbai and HGH has taken that spot already. Once they have taken it, it is difficult to have two because that is not tenable. Since they were the first movers, we will support them and they will support us as well. It is about 5 pm now and the booths are a bit empty but in the morning I think there was no time to breathe. It was packed with visitors and that was pretty good for us. So you get a lot of exposure to the right kind of customers.

It is a good exhibition and year by year it is becoming more matured.

India is one country which is growing, the GDP is growing at a steady rate of 7.5%. so there is a growth in the demand and our population is also 65% of our population is below 35 years and there is a huge demand and the younger generation is giving a lot of thought and there is a lot of demand for standard home products, you know home décor products, they believe in spending lot of money on these products. So India is in fact one of the largest market for these products you know. And the way it is growing despite the international recession, I think India is the destination of the future. Absolutely, absolutely, the kind of quality products which we have got, and the kind of trends which are now shown in this exhibition today, I am sure that world over people, countries, different countries will be very happy to source home décor products from here.

I visit this show last year also. And this year, more than last year, lot of coming visitors, also the high end visitors also coming, so our product is very you know the high end product, so good match to this show.

Over the years this show will be one of the biggest show in India as far as home textile and carpet sector is concerned. As per carpet export promotion council is concerned, this is the first time I am coming to the show, but my participants have grown over the year. They are ready to be a part of the show in the coming years as well in a very big way.

I have seen the footfalls at HGH India increase by 50%, with the GDP of our country which has gone up about 7.5 to 8% of Indian economy, I think the response has been overwhelming even for Spaces and our brands in India. The growth actually last year has been around 35%. This year we have a promising growth of around 65%. You can imagine how and at what speed the Indian market is growing and evolving. The base is small at this moment but we see a lot of promise.

HGH India is one platform to see our online retailers, modern retail, as well as the B2C factor, they all come under one roof. They share their experience, see the new range. This type of experience has never been present in India before, we have always had an international exposure. I think HGH is doing a great job by getting this market together and giving us manufacturers an opportunity to understand and take one to one feedback. It is a great thing and they are improving year on year. I am looking forward to a great association with HGH.

I am very happy to say and note that HGH India, what they have done in a very short span of time, to have created a very nice environment and a platform for people, not only to visit but to create a perspective. Which is very international in the approach, the quality of all the facilities and the positioning, these things are something you see when you go overseas with that kind of finesse. I think HGH India focused on delivering quality, brings more and more people into their fold. I am very happy that not only Sanjeev Kapoor brand but Wonderchef and FoodFood our TV channel are associated with HGH India. Hopefully this association will keep on growing from here on.

I visited HGH for the first time last year. I was very happy with the standard of the exhibition. In general it was beyond my expectation. I visited HGH as a visitor going through some of the booths which you see here today. The whole idea at HGH India was to introduce the brand and preview the entire collection to the domestic market here. The quality of visitors, the quality of the buyers you get are the who-is-who in this industry. The quality of buyers that I have received past these few days are beyond my expectations.

We think India is a powerful market. It is a future market that all the companies need to invest. Our goal in five years is to establish as a well-known brand in India. This is the reason we have come to HGH India, so as to establish a long term relationship with the Indians and Indian customers, distributors, retailers. Next year we are going to come again to this fair.

I visited HGH for the first time last year. I was very happy with the standard of the exhibition. In general it was beyond my expectation. I visited HGH as a visitor going through some of the booths which you see here today. The whole idea at HGH India was to introduce the brand and preview the entire collection to the domestic market here. The quality of visitors, the quality of the buyers you get are the who-is-who in this industry. The quality of buyers that I have received past these few days are beyond my expectations.

We think India is a powerful market. It is a future market that all the companies need to invest. Our goal in five years is to establish as a well-known brand in India. This is the reason we have come to HGH India, so as to establish a long term relationship with the Indians and Indian customers, distributors, retailers. Next year we are going to come again to this fair.