This trade show is geared up for upcoming vendors. Buyers like us, who are from Home stores chain, look for new vendors who manufacture in India across home categories. HGH India 2021 was great for this purpose. We had a very focussed approach. We could connect with many such vendors who we think, we can develop further. Overall a brilliant experience at HGH India.

I have been coming to this show for many years now and it is great to see a broad range of products from different categories. Retail buyers can develop an integrated look of home products here; ranging from bed covers and curtains, to wallpapers and storage.

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 this year I think you have two halls that has made a difference with clear segregation so even my team used to get confused in between, suddenly you will have textiles and you will have somewhere décor or something. It is very clear and I think it is more focussed. People think that it is more organised that is what. And I think more number of participants, more number of exhibitors, more number of visitors I think and definitely it is much better. See it is always like, we introduce last year also we got some international brands from HGH, and we are quite hopeful this year also we will get something different. Even, not only whereas brands, even some private label people we will get, I think. That is what is helping. But I think obviously it is useful to have international players and lot of international people are also here who have actually come as visitors. So you know that also should be helping you people. Showcase from brands and plus at one g you can see everything and lot of international exposure, people don’t need to go out now and they can get everything here. They can get I think better feel and they can have more interactions with the brands who are even in India also those people are not able to showcase everything otherwise you know. But, when such kind of occasions, they get all their products, so it is very useful to us I think. Definitely yes, because I have been associated for the last five years and I think in retail, since we are in retail business, so we will be definitely coming to such kind of shows.

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.

Houseware you see two years back, almost very few brands where there. If you see today, from China to some Thai brands, to Moradabad to local, to European brand, everybody is there and that definitely helps. Exposure for team members of my team those who have not travelled for any shows in abroad, for them it is a great exposure, a great experience to see, to get lot of products under one roof. Range selection happens easier. This time wallpaper is a big hit, we will definitely be trying to get new wallpaper vendor for us, may be we will tie up with a brand or we will tie up as private label, but we will definitely get. In certain categories, we are getting more and more exposure here. I think it is definitely beneficial to us, because it has given some good exposure to lot of team members who don’t see such shows.

As this is the fourth edition, HGH India is a very good initiative which started in 2012, and I am sure over the years we have seen how it has grown, how people have responded and in times to come, I think it will become a milestone for Indian Market both from consumers’ and producers’ point of view. If you see, India is a young society, the younger people predominate India unlike China. So, new people are more receptive to new innovation, new ideas, new products and that is why probably it is one of the stimulus to the Textile Industry. When you bring out the new product, there is a good response, the entrepreneur, the manufacturers are encouraged to do that and even otherwise because of the other factors which play a part in global competitiveness. I think the domestic demand itself, the domestic market itself is throwing a challenge to the producers that probably you may not look at others as well, and it could be done very much on the home ground. But yes, certainly we need inter country collaborations both in terms of technique, style, color, preferences, consumers and what is wanted where. I think the whole industry should be geared up to cater to the consumers.