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On 'India 2.1' being the target market for unbranded apparel, one of my acquaintances started a brand by the name 'Zara ki Tarah' and is doing extremely well.

Seems to be the right communication for the aspirational Tier 2 audience looking for good designs, quality products but at a bargain.

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wow that takes faux premiumisation to another level :D

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does it have a website?

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Nope. They shy away from online presence & cataloguing is something they don't do. I had asked him initially this and the reasons were:

- Fear of getting caught

- Fear of someone else copying their designs. He himself travels to zara, H&M etc every quarter, buys products, clicks pictures and then returns the products to these brands after getting 'inspired'.

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Dream11 / MPL etc, heck even Mahadev App successfully monetized India 2.1. The interesting thing is that their Apps are mainly in English

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