New Delhi
March, 2021
The Italian watch brand ‘Just Cavalli’, present in India with AP Group as local retail partner and distributors, announced its expansion plansat a press event held in New Delhi. The brand also announced its plans to launch 50 new variants in their best-selling serpentine collection; declaring a spectacular 6X growth over the last six months.
AP Group COO, AdiShroff flew in from Mumbai to speak with the media, about the brand’s growth strategy and expansion plans for this year 2021.He said that while many brands have been reducing their offline presence; AP group has a robust expansion strategy, brimming with confident growth and response to their offline business. The plans include opening of 200 offline stores in India in the year 2021, besides boosting online sales of the watch.
Adi Shroff expressed very bullish sentiments about the performance of Just Cavall watches. He said, “Just Cavalli is in the category of affordable luxury with prices ranging from INR 15,000 –25,000. This and the serpent design make it very appealing to the buyer.” Speaking of consumer response, he said, “Last year was full of challenges for retail at large, but we at AP Group have done fairly well on the market share side, and we intend to invest in the new product development to keep ahead of the curve. In just the first two months of January and February 2021, as compared to 2019, we have grown by about 12% across all our products. Year 2021 is going to be one of the better years.”
Marco Sieber, Founder & CEO of Time Management Services, the parent company of the Italian Brand Just Cavali – addressed the media via video message “Just Cavalli is an Italian brand and we are very proud of our heritage. We represent lifestyle – dolce vita the joy of life. We stand for diversity, and daring; to be different in terms of products in terms of design, expression colours. Our new Serpentine range offers almost 25 variants in the world-renowned snake design. Our designs have always been linked to Animalia, patterns linked to snakes, and our iconic glam chic snake family that you see in the collection.”
He added “We have an advantage of this unique design offering for our customers and gain an advantage in the competitive environment, both offline and online. I would like to thank our partner AP group for representing our colours our brand our identity our values in India. Especially Mr. Adi Shroff, who is leading us towards our penetration of the Indian market, putting us on the map; making us more famous in India.”
The AP Group also retails other watch brands like Guess, Esprit, Swarovski, Slazenger, Watches of Switzerland, GC, Time, Ikon Optik, and has recently added to its portfolio the premium gourmet dates brand Bateel.
