Brands
Fynd collaborates with Reliance Brands
MUMBAI: Fynd, a fashion e-commerce portal, is steadily expanding its services with the help of its new feature, Fynd Store.
Early February, Fynd introduced Fynd Store in over 20 brand outlets of Steve Madden by collaborating with Reliance Brands Limited (RBL). By extending this association further, RBL has now decided to take Fynd Store live in stores for its other premium brands as well.
Fynd Store is now live in 17 GAS stores, 10 stores of Brooks Brothers, 7 Hunkemöller, and 17 Superdry stores. Fynd’s new store-integration feature ensures that every customer gets his/her choice of product delivered to their preferred address.
Fynd Store has already been made available in more than 20 Being Human Clothing stores across India, and the feature has been well received by the retailers and customers. Many times, several stores have incurred loss of sales as they were not able to offer a customer a particular size or colour. Fynd Store eliminates this loss in sales (which amounts to up to 15% of an outlet’s sales) by enabling customers to browse through all the products a brand offers through an in-store screen.
Fynd, an O2O company, directly sources products across various categories including clothing, footwear, jewellery, and accessories, from the most prominent brands in the country. By leveraging technology and investing in constant innovation through products such as Fynd Store, the O2O Company offers Indian fashion enthusiasts an unparalleled shopping experience.
Fynd co-founder Harsh Shah, said, “We are now present in over 70 Reliance Brand stores across India and plan to integrate with more brands under RBL by the end of this month. By integrating Fynd Store in its outlets, we are sure that RBL will be able to offer an even more enhanced purchase experience to its loyal and enthusiastic consumers.”
Brands
Godrej clarifies ‘GI’ identifier after logo similarity debate
Says GI is not a logo, will not replace Godrej signature across products.
MUMBAI: In a branding storm where shapes did the talking, Godrej is now spelling things out. Godrej Industries Group (GIG) has issued a clarification on its newly introduced ‘GI’ identifier, addressing questions around its purpose and design following a wave of online criticism. At the centre of the debate were two concerns: whether the new mark replaces the long-standing Godrej logo, and whether its geometric design mirrors other corporate identities.
The company has drawn a clear line. The Godrej signature logo, it said, remains unchanged and continues to be the sole logo across all consumer-facing products and services. The ‘GI’ mark, by contrast, is not a logo but a corporate group identifier intended for use alongside the Godrej signature or company name, and aimed at stakeholders such as investors, media and talent rather than consumers.
The need for such a distinction stems from the 2024 restructuring of the broader Godrej Group into two separate business entities. With both continuing to operate under the same Godrej name and signature, the identifier is positioned as a way to differentiate the Godrej Industries Group at a corporate level.
The rollout, however, triggered a broader conversation on design originality. Critics pointed to similarities between the GI mark’s geometric composition and logos used by companies globally, raising questions about distinctiveness.
Responding to this, GIG said its intellectual property and legal review found that such overlaps are common in minimalist, geometry-led design systems. Basic forms such as circles and rectangles appear across dozens of brand identities worldwide, the company noted.
It added that the identifier emerged from an extensive design process and was chosen for its simplicity, allowing it to sit alongside the Godrej signature without competing visually. While acknowledging that elemental shapes may appear less distinctive in isolation, the group emphasised that the mark is part of a broader identity system that includes a custom typeface, sonic branding and other proprietary elements.
Following legal and ethical assessments, the company said it found no impediment to using the identifier, reiterating that the GI mark is a corporate tool not a consumer-facing symbol.
In short, the logo isn’t changing but the conversation around it certainly has.
