
Arvind Ltd. is planning to launch its own footwear brand. The company will also be launching national as well as international brands in a market with an estimated size of Rs. 30,000 crore. “Arvind will be retailing a portfolio of mix brands including its own brands, licensed and joint ventures,” Sanjay Lalbhai, CMD of Arvind Ltd. said. Arvind Ltd. is a textile manufacturer and the flagship company of the Lalbhai Group. Its headquarters is in Naroda, Ahmedabad. The company manufactures cotton shirting, denim, knits and bottomweights (Khakis) fabrics. It has also recently ventured into technical textiles when it started Advanced Materials Division in 2011. It is one of India’s largest denim manufacturers apart from being world’s fourth-largest producer and exporter of denim.