The Indian residents have always been fond of big brands and are always inquisitive to purchase goods or services from those big names. Nevertheless, Indian market demand for luxurious goods is rising immensely but someway, they have to struggle with their brand names. Regardless of catering the best quality of goods, the Indian name of that businesses or brands lose purchaser’s attention. This is one of the chief reasons why so many businesses and brands choose to opt for a name that sounds global. Sooner or later global names will entice more buyers and become a big player in the Indian market. Now allow us to introduce you to some brands that you’re already familiar with are actually Indian.
Old Monk
In spite of any publicity, this Indian brand of rum has been the prime Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) brand for several years. Introduced on December 19, 1954, Mohan Meakin Limited owns the Old Monk Rum and is produced in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Old Monk was tiered 5th amongst Indian spirits brands in Impact International's 2008 list of "Top 100 Brands At Retail Value" with a retail value of 240 million dollars. Old Monk is also retailed by some retailers in Russia, USA, UK, Japan, UAE, Estonia, Finland, New Zealand and Canada.
Micromax
Micromax is an Indian consumer electronics company with its headquarters in Gurgaon (Haryana) has beaten South Korea's Samsung by delivering the most number of phones in a single quarter in India, in the year 2014. A company which took off as an IT software firm in 2000, happened to become the first Indian mobile company to start its business in Russia.
Speaking of marketing, both Bollywood and Hollywood personalities including Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna and Hugh Jackman have promoted this Indian mobile phone brand.
Café Coffee Day
Cafe Coffee Day or as we prefer to call it as just CCD is an Indian cafe chain held by Chikmagalur-based Merged Bean Coffee Trading Business. It is the largest producer of Arabica beans in Asia plants coffee in its own lands of 12,000 acres and exports the same to several nations including the USA, Europe and Japan. The first CCD outlet was opened on July 11, 1996, at Brigade Road, Bangalore, Karnataka.
Till September 2014, there are nearly 1640 outlets across 29 states of India. Cafe Coffee Day has also lately stepped outside India with its outlets in Karachi, Vienna, Dubai and Prague. At present, the firm is recognized for keeping the plantations, growing the coffee, manufacturing the coffee machines and even making the furniture for its outlets.
Louis Phillipe
This leading Indian brand of men's apparel that kicked off in 1989 is held by Madura Fashion and Lifestyle, a division of the Aditya Birla Group. The Aditya Birla group also holds various other clothing and lifestyle brands namely, Van Heusen, Allen Solly and Peter England. Presently, the Aditya Birla Group has a widespread network encompassing 700 high-class franchise outlets, several department chains and over 2000 best multi-brand business outlets, both within and outside India.
Royal Enfield:
This iconic Indian motorcycle manufacturing company is located in Chennai and is identified for its leading motorcycle Royal Enfield Bullet and various other mid-premium motorcycles with the distinguishing enormous engine sounds and high capacity engines, all over the world. The bikes manufactured inside the production units by this company are also exported to regions in Europe and the US.
Lakme
This popular Indian cosmetics brand is owned by Hindustan Unilever and operated by CEO Pushkaraj Shenai. It was launched as entirely subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills (Tomco), division of the Tata Group. The brand was named after the French form of Indian Goddess Lakshmi “Opera”, also well-known for her beauty.
In the year 1952, it was started excellently because the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was worried that Indian women were spending valuable foreign currency on beauty & wellness products, and personally suggested JRD Tata produce them in India. Simone Tata joined the corporation as director.
Lakme progressed its new business in the beauty & wellness market industry by setting up Lakme Beauty Salons all over India. The company is also the title sponsor for Lakme Fashion Week (LFW), a bi-annual fashion event which takes place in Mumbai.
Jaguar
It's a British multinational car manufacturer brand headquartered in Whitley, England is owned by the Indian company Tata Motors since 2008. On June 2, 2008, the sale to Tata was completed at a cost of 1.7 billion pounds. A new assembly plant was also opened at Pune in April 2011. Jaguar has, in recent years, manufactured cars for the British Prime Minister, the most recent delivery being an XJ in May 2010. The company also holds royal warrants from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles.
Allen Solly
Allen Solly describes their clothes as 'Friday dressing', or chic office wear. It is a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group and licensed under Madura Garments, so yeah, all those trousers, shirts and wallets are all made right here.
Da Milano
Despite its wholly Italian sounding name and the 'Italia' that underscores the top of its website, Da Milano is a totally Indian brand. They provide high-end leather accessories and home furnishings in India and abroad, and the name was chosen thanks to India's fascination with foreign-sounding products.
Franco Leone
The premium footwear brand with the Italian name (yet again) is actually based out of Delhi. It was actually owned by 2 Italians before it was bought by an Indian.
Peter England
One of the largest menswear brands in India, Peter England has a name so English it's almost as if you automatically grow a stiff upper lip. In reality, it is part of Madura Fashion & Lifestyle, a division of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.
Flying Machine
They might have an Italian designer named Chicco, but Flying Machine is completely Indian. In fact, it was India's first homegrown denim brand and was launched in 1980 by Arvind Lifestyle Brand Ltd.
Munich Polo
Munich Polo is a premium kids-wear brand with an obvious German heritage, right? Wrong. This is another one of those Indian brands who had to appeal to the Indian mindset of preferring European sounding names for their products.
La Opala
La Opala, who are some of the pioneers of high-end tableware, may have a French name, but their products, as well as the company itself, is wholly Indian. It's just that everything sounds better in French.
Monte Carlo
This leading clothing brand for men and women, with its notoriously famous sweaters, is another company with an Italian name chosen simply for the Indian customer base. They're actually a 100% Indian woollen wear brand from the Ludhiana-based Nahar Group.
AND Designs
Providing trendy threads not just in India but all over the world, And Design was founded by Anita Dongre, Meena Sehra and Mukesh Sawlani. It was established in 1995 and experiments with international styles and fashion.
Amrut Single Malt
Within a few years of its global launch, Amrut Single Malt was ranked the world's 3rd best single malt. If you think it's bottled in Europe however, think again, as this fine liquor is brewed and bottled at the Amrut distillery in our very own Bangalore.
East India Company
From its heyday as the most powerful ruler of the world, the East India Company is now, believe it or not, a high-end luxury goods provider that is owned by Bombay-born Sanjiv Mehta. Yup, we own a company that once owned our entire country.
HiDesign
The leather goods manufacturer is actually based in Pondicherry, India. Tamil Nadu's tanneries supply leather products and accessories to some of the biggest brands worldwide.
American Swan
American Swan is an online shopping site that sells jeans, jackets and a whole bunch of other fashion accessories. It's owned by The American Swan Lifestyle Company, but it's headquarters are in Gurgaon. They're also totally Indian.
