Timex Plans To Time India

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After reaching the magical number of 100, Timex Group wants more. The target is to open 40 more ‘Time Factory’ stores during the next 12 months. With the addition of these new outlets, the count will go up to 140 stores.

The ‘Time Factory’ is a one-stop destination watch store for mid-priced and premium international brands. According to Timex Group India MD V D Wadhwa the company, a subsidiary of the US-based global watch maker Timex Group, opened 32 such stores in India during 2011 making a turnover of Rs 175 crores in fiscal 2010-11.

Timex has extended its portfolio to seven brands in India within a short period of two years. Now it includes the mother brand Timex, Salvatore Ferragamo, Marc Ecko, Versace, Nautica, Tarun Tahiliani and Helix. Plans are to expand its retail base across the country along with bringing in a host of international brands within the premium and luxury segments in the country.

Team GB Reveals Formal-Wear

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Team GB’s wear for formal events at London 2012 has been unveiled by high street retailer Next. The colour code for men’s suit and women’s dress, which will be worn by more than 1,000 Olympians and Paraympians at the July 27 Opening Ceremony, at sponsorship events, and at an official meeting with the Queen, has been kept navy blue.

The smart wear has been created in 66 different sizes. The men’s suit consists of a navy three-piece suit which has been lined with “breathable” mesh panels. The women attire will be a sleeveless cowl neck dress featuring a laser-cut Union Jack on the bodice, which will be teamed with low court shoes. Finishing off the designs Next has stitched onto the underside of the collars and engraved onto buttons the team GB motto: “Better Never Stops”.

A replica line of the uniform including the men’s suit and the Union Jack embellished clutch that the women will carry will be available from Next and has been priced at £220 and £25 respectively. Also as part of the sponsorship deal, Next will also be providing uniforms for 4,500 technical officials and suits for organisers.

Heidi Klum bares all in nude shoot for make-up campaign

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After being the face of cosmetics brand Astor for more than two years, Heidi Klum has now become the body. The supermodel has bared it all for a sultry campaign for the company, in which she can be seen lying in a seductive pose, wearing nothing but body paint. The 38-year-old star certainly hasn’t been shy of showing off her body since her break up from her singer huband, Seal.

In an accompanying interview with the publication, Heidi opened up about her split from the Kiss From A Rose singer, describing the end of her marriage as a ‘curveball.’ The pair split in January after seven years of marriage and Heidi is still figuring out how to adjust to the changes in her life. The star who raises children Leni, seven, Henry, six, Johan, five, and two-year-old Lou with Seal added that she doesn’t feel any resent about the split.