How to Build Saree Brand: Strategy, Systems, AI & Profit | Prasad Chalavadi | FO498 Raj Shamani

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies and insights on building a saree brand in India with guest Prasad Chalavadi.

To know more, check out: https://sskl.co.in/ https://kanchivml.com/ https://brandmandir.com/ Guest Suggestion Form: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://forms.gle/bnaeY3FpoFU9ZjA47⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Disclaimer: This video is intended solely for educational purposes and opinions shared by the guest are his personal views. We do not intent to defame or harm any person/ brand/ product/ country/ profession mentioned in the video. Our goal is to provide information to help audience make informed choices. The media used in this video are solely for informational purposes and belongs to their respective owners. (00:00) - Intro (02:46) - How can one build a saree business in India? (17:19) - What would 30 people in the backend do in a saree business? (21:14) - Was there a strategy behind targeting the middle class and upper middle class? (32:08) - Introducing international shopping experience to Indians (43:16) - How does he keep track of things happening in his store? (45:00) - One or two AI patterns that surprised him (50:51) - What's the biggest mistake he made and regrets? (58:08) - How does he beat giants like Tata & Reliance? (1:00:00) - Top 3 data points which are…

People in this episode

Host: Raj Shamani

Guest: Prasad Chalavadi

Topics covered

• saree business
• AI in retail
• Indian wedding economy
• inventory management
• targeting middle class
• Gen Z culture

Keywords

• saree brand
• business strategy
• AI patterns
• inventory management
• wedding economy
• Gen Z
• middle class market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tata, Reliance, sskl.co.in, kanchivml.com, brandmandir.com

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