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Abhishek

I lead women’s Indo-Western & Premium at Max Fashion. I also wrote the AI that runs the buying floor.

Rare profile. Category operator who ships production code.

Senior Buying Leader · Max Fashion Women’s Indo-Western & Premium · 530+ India stores NIFT ’12 · Twelve years on the floor

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abhishek@bengaluru ~ %

>role: senior buying lead

>dept: women’s indo-western + premium

>floor: 530+ stores india

Intel brief · 2026-08-01

The editor's brief. A decline in basket size of 0.7% suggests buyers should focus on optimizing product mixes to maximize sales, particularly with top searched items like sarees. This trend, combined with the current market conditions, indicates a need for strategic purchasing decisions to drive retail growth.

Basket: 26 names, average -0.7% on the day, 6 advancing, 20 declining.

Lead: India’s Textile Industry at a Crossroads: Sustainability, Fast Fashion and the Future of Traditional Crafts (Daily Pioneer)

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The West Asia Wake-up Call For India's $100 Bn Textile Exports Dream — BW Businessworld

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Biba Founder Meena Bindra, Lavanya Nalli Lead Fashion Power List — IndiaWest

NRF finds shoplifting stabilizing as online fraud grows — Retail Dive

12 Europe Fashion Trends That Haven’t Made It to the U.S. Yet, According to an American in Italy — Travel + Leisure

Amazon Prime Day details elusive as AWS takes centerstage — Retail Dive

Moves that day: LVMH +0.39% · Hermès -1.23% · Richemont -0.18% · Kering -2.22% · Burberry -0.54% · Inditex (Zara) -1.81% · H&M +0.17% · Fast Retailing (Uniqlo) -0.39%.

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