The branded clothing business, largely headquartered here.
Mumbai was built on cotton. The mills that gave the city its shape are mostly gone, but the trade they created remains — the cloth markets at Kalbadevi, the branded apparel companies headquartered here, and the powerloom and warehousing belt at Bhiwandi that feeds them.
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Hindmata and Dadar
Raymond, founded in 1925 as the Raymond Woollen Mill at Thane and built by the Singhania family, is the largest maker of worsted suiting fabric in the world, headquartered at Plantation House, Pokhran Road, Thane; its Th
Hindmata and Dadar
Siyaram’s, founded in 1978 by the Poddar family and headquartered at B-5 Trade World, Kamala Mills, Lower Parel, is one of the largest makers of blended suiting and shirting fabric in India, with its mills at Tarapur and
Hindmata and Dadar
Arvind, the Lalbhai group’s Ahmedabad company founded in 1931, is the largest denim maker in India and a large shirting and suiting supplier; its fabric is sold through mill-agent outlets at Hindmata and Dadar, and Arvin
Lower Parel and Parel
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, headquartered at Piramal Agastya Corporate Park, Kurla, is the largest branded-apparel company in India with Louis Philippe, Van Heusen, Allen Solly, Peter England, Pantaloons and the Sab
Lower Parel and Parel
Trent, the Tata group’s retail company headquartered at Bombay House, Fort, runs Westside, Zudio and Star Bazaar; Zudio’s value fashion made Trent one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country in the 2020s, and it
Lower Parel and Parel
Shoppers Stop, founded in 1991 by the Raheja group with its first store at Andheri, is the oldest department store chain in India, headquartered at Umang Tower, Malad West, and listed on the exchanges.
Lower Parel and Parel
Page Industries, the Bengaluru licensee of Jockey and Speedo for India, is listed on the Mumbai exchanges and one of the most valued apparel companies in the country.
Hindmata and Dadar
Kala Niketan, founded in 1950, is a Mumbai saree house with showrooms at Dadar and Marine Lines, known for silk and bridal sarees and for its film-star clientele of the 1960s and 70s.
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