Adapting to Changing Client Needs, Peepul Consulting Launches a B2B Virtual Fashion & Accessories Showroom
Mumbai, December 2, 2020: Peepul Consulting, one of India’s premier, fashion PR & Brand Marketing agencies is pleased to announce the virtual launch of ‘Peepul Style’, the jewel in its crown. Having set up the in-house fashion showroom a decade ago, Peepul pioneered the ‘sourcing and styling’ service offering in the field of fashion PR in India. With this launch, the agency becomes the first fashion agency in the country to extend its styling and sourcing services into the digital realm.
Launched as a brick-and-mortar form in 2010, Peepul Style was patterned along the lines of international showrooms that accompany brands to amplify their new collection launches and position fashion classics for top-of-mind recall. At that time, Peepul Consulting was the only agency in the country that offered showroom space and a dedicated showroom team – with a specialised skill-set and well-established stylist and influencer relationships – to their fashion clients. The idea was to create a fashion and lifestyle hub, bringing the best of Peepul’s clients to buyers, editors and the fashion elite.
Over the years many of Peepul’s clients like, Tarun Tahiliani, Good Earth, AMPM, Lecoanet Hemant, Swarovski, OSAA, Tribe by Amrapali, Raniwala 1881, Raw Mango, Manish Malhotra, H&M, Onitsuka Tiger, Meesha Scarf, Shriya Som, Hidesign, Deepa Gurnani, Swarovski and HRX, amongst others have reaped the benefits of the Peepul Style showroom.
Fast forward 10-years and Peepul Consulting has tweaked this concept to adapt to and keep in sync with the times we now live in. On November 30, 2020, the agency launched the virtual avatar of Peepul Style (www.peepul-style.myshopify.com).
While the mission remains similar – to continue to be the go-to place to find new collections, latest trends, that help facilitate clients’ sales cycles through strong relationships with buyers and stylists – the venue is now online!
Speaking on the launch of the virtual showroom, Srimoyi Bhattacharya – Founder & Managing Director, Peepul Consulting says, “Sourcing for editorial shoots, for celebrity dressing and fashion influencers, is extremely important to our business as this part of our work drives direct sales for our clients. And now, with people wanting to dress up for online meetings and other digital interactions, we decided that the time to pivot to new realities was now. This was the main driving force behind setting up an automated online virtual sourcing showroom.”
Geographically agnostic and building on the foundation of its brick-and-mortar predecessor, Peepul’s virtual showroom aims to offer maximum flexibility and wide regional reach that clients will benefit from. Now, there is absolutely no need to stock an inventory of physical samples and clients can directly visualise complete transparency in terms of stock management and reporting. This is sure to be a boon to smaller home-grown brands and designers, whose nature of work does not allow for surfeit stocks by way of press samples.
Additionally, the model is relevant beyond ‘traditional’ fashion PR mandates and will allow the agency to offer a host of other B2C services, including online pop-ups, trunk shows, and the like in the course of the next 12-18 months.
Supported by the Shopify platform the virtual Peepul Style showroom, is super user-friendly is easily accessible with a few clicks and features all of the agency’s fashion and accessories brands that are available for sourcing inquiries.
