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<keyword id="6358070" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mumbai" source="Orion">Mumbai</keyword>, the bustling metropolis of India, is a city of contrasts where tradition and modernity seamlessly blend. Amidst its towering skyscrapers and vibrant street life, Mumbai hosts a treasure trove of markets that offer an authentic glimpse into its culture, flavors, and craftsmanship. In this article, we'll take you on a journey through Mumbai's popular markets, shedding light on why they are essential stops for every traveler seeking a unique shopping experience. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Colaba Causeway: Where History Meets Style" comment="subhead" text="Colaba Causeway: Where History Meets Style"><keyword id="1220302" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Colaba-Causeway" source="Orion">Colaba Causeway</keyword>: Where History Meets Style</cmsannotation> Colaba Causeway's colorful stalls offer a variety of goods. Colaba Causeway is an iconic street market where history, fashion, and heritage converge. With its kaleidoscope of stalls, you can find everything from chic clothing and accessories to vintage curios and traditional artifacts. This market is not just about shopping; it's an exploration of Mumbai's multifaceted character. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Crawford Market: A Sensory Extravaganza" comment="subhead" text="Crawford Market: A Sensory Extravaganza">Crawford Market: A Sensory Extravaganza</cmsannotation> Crawford Market is a bustling hub of fresh produce and vibrant colors. Crawford Market, now officially known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai, is a sensory delight. Here, you'll find a vibrant array of fresh fruits, vegetables, spices, and even pets. The market's Indo-Saracenic architecture adds to the charm, making it a must-visit for those looking to experience Mumbai's local flavors. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Linking Road: Fashionista's Paradise" comment="subhead" text="Linking Road: Fashionista's Paradise">Linking Road: Fashionista's Paradise</cmsannotation> Linking Road offers trendy fashion finds and street shopping. For the fashion-conscious traveler, Linking Road is a paradise. This street shopping destination is known for its budget-friendly options, where you can snag the latest trends, accessories, and footwear at a fraction of the cost. Explore the vibrant stalls and negotiate for the best deals on stylish finds. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Chor Bazaar: Treasure Trove of Antique" comment="subhead" text="Chor Bazaar: Treasure Trove of Antique">Chor Bazaar: Treasure Trove of Antique</cmsannotation>s Chor Bazaar is a haven for antique enthusiasts and vintage collectors. Chor Bazaar, often referred to as the "Thieves Market," is a treasure trove for antique lovers. Here, you can discover a range of vintage items, from retro furniture and old coins to vintage cameras and eccentric curiosities. A visit to Chor Bazaar is a step back in time and a journey into Mumbai's history. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Zaveri Bazaar: Glittering Gems and Jewelry" comment="subhead" text="Zaveri Bazaar: Glittering Gems and Jewelry">Zaveri Bazaar: Glittering Gems and Jewelry</cmsannotation> Zaveri Bazaar is renowned for its exquisite collection of jewelry. Zaveri Bazaar is a dazzling hub for all things gold, silver, and gemstone. Whether you're looking for traditional Indian jewelry or contemporary designs, this market offers a wide range of options to suit every taste. Dive into the world of precious metals and sparkling gems at Zaveri Bazaar. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Why You Must Visit These Markets" comment="subhead" text="Why You Must Visit These Markets">Why You Must Visit These Markets</cmsannotation> Mumbai's markets offer a blend of tradition, variety, and authenticity. Cultural Experience: Exploring these markets lets you immerse yourself in Mumbai's local culture, showcasing its rich heritage and dynamic lifestyle. Unique Souvenirs: These markets offer a plethora of souvenirs, from traditional artifacts to fashionable finds, ensuring you take a piece of Mumbai home with you. Diverse Range: Whether you're seeking clothing, jewelry, spices, or antiques, Mumbai's markets cater to a wide spectrum of interests and preferences. Local Interactions: Engaging with local vendors allows you to connect with the city's people, fostering genuine experiences and connections. Budget-Friendly Shopping: Whether you're a savvy shopper or looking for luxury, Mumbai's markets accommodate various budgets, ensuring a rewarding shopping experience for all. Mumbai's markets offer a unique blend of shopping and cultural immersion. Mumbai's markets are not just places to shop—they're portals into the city's vibrant tapestry. Exploring these markets lets you connect with Mumbai's heart and soul, offering you a glimpse of its traditions, creativity, and warmth. Make sure to include these market adventures in your Mumbai itinerary and experience the city's market magic firsthand. Note: The article is based on content generated by AI models like Bard and Chatgpt. <h3>SEE ALSO:</h3><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/travel/india/places-to-visit-near-mumbai-for-a-perfect-getaway/articleshow/101021302.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink" target="_blank">Best places to visit near Mumbai for a perfect getaway</a>

Exploring Mumbai's vibrant markets: A shopper's guide to must-visit bazaars

<ul><li>Shopping malls attract top-end and international retailers but high streets rank better when it comes to cost and efficiency. </li><li>High streets have built a large base of loyal customers over time, and also attract more serious shoppers rather than the ‘popcorn crowd’ of the malls. </li><li>While high streets tend to house more mom-and-pop stores and Indian retailers, Brigade Road, Indiranagar, Colaba Causeway, Connaught Place and Khan Market are exceptions. </li></ul>India’s bazaars and markets that have existed for decades have survived the closures of the pandemic, the rise of e-commerce and also the glitter of large shopping malls. These shopping streets or highstreets as a <keyword id="6363605" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="knight-frank" source="Orion">Knight Frank</keyword> report calls them, are spread across 13.2 million square feet across 4,875 retail stores in India’s top eight markets. The report also estimates potential consumption in high streets to touch nearly $2 billion in FY24. Shopping malls have long overtaken high streets in terms of volume and modern retail, which is high-end branded stores. The total modern retail arena stock on Indian high streets is merely 6% of the shopping malls’ gross leasable space across the top eight markets. But high streets rank higher where it counts — efficiency. “In terms of efficiency, high streets offer 100% efficiency due to low maintenance costs, whereas in the case of shopping malls, the efficiency can range anywhere between 50-60% depending on the grade of the shopping mall. This is largely due to high maintenance costs for common areas, central air conditioning and escalators,” the Knight Frank report said. High streets on revival mode In addition to the charm and being situated in popular locations, high streets are also evolving from their dusty avatars, which will only increase their footfalls even as they cater to the loyal customer base that they have built over the years. “As cities in India are modernising, we see many high streets in the country reviving as facilities like access, parking, store visibility etc. have improved. Our estimations say that the average per square metre revenues of high streets will be significantly higher than those of malls in FY 2023–24,” said Shishir Baijal, chairman and managing director at Knight Frank India. The potential consumption in FY24 for shopping malls as per Knight Frank is at $1,273 per square feet per annum. For high streets, it’s estimated at $4,099 per square feet per annum. Popcorn crowd vs serious shoppers Unlike malls with a lot of tenants that offer entertainment options like movie theatres, game zones and more, high streets also bring in serious shoppers. It’s evident from the fact that most jewellers who can afford high rentals, choose to stay away from malls. “Jewellery in particular, is not an instant-decision product and many jewellers, despite having the financial wherewithal to expand in malls, refrain from malls and prefer high street retailing in India as they want to stay away from the ‘popcorn crowd’ of shopping malls,” the report said. High streets tend to attract more non-modern retailers or mom-and-pop stores and Indian retailers. Modern and international retailers are skewed towards malls. The high streets across the top 8 cities have an average of 44% modern retailers and 56% non-modern retail arenas. “Most international retailers, especially in apparel, home décor and food and beverage categories, require multi-floor or contiguous retail spaces for their stores to display merchandise or offer an experiential feast to customers, which is hard to find in high streets,” Knight Frank said. India’s best high streets A few high streets like Brigade Road and Indiranagar in Bangalore; Colaba Causeway in Mumbai, Connaught Place and Khan Market in NCR, which have seen mega retailer expansion and early advent of modern retail have managed to attract top-end Indian and international brands. “These high streets are famous for their mix of regional and international showrooms and have a loyal customer base. In these three cities, the real estate footprint of international origin brands ranges between 13-15%, which is much higher compared to the other cities,” the report said. Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar too has both non-modern and modern retailers operating head-to-head in what is regarded as one of the most prominent wedding shopping destinations in the country. Each city’s high streets have a mix of different retailers. Bangalore has a high concentration of food and beverage retailers with breweries, drinking holes and more. In fact, four of the top 10 high streets are in the city, and the city has the highest mix of modern retailers. Chennai, on the other hand, is skewed towards regional and Indian giants, so are other South markets. Mumbai’s high streets, on the other hand, have prohibitively high rentals, and most of its older retailers in prime locations tend to own their properties, which aids convenient retail businesses. While none of Ahmedabad’s high streets feature in the top 10 list compiled by Knight Frank, the city’s SG Highway has the highest spending quotient amongst the 30 high streets.

India’s high streets score over shopping malls with charm, cost benefits & more

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Look. I know <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=startups&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">startups</a> are the flavour of the season what with everyone realising how they’re meant to start their own company and not sit behind a desk all day ranting about the weather, traffic and <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword> (like I’m doing here) but it’s time we accept that enough is enough, all right? 
 
Not every idea you have while you’re showering is worth turning into a living breathing company and through this article I intend to highlight just that. 
 
Granted, we have become slaves to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=technology&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">technology </a>which when combined with our already acute laziness creates an attraction so fatal that we become paralysed to our bed and download <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=apps&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">apps</a> that can do anything and everything that we could’ve done in the first place had we just moved an inch. 
 
So, we download <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=grofers&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Grofers </a>(RIP <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=peppertap&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">PepperTap</a>) and order our groceries home instead of going to the supermarket like a normal person and smelling our watermelons as we buy them (wait, is that normal? ) or use <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=urbanclap&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">UrbanClap</a> to find ourselves an electrician or plumber instead of running around the entire colony asking for leads. 
 
Okay, I might’ve exaggerated a bit in that last paragraph. Sure, some start-ups and their apps actually make lives easier for us, especially like the time I got watermelons delivered home through Grofers and didn’t have to smell them before buying. 
 
Having said that, I would also like to address the fact that shit has hit the roof when it comes to the frequency of start-ups popping up every other day; I bet, there’s a new startup in Bangalore after every five minutes. Or seconds. I’m not sure. 
 
Apart from the fact that most of the existing start-ups are just copies of some other startup and very rarely have any distinguishing factor, there is also a fraction of start-ups that are just plain ridiculous and if I had my way, (which I don’t) they wouldn’t exist. We can't afford to be this lazy, seriously. 
 
And, hence, here’s presenting to you a list (are you surprised?) of five startups that are basically ridiculous ideas. 
 
 
 
 
1. <keyword id="3356600" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="bookmybindi">Bookmybindi</keyword>: <a href="http://www.bookmybindi.com/">Bookmybindi.com</a> claims to be the world’s first bindi portal which aims to celebrate the bindi. The founders claim that they have designs to match seasons, festivals, moods for ladies, children and even (wait for it)‘tikkas’ for the metrosexual male. One can either customise their bindis with their pre-designed options or choose from their Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond collections. Incase, I haven’t mentioned the bindis in question, are expensive as hell. 
 
Remember the days when all you had to do is use your legs and go to your neighbourhood cosmetic store to get a packet of bindis for just 20 rupees and didn’t even in your wildest dream think that it was plausible or possible to have a website dedicated entirely to booking bindis that cost Rs 4999? Good times. 
 
 
 
 
2. Bookmysmoke: Another winner when it comes to appropriate naming, <a href="http://bookmysmoke.com/">Bookmysmoke</a> is a friendly website that encourages your hookah addiction by letting you hire shisha by the hour and even goes as far as delivering it to your house. The good folks that they are, they also throw in extra magic coals and additional flavoured chillam for a price. 
 
Wait, are you waiting for me to explicitly point out how ridiculous this is? Does Colaba Causeway not exist? Exactly how urban poor are you that you cannot just go and buy one instead of having to rent it? God alone knows how many mouths these shishas have seen. 
 
 
 
 
3. <a href="http://www.bookmyballoons.in/">Bookmyballoons</a>: This website lets you book helium balloons online and will also deliver the same to your homes. Additionally, they also boast of any other party supplies and packages you might need for any celebration, including a three hour face painting package. It costs only Rs 2,500. No big deal. 
 
P.S- These people know right that shops are not a myth and actually exist? And, on most days they do have balloons? Just thought I’d check. 
 
 
 
 
4. <a href="http://www.bookmypandit.co.in/">Bookmypandit</a>: Someone please make me understand why would one need to open their laptop or computer (incase they’re urban poor), log in to the internet and feel compelled to book a pandit for a puja online when India is made up of 90% temples (only trying to make my point) which already have pandits in abundance? How about you take a walk to your neighbourhood temple and find a pandit yourself? 
 
They also have an E-Puja option. Is that a thing now? What is an E-Puja? I’m angry now. 
 
 
 
 
5. <keyword id="3356596" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Evokio">Evokio</keyword>: <a href="http://evokio.com/">Evokio</a> is India’s first of a kind subscription based weekly service that will organise/fold your laundry and dry-cleaning, do house-cleaning, household shopping for groceries and other chores for a price. Basically, they ‘re open to doing anything and everything you ask them to do- right from cheque drop-offs, bill payments or sending flowers/gifts to your loved ones. (Because nothing says I love you more than buying flowers/gifts for your loved one but being lazy enough to not give it to them on our own) 
 
This is heights of laziness. If you can’t fold your own clothes, the earth can’t stand you being a human. Sorry. 
 
To conclude, here's some food for thought- These services exist only because there's a need in the market. And, we're the ones creating that need with our laziness. Let today be the day you step out of your home and do one thing without relying on the internet or apps. All the best!

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