13 Brands You Always Thought Were Foreign But Are Actually Indian

2. 13 Brands
You Always
Thought Were Foreign
But Are Actually Indian

3. The Indian market for luxury goods might be
expanding massively, but predicting what the
buyers want is a very complex process, which is
why so many companies just decide to go with
something that sounds vaguely French or
Italian.
It's a well-known fact that despite the quality of
certain companies' products being far better,
their Indian names make them lose out on a lot
of potential customers. In fact, there's a whole
list of luxury brands that a lot of us think are
European but are actually as Indian as can be.

4. Chandon Wine
Chandon, owned by French specialists Moët
Hennessy, is no different from a lot of the other
foreign sparkling wines that you get in the
Indian market.
The main difference is that it is produced with
grapes grown barely a couple of hundred
kilometers outside of Mumbai.

6. Jaguar Cars
Contrary to what most people believe, Jaguar
cars are actually owned by Indians. Despite the
very British aura of the whole company, it is in
fact owned by Indian conglomerateTata.

8. HiDesign
The leather goods manufacturer is actually
based in Pondicherry, India.Tamil Nadu's
tanneries supply leather products and
accessories to some of the biggest brands
worldwide.

10. Allen Solly
Allen Solly describes their clothes as 'Friday
dressing', or chic office wear. It is a subsidiary of
the Aditya Birla Group and licensed under
Madura Garments, so yeah, all those trousers,
shirts and wallets are all made right here.

12. East India Company
From its heyday as the most powerful ruler of
the world, the East India Company is now,
believe it or not, a high-end luxury goods
provider that is owned by Bombay-born Sanjiv
Mehta.Yup, we own a company that once
owned our entire country.

14. Amrut Single Malt
Within a few years of its global launch, Amrut
Single Malt was ranked the world's 3rd best
single malt. If you think it's bottled in Europe
however, think again, as this fine liquor is
brewed and bottled at the Amrut distillery in
our very own Bangalore.

16. Da Milano
Despite its wholly Italian sounding name and
the 'Italia' that underscores the top of its
website, Da Milano is a totally Indian brand.
They provide high-end leather accessories and
home furnishings in India and abroad, and the
name was chosen thanks to India's fascination
with foreign sounding products.

18. Van Heusen
Van Heusen is a premium lifestyle and fashion
brand has a Dutch name, but that's about all
that's Dutch about it. It is owned by an
American company but t he brand operates
under license to Madura Fashion & Lifestyle in
India and South East Asia.

20. Peter England
One of the largest menswear brands in India,
Peter England has a name so English it's almost
as if you automatically grow a stiff upper lip. In
reality, It is part of Madura Fashion & Lifestyle,
a division of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.

22. Flying Machine
They might have an Italian designer named
Chicco, but Flying Machine is completely
Indian. In fact, it was India's first homegrown
denim brand and was launched in 1980 by
Arvind Lifestyle Brand Ltd

24. American Swan
American Swan is an online shopping site that
sells jeans, jackets and a whole bunch of other
fashion accessories. It's owned byThe
American Swan Lifestyle Company, but it's
headquarters are in Gurgaon.They're also
totally Indian.

26. Royal Enfield
Royal Enfield was once a British motorcycle
manufacturing company. However, it is now a
subsidiary of Eicher Motors Limited, an Indian
automaker with factories in Chennai.

28. And Designs
Providing trendy threads not just in India but all
over the world, And Design was founded by
Anita Dongre, Meena Sehra and Mukesh
Sawlani. It was established in 1995 and
experiments with international styles and
fashion.