R&B is a value-fashion chain belonging to Apparel Group, a privately held retailer in Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai; a group release records that it “was launched in Muscat Grand Mall, Oman, in October 2012”. In India the name is sold by the group’s own Mumbai companies, and this audit sets out which of them appears where.
On 29 September 2026 the Indian site, randbfashion.in, printed one group company in its terms, a second in its footer and a third on its returns page; on a large Indian fashion marketplace “R&B India Private Limited” sat on the “Manufactured By” line of every record opened, and the footer company was seller of record on all 20.
R&B is owned by Apparel Group of Dubai, a privately held group. The Indian site’s terms name “Rare & Basics India Pvt. Ltd.”; a register mirror carries that former name under Apparel Group Retail Private Limited; the marketplace pack prints “R&B India Private Limited”; and the seller of record on 20 of 20 records was Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands Private Limited. The first 40 listings’ median selling price was 83.0% of their median MRP; the site allows a 30-day return, no exchange and no stated warranty period.
Snapshot
- What it is
- A value-fashion retail chain of Apparel Group, Dubai, launched in Oman in October 2012; apparel, footwear, beauty, toys and accessories, per a group release of 22 May 2024
- Indian trade marks
- “R&b” device mark No. 4204235, class 25, “Registered” in the name “Major Brands”, valid to 12 June 2029 (register mirror, 29 September 2026)
- The company that signs
- Seller of record APPAREL GROUP GLOBAL FASHION BRANDS PRIVATE LIMITED, CIN U47710MH2026PTC468980, on 20 of 20 marketplace records; “Manufactured By” printed “R&B India Private Limited” on 20 of 20; importer blank on 11
- Declared origin
- “Country of Origin: India” on three randbfashion.in product pages; India on 20 of 20 marketplace records
- Returns and warranty
- Return request within 30 days of delivery on randbfashion.in, no exchange service; “R&B India abides by all statutory guarantee regulations”, no period stated
- Price band in India
- ₹299 to ₹999 MRP for men’s t-shirts and a shirt on randbfashion.in, read 29 September 2026; “priced from” ₹169 in an April 2024 store report
- The shelf
- 4,537 listings in the R&B filter on a large Indian fashion marketplace; median MRP ₹1,299 and median price ₹1,078 across the first 40 (83.0%), 26 reduced
- Stores
- 42 India entries among 171 in the group brand page’s store list on 29 September 2026, which prints no total; “165+ stores across 8 countries” in a company release of 20 August 2025
Who owns R&B
Apparel Group’s About page, read 29 September 2026, gives a founding year of 1996, “2,600+ stores”, “85+ international brands” and 14 countries; its footer prints “Copyright © 2026 | Powered by Apparel Group” and no legal entity name, registration number or jurisdiction. No accounts, revenue, profit or R&B segment figure appear in any document read. The group’s timeline records, under 2022, “Major Brands officially becomes Apparel Group India Pvt.Ltd.”.
- 1996Apparel Group founded
- 2001The company now named Apparel Group India Private Limited incorporated in Mumbai, 8 May; its former names include MAJOR BRANDS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
- 2012“R and B” marks filed 29 February; launched at Muscat Grand Mall in October, per a group release
- 2019“R&b” device mark No. 4204235 filed 12 June
- 2021Apparel Group Retail Private Limited, formerly RARE & BASICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, incorporated 6 March
- 2026APPAREL GROUP GLOBAL FASHION BRANDS PRIVATE LIMITED incorporated 28 February; seller on 20 of 20 marketplace records, 29 September
Six dated entries. The two name-change dates are not printed by the mirror.
| Date of statement | The group’s wording on store numbers | Document |
|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2023 | “over 97 stores across GCC & India”, seven countries | Festive-collection release |
| 18 October 2023 | “over 90 plus stores across 7 countries” and, on the same page, “Middle East & India – 123 Stores” | Mirdif flagship release |
| 22 May 2024 | “over 135” locations, eight countries; 200 more planned in the GCC and India by end-2025 | Expansion release |
| 9 November 2024 | “over 90 plus stores across 7 countries”; “on track to reaching 250 stores by end of 2025” | 29th UAE store release |
| 20 August 2025 | “165+ stores across 8 countries” | Mumbai store release, via PTI |
| 29 September 2026 | No total printed; the store list carries 171 entries, India 42, Saudi Arabia 50, UAE 32, Oman 15, Qatar 13, Bahrain 9, Kuwait 8, Jordan 1, Libya 1 | Group brand page, a count of listed entries |
Company statements as each release printed them. No document read says whether the 250-store target was met.
Every trade-mark reading here is from a register mirror, not the register itself, read 29 September 2026, with statuses as the mirror prints them.
| Application | Mark as printed | Class | Filed | Status as printed | Proprietor as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4204235 | “R&b” (device) | 25 | 12 June 2019 | “Registered”, valid to 12 June 2029 | “Major Brands”, 907 B, Mittal Commercia, Asanpada Road, Marol Naka, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400059 |
| 4204236 | “R&b” | 35 | 12 June 2019 | “Registered” | “Major Brands” |
| 5193558 | “R&b” | 35 | 29 October 2021 | “Registered” | “Major Brands” |
| 2291481 | “R and B” | 18 | 29 February 2012 | “Registered” | “Major Brands” |
QuickCompany, a register mirror, queries “r&b” and “r and b”, read 29 September 2026. The class-25 mark No. 4204235 claims use since 17 February 2012. No registered user is recorded on it.
A trade-mark entry records who holds the mark; it does not say who sells the goods. Here the mirror prints the proprietor as “Major Brands”, at B-907 Mittal Commercia, Mumbai. A Ministry of Consumer Affairs list carries importer registration “GOI/MH/2020/363” for “M/s Major Brands (India) Pvt. Ltd.” at the same B-907 unit, and the group’s timeline records that Major Brands became Apparel Group India Pvt. Ltd. in 2022.
How R&B reaches India
No franchisee, licensee or distributor is named in any document read; every release on an Indian store credits it to Apparel Group or Apparel Group India. The Gulf site, randbfashion.com, offers six country locales and no Indian one; the Indian shop, randbfashion.in, is named as the online channel in the Mumbai release of 20 August 2025, issued by Apparel Group India.
The Indian openings, as releases and trade press dated them: eight stores (23 May 2023); an 18th at HSR Layout, Bengaluru (6 February 2024); a 20th at Maninagar, Ahmedabad (4 April 2024), in a report naming “Apparel Group India Private Limited” as operator; a 26th and 27th, “in 11 Indian cities across six states” (9 June 2025); and Phoenix Marketcity, Mumbai (20 August 2025).
Three Mumbai companies carry the group’s name on a companies-register mirror, all “Active” on 29 September 2026.
| Company as the mirror prints it | CIN | Incorporated | Status | Registered office | Authorised / paid-up | Former names as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APPAREL GROUP INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED | U18101MH2001PTC131895 | 8 May 2001 | “Active” | 3rd Floor, Unit No 1, Raiaskaran Tech Park Tower 1, Phase II, Andheri Kurla Road, Marol, Mumbai 400072 | ₹35.00 crore / ₹25,86,58,470 | MAJOR BRANDS (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED; MAJOR BRANDS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, no date printed |
| APPAREL GROUP RETAIL PRIVATE LIMITED | U18100MH2021PTC356485 | 6 March 2021 | “Active” | 512, C Wing, 5th Floor, Mittal Commercia, Off Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai 400059 | ₹55.00 crore / ₹18.00 crore | RARE & BASICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, no date printed |
| APPAREL GROUP GLOBAL FASHION BRANDS PRIVATE LIMITED | U47710MH2026PTC468980 | 28 February 2026 | “Active” | 177/78, Shreenath Kripa, SV Road, Kandivali (W), Mumbai 400067 | ₹5.50 crore / ₹3.00 crore | None printed |
ZaubaCorp and Filesure, register mirrors, read 29 September 2026. The first two carry NIC code 1810. No turnover is carried on any page read.
The group’s corporate chain is set out on this site’s page on the group’s lingerie licence and is not repeated here. The sequence below is what this name adds.
- Apparel Group, DubaiThe owner; private; no legal entity printed on its site
- “Major Brands”Proprietor of the registered class-25 device mark (register mirror)
- Apparel Group India Private LimitedOperator of the 20th store per April 2024 trade press
- randbfashion.inTerms: “Rare & Basics India Pvt. Ltd.”; footer: “Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands Pvt Ltd”; returns: “Apparel Group Retail Private Limited”
- The marketplace listingSeller APPAREL GROUP GLOBAL FASHION BRANDS PRIVATE LIMITED, 20 of 20; “Manufactured By” “R&B India Private Limited”, 20 of 20
R&B on the shelf
On a large Indian fashion marketplace on 29 September 2026 a search for “r&b” offered an R&B brand filter holding 4,537 listings; a separate facet, R B SAREE HOUSE, held 167. The filter ran to 40 categories, led by Tshirts 1,481, Shirts 406, Dresses 372, Sweatshirts 359, Trousers 341, Kurtas 308 and Tops 275.
The first 40 in the filter’s own order had a median MRP of ₹1,299 and a median selling price of ₹1,078, 83.0% of MRP, with 26 of the 40 below their MRP. Behind the Tshirts filter, 30 listings had a median MRP of ₹699 and a median price of ₹580, again 83.0%, 23 reduced; behind Dresses, 30 ran ₹1,299 against ₹929, 71.5%, 18 reduced. Among ten brand filters read on that marketplace the same day, R&B’s 83.0% was the largest share of MRP and its 26 of 40 the fewest reductions. That is one shelf on one day.
Twenty of the 40 were opened for the declaration beside the buy button. A listing’s declaration prints the country of origin, an importer where there is one, and a “Manufactured By” line naming the party declared answerable for the garment under Indian packaging rules, not the room where it was sewn. All 20 named as seller APPAREL GROUP GLOBAL FASHION BRANDS PRIVATE LIMITED. The manufacturer field read “R&B India Private Limited, Raiskaran Tech Park Third Floor, Unit No.1, Tower I, …” on 18 and “R&B India Private Limited, Mittal Commercia, Maharashtra, Mumbai – 400059” on 2. The importer field was blank on 11 and repeated the Raiskaran string on 9. Origin read India on 20 of 20.
“R&B India Private Limited” is printed here as the listing prints it. The Raiskaran Tech Park address on that line is the one the register mirror gives as the registered office of Apparel Group India Private Limited.
Where R&B is made
No document read names a factory, a contract maker, a supplier count or a country share for R&B. What is printed is the origin line: “Country of Origin: India” on all three randbfashion.in product pages read on 29 September 2026. The product pages print “Machine Wash” and one fabric word, “Cotton” or “Blended”, with no percentage, no GSM and no certifier.
Both operating Mumbai companies carry NIC code 1810 on the register mirror, “Manufacture of wearing apparel, except fur apparel”, covering “both regular and contract activities”; that is a register classification, not a statement that either runs a plant. The brand’s own Indian product pages read print no “manufactured by” line, so the only manufacturer declaration here is the marketplace one.
Three names on one Indian site
Every page below was read on 29 September 2026.
| Page on randbfashion.in | Company named, verbatim | Where on the page |
|---|---|---|
| Home, Shipping Information, Privacy | “Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands Pvt Ltd” | Copyright line |
| Terms and Conditions | “Rare & Basics India Pvt. Ltd. Registered office: Raiaskaran Tech Park, 3rd Floor, Unit No.1, Tower I, Phase II, Andheri – Kurla Rd, Marol, Mumbai … 400072” | Operator clause; the same page’s copyright line reads “Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands Pvt Ltd” |
| Return & Exchange Policy, Contact Us | “Copyright © 2024 Apparel Group Retail Private Limited. All rights reserved.” | Copyright line |
The register mirror links two of them: RARE & BASICS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED is the former name it prints for Apparel Group Retail Private Limited. The footer company, Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands Private Limited, incorporated on 28 February 2026, is the seller of record on the marketplace.
Returns, warranty and who answers
If there are defects in the goods you have purchased, R&B India abides by all statutory guarantee regulations.
randbfashion.in, Terms and Conditions, read 29 September 2026.
The terms give no warranty period or claims process beyond that sentence. The returns page allows a return request registered within 30 days of delivery, goods unused with labels and tags attached, and a refund “to the card originally used” within 30 days of the return being received. Swimwear, underwear, pierced earrings and cosmetics are excluded “due to hygiene reasons”. The page states “We don’t currently offer an exchange service”, so a wrong size means a return and a fresh order.
The contact points printed are customer.care@randbfashion.in and 1800-833-5350. The returns page’s copyright line names Apparel Group Retail Private Limited.
What R&B costs in India
This audit sets no Gulf price beside the Indian one. The Gulf site carries category pages titled “Under 25 AED”, “Men Under 50 AED” and “20 AED”; the only AED prices in a company document read are for school bags in an August 2024 release, such as “backpacks at AED 65”. No exchange rate is applied.
| randbfashion.in product | Style code | MRP | Product page price | Category page price, same day | Fabric as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&B Grey Men Solid Short Sleeves Tshirt | 326-0721MN010-8DARK GREY | ₹799 | ₹719 | ₹599, “25% off” | “Blended” |
| R&B Beige Solid Mens Short Sleeves T-Shirt | 126-0003MN004-2_BEIGE | ₹699 | ₹594 | ₹524 | “Cotton” |
| R&B Men Off White Textured Resort Collar Short Sleeves Relaxed Fit Shirt | 525-0833MN003-2IVORY | ₹999 | ₹649, “35% off” | Not read | “Cotton” |
All read 29 September 2026. The men’s t-shirt category page also listed printed tees at ₹299 MRP and ₹224, and a navy stripe at ₹699 and ₹524.
Two styles carried a lower selling price on the category page than on their own product page the same day, ₹599 against ₹719 and ₹524 against ₹594; both are printed and neither is called the price. No product was found on both the Gulf and Indian sites under one style code, so the like-for-like comparison cannot be closed here.
The marketplace median MRP, ₹1,299 across the first 40, sits above every MRP read on the brand’s own men’s pages. This site’s audits of Westside and Reliance Trends price other chains to read it against; for the ₹299 printed tee there is the Bewakoof audit, and for the 308 kurtas in the filter, Biba’s audit.
Checking an R&B is genuine
The checks below rest on what the listings and the brand’s own site print.
Read the seller of record
APPAREL GROUP GLOBAL FASHION BRANDS PRIVATE LIMITED stood behind the buy button on all 20 marketplace records examined on 29 September 2026. A different seller is a question to put to that seller first.
Read the address on the pack
The manufacturer line read “R&B India Private Limited” at Raiskaran Tech Park on 18 of 20 and at Mittal Commercia on 2.
Match the style code
randbfashion.in prints a style code on each product page read, such as 126-0003MN004-2_BEIGE. No document read says whether the garment label carries that code, so compare any code a listing prints with the one on the brand’s own site.
Compare MRPs, not discounts
The brand’s own site printed two selling prices for one t-shirt on one day. The MRP, ₹699 for that beige cotton tee, is the figure to check a listing against.
The record in India
The dated record here is the registers’: three Mumbai companies “Active” on 29 September 2026, the class-25 device mark “Registered” to 12 June 2029, and the registered marks in the table above, as the mirror prints them.
Who R&B is actually for
R&B suits a buyer who wants a t-shirt or shirt at ₹299 to ₹999 MRP, or a dress from a filter whose median MRP was ₹1,299, from a chain whose marketplace seller carries the owner’s group name and whose site gives 30 days to return. It suits less well anyone who wants an exchange, a stated warranty period or a price further below MRP than the shelf’s median 83.0% share on the day read.
Common questions
Who owns R&B?
Apparel Group of Dubai, a privately held retailer founded in 1996 and headquartered in Jebel Ali Free Zone. On a register mirror, the registered Indian class-25 device mark is in the name “Major Brands”, at a Mittal Commercia address in Mumbai.
Is R&B an Indian brand?
No. A group release records that R&B “was launched in Muscat Grand Mall, Oman, in October 2012”, and the group calls it a “homegrown” retailer of the GCC. The goods sold in India declared India as country of origin on all 20 marketplace records and all three own-site product pages read on 29 September 2026.
Which company sells R&B in India?
On the marketplace, Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands Private Limited was seller of record on 20 of 20 records read. The Indian site names that company in its footer, “Rare & Basics India Pvt. Ltd.” in its terms and Apparel Group Retail Private Limited on its returns page; a register mirror records Rare & Basics as the former name of Apparel Group Retail.
Does R&B offer exchanges or a warranty in India?
The returns page reads “We don’t currently offer an exchange service”; returns must be requested within 30 days of delivery and card payments are refunded “to the card originally used”. The terms say “R&B India abides by all statutory guarantee regulations” and give no warranty period.
What does R&B cost in India?
On randbfashion.in on 29 September 2026, men’s t-shirts carried MRPs of ₹299 to ₹799 and a resort shirt ₹999, with selling prices from ₹224 to ₹719. On a large Indian fashion marketplace the first 40 listings had a median MRP of ₹1,299 and sold at a median ₹1,078.
References
- Apparel Group, R&B brand page — “most popular homegrown fashion retailer”, store list with 171 entries and 42 in India, footer; read 29 September 2026
- Apparel Group, About us — founding year, Jebel Ali Free Zone, store, brand, country and staff figures, the 2022 timeline entry on Apparel Group India; read 29 September 2026
- Group release carried by Zawya — launch at Muscat Grand Mall in October 2012, “AppCorp Holding”; undated on the page, read 29 September 2026
- Apparel Group release, 7 April 2023 — “over 97 stores across GCC & India”; read 29 September 2026
- Apparel Group release, 18 October 2023 — the two store figures on one page; read 29 September 2026
- Apparel Group release, 22 May 2024 — “over 135” locations, “large-format family fashion destination”, the 200-store plan; read 29 September 2026
- Apparel Group release, August 2024 — AED prices for school bags, “over 135 plus stores across 7 countries”; read 29 September 2026
- Apparel Group release, 9 November 2024 — “over 90 plus stores across 7 countries”, the 250-store target; read 29 September 2026
- IndiaRetailing, 23 May 2023 — eight Indian stores, 20 more planned; headline and standfirst read 29 September 2026
- IndiaRetailing, 6 February 2024 — 18th Indian store, HSR Layout; headline and standfirst read 29 September 2026
- FashionNetwork India, 4 April 2024 — 20th store, “Apparel Group India Private Limited” as operator, “priced from” ₹169; read 29 September 2026
- Indian Retailer, 7 June 2024 — 22nd store, Palarivattom, Kochi; read 29 September 2026
- FashionNetwork India, 9 June 2025 — 26th and 27th stores, “11 Indian cities across six states”; read 29 September 2026
- Company release via PTI, 20 August 2025 and the same release on The Tribune — Phoenix Marketcity Mumbai, “165+ stores across 8 countries”, randbfashion.in as online channel, issued by Apparel Group India; read 29 September 2026
- ZaubaCorp, Apparel Group India Private Limited, Apparel Group Retail Private Limited and Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands Private Limited, register mirror — CINs, statuses, incorporation dates, registered offices, capital, NIC codes, former names; read 29 September 2026
- Filesure, Apparel Group India Private Limited — former name and capital, a second mirror; read 29 September 2026
- Ministry of Consumer Affairs, registration certificates — importer registration “GOI/MH/2020/363” for “M/s Major Brands (India) Pvt. Ltd.”; read 29 September 2026
- QuickCompany, a register mirror, query “r&b”, query “r and b” and No. 4204235 — marks, classes, filing dates, statuses and proprietors as printed; read 29 September 2026
- randbfashion.in home, Terms and Conditions, Shipping Information, Privacy, Return & Exchange Policy and Contact Us — the three company names, the guarantee sentence, returns terms, shipping charges, contact points; read 29 September 2026
- randbfashion.in, grey solid t-shirt, beige solid t-shirt, off-white resort shirt and the men’s t-shirt category page — MRPs, selling prices, fabric words, origin, style codes; read 29 September 2026
- randbfashion.com, style 326-1-MW0405-14_Ink and style 226-1-MW101-8_Black — Gulf product pages and style codes; read 29 September 2026
- A large Indian fashion marketplace, search “r&b” with the R&B brand filter, read 29 September 2026 — 4,537 listings, category tally, 40-listing and 30-listing medians, 20 declarations for seller of record, manufacturer, importer and origin
R&B is easy to price. The owner is a private Dubai group, and its Indian shop and listings name several of the group’s Mumbai companies, with Apparel Group Global Fashion Brands as seller of record on every marketplace record read.
The goods declare India on every record read, the marketplace seller was one group company on all 20, and a men’s tee is ₹299 to ₹799 MRP on the brand’s own site. Against that, the site offers no exchange, and its terms state no warranty period beyond the statutory position.
A ₹699 t-shirt from a group company you can name, sold near its MRP, with a 30-day return and statutory rights behind it.
