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Close at heels of the launch of ‘Reliance Fresh’ in Hyderabad, the Rs. 300 crore Health and Happiness company ‘Heritage Foods will  launch its pilot stores in Hyderabad.
“We are in advanced stage of launching the pilot store in Hyderabad in the second fortnight of November,” Mr V. Nagaraja Naidu, Managing Director of Heritage Foods (India) […]

Has it ever occurred to you that the shopping cart in which you carry food, handbag and your toddler may be teeming with bacteria and viruses like E.coli, staphylococcus, salmonella and influenza?
Consider the handle. It’s been touched by untold numbers of hands that have changed diapers, mopped up runny noses, picked up packages of raw […]

Aer Rianta International, a subsidiary of Dublin Airport Authority, acknowledged and respected as one of the world’s leading airport retailing specialists, with modern retail centres at major airports in Europe, Eastern Europe, North America and the Middle East and known for its world class international capability in a tie up with Flamingo India- a major […]

Plaza Centers, a subsidiary of the Israel based Elbit Medical Imaging, which has recently raised 230 million Euros on the London Stock Exchange, now eying the Indian subcontinent as its next region for growth, in the coming years is planning to invest USD 200 million in India to build shopping centers according to  a […]

India can attain a sustained economic growth of nine to 10 per cent over the next seven to 10 years with right fiscal discipline, said P.C.Chidambaram, Finance Minister, speaking to a select audience of investors and analysts in New York.
The growth rate could even cross 10 per cent with good monsoon coupled with “right policies, […]

Reliance made its formal foray into retail with the unveiling of “Reliance Fresh” in Hyderabad. Though, Nita Ambani is reported to have visited Hyderabad two days ago to check last minute details, today’s launch was low key as none of the Ambani family members or its top brass, except Reliance Retail’s Food Biz President […]

One of our readers Rajeev, has sent an interesting reference on safety in shopping malls. Although, we are relatively new to mall culture, we would soon be witnessing such problems in India. In coming days, we will follow up this article with tips on how to keep the malls safe? –’Thanks, Rajeev.

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Kolkatans can now eat to their hearts’ content at Haldiram Food City, the country’s first food mall. The 60,000 sq. ft., Rs. 8 crore, glass-fronted five-storied mall structure, designed by The Design Cell, has been promoted by the famous house of Haldirams, reports Business India.
Like the huge Haldiram’s outlet in Gurgaon on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, […]

Beginning 2007, Dubai-based Chhabria controlled Jumbo electronics, will set up 80 cosumer durables’ stores across the country. All the stores, beginning with Delhi, will become operational within the next two years, reports Financial Express. The group has similar retail chains in Dubai and other Middle East countries.
The $1.5 billion Jumbo group is in talks […]

Subhash Chandra-owned Essel (Zee TV) group, will invest $ 40 million to set up 60 “Gavel Fashion” stores in the niche apparel and fashion accessories retail segment in the next three years, reports Financial Express.
The company is planning to achieve a turnover of Rs 300 crore in the next three years, providing “value […]