IndiaRetailBiz

S Kumars Nationwide Ltd (SKNL), among the leading retailers of premium quality apparel in the country, according to plans announced earlier, has demerged its retail business into Brandhouse Retails Ltd (BHRL).
The move is aimed at placing focus on retail business, as Brandhouse Retails, which currently operates about 200 exclusive brand outlets, […]

The Retailers Association of India (RAI) has decided to conduct a competitive test called Common Admission Retail Test (CART), to select students for admission to the Association’s Post Graduate Programme in Retail Management (PGPRM), being offered through 15 Business schools chosen across the country.
The common admission test will be conducted across 25 cities […]

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), the $4.5-billion auto giant with interests in real estate and technology, is all set to make its foray into retail sector with urban lifestyle products, which among others would include antiques, apparel, home decor items, toys, jewellery, entertainment and wellness products, says an Economic Times report.
The group, according […]

Reliance Aviation, the aviation wing of Reliance Industries is being roped in by the group to manage a fleet of 50-70 cargo aeroplanes, each of which will transport 30-40 tonnes of farm produce from production sites to the company’s retail outlets.
These planes, which will form part of Reliance’s Cargo Airline business, are […]

Reliance ‘Digital,’ the IT and durables speciality format of Reliance Retail, which until now was operating two stores, one each in Gaziabad (NCR) and Mumbai, opened its third outlet on Monday the 24th in Bangalore, the IT capital of India.
Reliance Digital is one of the eight retail formats unveiled so far […]

“If planned well, there is retail space for everybody.” Mayawati, Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh.
Denying that she had ordered closure of stand alone retail shops of big corporates in August, 2007, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, its Chief Minister, in an interview to a Hong Kong based “CFO Asia” magazine, said, […]

Notwithstanding the rollout plans of Reliance ‘Fresh’ having been put on hold in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the company is on track as far as its nation-wide expansion plans are concerned, reports PTI.
“It (what happened in UP) has not affected our overall plans. We have opened more than 400 stores in […]

Reliance Retail which was chosen as the ‘Retailer of the Year’ by the Franchise India Holdings Limited, was conferred the most coveted and prestigious award at a glittering, grand ceremony held at New Delhi on the 17th December, 2007. Raghu Pillai, President & CEO, received this award on behalf of the company.
Star […]

Irrespective of where and who you buy your cellphone from, there are good chances that you may have to regret later, as someone else may be offering the same at cheaper prices.
To help customers overcome this anxiety, discount retailer Subhiksha, which a few months back entered the telecom vertical, has decided to […]

“Some people, particularly ex-politicians without job, are making cheap slogans (against organised retail) without actually realising that they were hurting the farmers,” said Subodh Kant Sahai, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries. He was speaking at a meeting on the “supply chain excellence” organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of […]