IndiaRetailBiz

The organised retail has begun to flex its muscle, as never before!
This became evident when Anand Kripalu, Managing Director of Cadbury India, the Indian subsidiary of the global confectionery giant, decided to call on Kishore Biyani, Chief Executive Officer of Future Group, with his team of executives to sort out perceived differences between […]

Kishore Biyani-led Future group, is launching a residential learning programme called “Future Learning and Development,” to provide training to in-house employees of the group reports PTI. The programme meant for shop-floor to store management level employees will initially be lauched at three centres from September this year. Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Bangalore are […]

“We have increased productivity of the venture and added new categories such as consumer durables, fashion, mobile phones, food and grocery and so on.” — Kishore Biyani, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Future Group.

Aadhar, the erstwhile food retail and general merchandise chain owned by Godrejs, 70% stake of which recently was […]

A number of ‘modern retail brands,’ all of which are quite young in terms of either their launch or geographical spread, have begun catching imagination of Indian consumers. They have entered the prestigious listing under ’services’ category this year of the “Most Trusted Brands” list of the Economic Times.
In the next few […]

Close on the heels of removing Cadbury’s products from the shelves of the group’s retail chains under several formats, Future Group led by Kishore Biyani, according to source based information published by Live Mint, may be looking at launching its own chocolate brand in the coming few months.
The test marketing of the […]

“Lee cooper has exited the joint venture for its own reasons. India was not its focus area and it didn’t want to invest here.” — Rakesh Biyani, CEO, Future Retail.
Lee Cooper, the UK-based 100-odd years old premium apparel and fashion brand that offers a range of jeans, accessories and footwear, has […]

“The JV is a part of the company’s plans to add another 3-4 million sq ft of retail space in the current financial year.” — Rakesh Biyani, Director, Pantaloon Retail India.
Pantaloon Retail, India’s largest listed retailer and flagship company  of the Kishore Biyani-led Future Group, which has tie-ups with 12 overseas apparel […]

After boycotting Pepsico’s Frito Lay Potato chips a few months ago, India’s largest listed retailer Pantaloon Retail India, a part of the Kishore Biyani owned Future Group, has now set its guns on global confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes.
The retailer has asked all its stores across formats, particularly the outlets of Big […]

Pantaloon Retail (India), the flagship listed company of the Future group promoter Kishore Biyani, is expanding its retail chain ‘Central’ by setting up new mall format stores in metro cities like Mumbai and Bangalore and tier-II and tier-III cities like Ahmedabad, Nashik, and Vashi, according to a news report in DNA Money.
‘Central’ is […]

Pantaloon Retail (India), the country’s Kishore Biyani owned largest listed retailer, which operates in both ‘value’ and ‘lifestyle’ space, has announced all round growth in its financial and operational performance for the third quarter ended March 31, 2008. Pantaloon’s Financial year starts from July 1 and ends on June 30, unlike […]