IndiaRetailBiz

Walmart Stores, world’s largest multi-brand retailer with over $400 billion in annual sales and operations under 53 banners across 15 countries (including India), is lobbying hard for change of policy on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in India.
Currently, while no FDI is allowed in the multi-brand segment of retail operations, up to 51 [...]

Allen Solly, the Rs 250 crore (2009 turnover) fashion apparel brand, which accounts for 28 to 30 per cent of Madura Garments’ turnover, is reinventing itself from the image of ’semi-formals’ and ‘casuals’ brand to a brand of fashion and personalcare lifestyle products. Madura Garments– a Kumar Mangalam Birla group company, is also retailing several [...]

Reeling under pressure of sharply declining operating margins and slow growth in sales, Mumbai-based, lifestyle, fashion retailer and mall developer Provogue, according to a BS report, has decided to recast its future business plans and strategies.
The company has registered a sharp decline of 500 basis points (bps) or 5 per cent in its operating margin [...]

Bhartia’s owned “Jubilant FoodWorks Limited,” — the master franchisee of world renowned QSR (Quick Service Restaurants) pizza brand “Domino’s Pizza” in the South asia (except Pakistan)– according to media reports is looking at an IPO so as to enable one of its private equity (PE) investor JPMorgan Chase & Co, a JP Morgan Partners affiliate, [...]

Kishore Biyani-led Future group, which operates several multi-format, multi-product retail chains across consumer segments, is looking at sports business segment as one of the potential categories that can help shape its ambitious future growth plans. The group, as may be recalled, has recently announced its goal of achieving Rs 250 billion (Rs 25,000 crore) in [...]

Rajan Mittal, Vice-Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, which owns Bharti group’s retail arm Bharti Retail, has pitched hard for allowing foreign investment (FDI) in front-end, multi-brand, retail. Currently, there is a complete ban on inducting FDI in this segment, which accounts for bulk of retail business, in India.
FDI in retail has traditionally been opposed by small [...]

Naturol Bio-energy Ltd, an Andhra-based alternative energy products company, has decided to focus on promotion “Naturol” — a range of environmentally friendly biodiesel and allied products.
The Andhra-based company, which has set up a state-of-the-art Integrated Oleochemical Complex at Kakinada with an envisaged annual plant capacity of 100,000 tonnes, is presently operating eight retail outlets of [...]

Safal, a retail chain of fresh, processed, and frozen foods products, operating over 400 stores across different localies of NCR (in and around Delhi) has hit upon a successful business opportunity of setting up open-air stalls that cater to daily requirents of fruits and vegetables local communies.
The temporary neighbourhood extension counters (stalls), which began opening [...]

Domino’s Pizza, among the world’s largest pizza brands, is exploring new business formats to strengthen its business in the country. The new formats, according to Domino’s Pizza India CEO Ajay Kaul, will include include ‘online’ ordering service and ‘express’ counters.
Domino’s Pizza India, the master franchisee of the US-based Domino’s Pizza in South Asia, was founded [...]

Onam, the biggest harvest festival of Kerala marking the homecoming of legendary King Mahabali, despite clouds of global recession still hovering on the sky, is being celebrated with traditional gaiety, festivity, and feeling of happiness.
While, Supplyco (Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation), a state government retailer, has planned to celebrate the festival beginning the 28th August, [...]