IndiaRetailBiz

While, casual, quick food, pizza specialist Domino’s is pumping in Rs 200 crore over the next three years to increase its existing 207 outlets to around 500 outlets, Pizza Hut — another equally famous US-based counterpart– is investing about Rs 45 crore to add 30-odd stores to its existing 139 stores over the […]

Vornado Realty Trust, a US-based office and retail developer, has joined hands with India’s largest private secotor company Reliance Industries, to buy, build and operate shopping centres across India. Together they have decided to invest $250 million each in equal joint venture that will create shopping centres measuring between 500,000 to one million […]

“We hope to bring in world-class toy stores, which will capture the imagination and attention of children in India.” — Bijou Kurien, President and CEO, Reliance Lifestyle Holdings.
“We are thrilled to be bringing the magic of Hamley to India, partnering with Reliance Retail, where we have already received such a warm […]

 ”Our wholesale cash-and-carry format will bring improved value, range and service to thousands of Indian businesses. We are delighted to be working with Tata, one of India’s largest and most respected business groups.”– Sir Terry Leahy, Chief Executive, Tesco plc.
“Tesco had first considered expanding into India 10 years ago, and had […]

TSG International, part of Delhi-based Sachdev group, which currently operates a designer boutique at Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in Mumbai, has opened four boutiques at Bangalore. These boutique stores will sell designer, luxury, garment and accessories for men and women. The Bangalore stores come after a gap of three years. Product offerings at TSG stores, […]

Keeping in tune with its revised philosophy of striking partnerships with global iconic retail brands in several speciality areas, Reliance Retail, Mukesh Ambani managed retailing arm of Reliance Group, has gone ahead and stitched up yet another agreement. This time it is with the UK’s pharmacy and wellness highstreet retailer Alliance Boots, which […]

Spencer’s Retail, a wholly owned subsidiary of CESC and retailing arm of over $4 billion RPG Enterprises, which currently operates 400 plus stores, 32 of which are large format Spencer’s Hyper store, is going in for a massive restructuring of its retail business. According to media reports and announcements made at CESC AGM, […]

Reliance, which earlier formed joint ventures with iconic retailers like the UK’s apparel giant Marks & Spencer and Dutch opticals major Perle Europe, the US-based Office Depot, and made franchisee arrangements with the US-based Apple Inc, among others, appears to be going strong with striking relationships with global speciality retail majors to […]

Woolworths, the Australia-based multi-format value retailer, which provides buying, wholesale, supply chain and general consulting services to Croma — a Tata group owned retail chain of 22 stores for durables, electronics and IT products in India, could easily move into food and grocery retailing in India, says a Fairfax report .Woolworths, an […]

“Food gets in the traffic, it gets the topline, the revenues, it doesn’t get the bottomline. Fashion and home get you the bottomline so you need to sell a whole lot of food but you also need to sell a whole lot of fashion and home.” — Samar Sheikhawat, Vice President, Marketing, […]