IndiaRetailBiz

Kishore Biyani-led Future group, which for the two years has been tinkering with the idea of entering high growth telecom retailing big time, is expected to buy air time (mobile talk time) in bulk from large telecom service providers and sell the same to customers by offering SIM cards and recharge vouchers, across the country.
While, [...]

Carnation, the brainchild of Jagdish Khattar, erstwhile Managing Director of Maruti, and Variety Group of Hyderabad founded and owned by K Sathya Reddy, entered into a joint venture agreement on 7th April, 2009 in Hyderabad to set up 10 Auto Service Hubs of Carnatin in and around Hyderabad. Four of these hubs will [...]

Carz Spa, a Surat based car professional detailing Centre, dedicated to Automobile Beautification and Preservation, has joined hands with Franchise India Holdings Limited (FIHL) to franchise its business of setting up Car Beauty Clinics, across the country.
Carz Spa, , a division of Fortune Multiple Services Pvt. Ltd, which treats cars with [...]

Jean-Claude Biguine, a €150 million global chain of salons and spas, which operates 350 salons and spas across 17 countries, is planning to scale up its presence in India by opening 35 stores in the coming three years by 2012. The French grooming and beauty brand is currently operating three unisex beauty salons in Mumbai and [...]

Suvidhaa Infoserve Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai-based organised aggregator of services, which offers an electronic platform called S-Commerce (Service Commerce), to customers to carry out transactions in real time, is planning to set up around 100,000 franchisee stores across the country over a period of the next three years.
“We plan to have a one lakh strong franchisee store [...]

BIGFlix, India’s largest online and offline movie rental service, which is a part of Anil Ambani-led Reliance BIG Entertainment, has joined hands with Kishore Biyani-led Future Group.
The alliance with Future Group provides for marketing of promotions and schemes to all customers of Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar, Central, Depot, HomeTown and e-Zone across 9 cities [...]

3i Infotech, the information technology arm of the country’s largest private sector bank ICICI Limited, has decided to extend the benefits and reach of infotech to rural areas across the country. It has decided to open 12,500 stores in small towns and rural areas under the brand name of ‘I-SERV.’ These stores [...]

‘Wardrobe’– the pioneering retail chain of Dry-cleaning & Laundry services– which is currently operating 32 fully functional Dry-cleaning & Laundry outlets in Delhi/ NCR, has decided to set up 100-odd exclusive “wash care centers” by this year end. Apart from Delhi and surrounding areas, the company is also planning to expand its retail operations in other cities as [...]