IndiaRetailBiz

Reliance Dairy Foods, a subsidiary company of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which manufactures and markets milk and other dairy under ‘Dairy Pure’ brand, has begun expanding footprint of its dairy products by roping in retailers outside the group. Apart from state cooperatives which operate within their respective states/ regions, Amul, Nestle, Mother Dairy [...]

Reliance Retail, a retail initiative of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, which in the past has faced many political hurdles in West Bengal, may afterall revive its retail business in the state “in a
major way” according to Tarun Jhunjhunwala, President of Reliance Industries, who was speaking to reporters in Barasat (WB).
“We are currently working on how [...]

Bharti Wal-Mart, which began its India operations with opening of cash and carry (B2B) wholesale store under the banner of “Best Price Modern Wholesale” in the holy city of Amritsar in Punjab, has also begun partenering with the government (PPP) as well as large multi-national private sector corporates to undertake projects of social importance.
Bharti walmart [...]

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 [...]

HSAMB (Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board), a state government development agency, is taking up commendable steps to strengthen agriculture supply infrastructure for efficient marketing of fresh/ green horticulture products like fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs.
Apart from helping farmers in securing better price for their products, creation of modern suppy-chain infrastructure will go a long way [...]

The Akalis (Badals) ruled state government of Punjab has terminated “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) for setting up agricultural mega projects in the state with Reliance Retail. The agreement was signed three years ago during the erstwhile congress government of Capt Amrinder Singh
The MOU with the state government was an important part of ‘farm to fork’ [...]

Spencer’s Retail, a Sanjiv Goenka-led retail arm of RPG group, which once ran a multi-format retail chain of around 400 stores, has trimmed down its operations in the last one year to bring down the number of its stores to 264.
The business, which was badly affected due to decline in demand as a consequence of [...]

Hypercity Retail India, which operates a chain of hypermarket format retail stores under ‘HyperCITY’ brand name across India, opened its fourth store in Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh. Apart from Hyderabad, HyperCITY also operates three more outlets at Mumbai (2) and and Jaipur.
The new HyperCITY outlet spread over 100,000 sq ft of trading [...]

Spencer’s Retail, among the country’s oldest and leading retailers, unveiled a new Shop-In-Shop (SIS) format Gourmet store in Kolkata on Thursday.
“In India there is a propensity for good food. It may not be a volume market but would be a niche market, which is expected to grow with time. This store would cater to a [...]

The Economic Survey 2008-09 tabled in the Parliament, on Thursday, the 2nd July, 2009, by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, has made many ambitious and bold recommendations on many sectors of the economy.
Paying heed to long standing demand of opening retail sector to foreign capital (FDI), the Survey has sought to allow FDI in retailing (multi-brand, [...]