IndiaRetailBiz

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 [...]

Reliance Digital, the consumer durables and professional elecronics format of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Retail, which also resells iconic Apple products through its standalone and shop-in-shop “iStore” retail format, is going in for a big expansion this year. It has prepared a blueprint to expand double the number of [...]

Samsung India Electronics Limited, the consumer electronics giant, opened a new channel for sales, when it launched its first ‘IT brandshop’ in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
The new IT brandshop is a conceptually different distribution model as Samsung India, which so far has focused on targeting consumers through channels and to some extent through government sales, [...]

Philips Electronics, the Dutch electronics giant known mostly for its consumer electronics portfolio in India, is embarking on an aggressive retail strategy with a view to increase both the sales and market share of its products in the country. Philips is among the oldest global consumer durable brands operating in India.
“There will be [...]

Apple, the inventor and retailer of such iconic products as iPhone, iPod, iMac desktop computers, and MacBook notebooks, among others, has topped the Fortune list of the most admired companies in the world. What is most admirable, however, is the fact that top raking has come second time in a row.Fortune has compiled a list [...]

Reliance Retail, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, though it may come as somewhat of a surprise, is slowly but steadily growing its retail network.
Despite media reports reporting closure of around 30 under performing stores, the company has more than doubled its stores count from 465 to 950 stores in [...]

“Next” — the cosumer electronics and white goods retail chain of Dhoots-led Videocon group– which is currently operating 378 durables’ stores across the country, while relocating some of the underperforming stores, is looking at growing their number to 700 stores during the current year.
This, together with extension of products portfolio, according to Sunil [...]

After Apple, it’s now the turn of global software behemoth Microsoft (2008 Sales: $60 billion) to set up a chain of Microsoft retail stores.
David Porter, who has worked for over 25 years with the world’s largest retailer Walmart in the areas of infotech and merchandising, has been entrusted with the task of preparing [...]

Chennai-based Subhiksha Trading Services Ltd, which owns Subhiksha– the country’s largest food, grocery, and telecom, discount retail chain– has to finalise audited accounts, although more than seven months have elapsed since close of its extended financial year (2007-08). The company’s financial year ended on 30th June, 2008, as the company decided to close the year [...]

Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited (HSRIL), a subsidiary company of Pantaloon Retail (India), which operates in the home and hard goods consumption space, has raised Rs 150 crore through sale of equity shares.
HSRIL operates several home retail formats– Home Town, Electronic Bazaar, Furniture Bazaar, Collection I and eZone, among others. The key product [...]