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Kishore Biyani sets ‘Future’ target of Rs 30K cr sales from 30 mn sq ft by ‘13

October 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Kishore Biyani, Founder and CEO, Future group, is quite fond of number 30 or similarly sounding 13. He has set the group target of Rs 30,000 crore ($6.5 billion) in sales, from 30 million sq ft by 2013. Biyani revealed the agenda for growth of his group, while delivering the keynote address on 22nd October, [...]

Tags: Economy · Events/ Happenings · Indian Owned · Kishore Biyani (Future Group) · Lifestyle Segment · Multi-format · Multi-product Categories · Retail Research · Retail Trends · Value Segment · Views/ Opinions

Bharti-Walmart JV undertakes several social initiatives; provides push-carts, adopts schools, trains youth, plants saplings and maintains roads

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Bharti (Bharti Retail/ Bharti-Wal-Mart) · Cash & Carry / B2B/ Wholesale · Events/ Happenings · FMCG · Food and Grocery · Fresh Foods · Homeware/ Household · JV/ Franchisee · Multi-product Categories · Social Responsibility

Future group has begun hiring again with pick up of retail sales, says Biyani

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments

“Retail sales have again picked up and we are more or less back to the same level as we were before the global crisis broke out,” said Kishore Biyani, Founder and CEO of Future group.
Accordingly, Pantaloon Retail (Future group’s retail arm), which operates several multi-format, multi-product, retail chains in value, lifestyle, and home retail segments, [...]

Tags: Economic Slowdown · Economy · Events/ Happenings · HR/ Employment · Kishore Biyani (Future Group) · Policies/ Government · Retail Research · Retail Trends · Views/ Opinions

Kerala retailers gear up for ‘Onam’ sales; offer gifts, draws, shopping bonanzas to lure customers

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments

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, [...]

Tags: Advertising, Promotions, Pricing, PR · Brands/ Strategy · Economic Slowdown · Events/ Happenings · Lifestyle Segment · Luxury Segment · Multi-format · Multi-product Categories · Retail Trends · Value Segment

HyperCITY launches 4th hypermarket store in Hyderabad; plans to set up 10 stores by 2011

August 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

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 [...]

Tags: Accessories · Apparel · Consumer Electronics/ Home Appliances · Economic Slowdown · Events/ Happenings · Expansion/ New Investment · FMCG · Food and Grocery · Fresh Foods · Home: Furniture & Improvement · Homeware/ Household · Hypermarket/ Supercentre · IT/ Professional Electronics · Indian Owned · Leather/ Footwear · Lifestyle Segment · Mobiles/ Telecom · Multi-product Categories · Shoppers' Stop/ HyperCity · Value Segment

Spencer’s unveils a new SIS speciality gourmet format in Kolkata; six more to follow this fiscal

July 31st, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

Tags: Events/ Happenings · Food and Grocery · Fresh Foods · Indian Owned · Lifestyle Segment · New Ventures/ New Launch/ Expansion/ Investment · RPG (Spencer's/ Other) · Restaurants · Shop-in-Shop (SIS) · Specialty/ Concept stores

Green Design Studio opens second store in Delhi; plans 25 stores in all mahor cities this fiscal

July 27th, 2009 · No Comments

‘Green Design Studio,’ a brand shop that aims to cater to all interior surfacing needs of customers, recently opened its second exclusive retail store in Delhi.
Green Design Studio, which had opened its first outlet at Bangalore in April this year, is a one-stop shop for a wide array of over 500 designs of laminate [...]

Tags: Events/ Happenings · Expansion/ New Investment · Home Improvement · Home: Furniture & Improvement · Indian Owned · Lifestyle Segment · Specialty/ Concept stores

A short ‘wish’ list with long explanation. How much will Pranabda oblige?

July 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Indians are expecting a lot from Pranab Mukherjee, the union finance minister, who will today be presenting the first annual budget (2009-10) of the new UPA government.
The high hopes are on account of this budget being the first budget of the ruling Congress in recent times free of ideological shackeles of the regressive ‘Left’ parties.
While, business and industry, [...]

Tags: Economic Slowdown · Economy · Events/ Happenings · MBO (Multi Brand Outlet) · Policies/ Government · Supply Chain/ Logistics/ Infrastructure

Odyssey opens 45th Books & Leisure store in Mumbai

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Odyssey, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited, publishers of Deccan Chronicle, Financial Chronicle and Asian Age newspapers, opened its sixth store in Mumbai on 9th June, 2009.
Founded in 1995, Odyssey is among the country’s fastest growing retail chains of books and leisure products offering books, stationery, gifts, toys, music, and multi-media gaming items targeted mainly at kids [...]

Tags: Books/ Music/ Toys/ Gifts/ Leisure · Events/ Happenings · Expansion/ New Investment · Indian Owned · Lifestyle Segment · Specialty/ Concept stores

Fire breaks out at Vishal’s warehouse in Gurgaon; brought under control

June 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Vishal  Retail, the Delhi-based multo-product, multi-brand, value retailer, has announced breakout of a fire in one of its warehouses situated in NCR. The 300,00 sq ft warehousing facility of the company is located at Wazirpur (village Dhanwas) on Farukh Nagar Road in Gurgaon (Haryana).
While confirming the news, reliable sources in the company have said that the fire has already been brought [...]

Tags: Events/ Happenings · Indian Owned · Megastores/ Mini-Hypermarkets · Multi-product Categories · Supermarkets/ Megastores · Value Segment · Vishal (Agarwals)

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