Kishore Biyani the Pioneer of Indian Retail has built so many successful retail chains, some of our readers wanted to invest in the same and hence requested for updates on what will they get if they BUY the shares of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd – PRIL. Here is how the Pantaloon / Future Group is Structured.
Standalone Entities of PRIL:
- Value Retail – Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar
- Lifestyle – Pantaloon, Central Malls, Brand Factory
- Specialty – Top 10, Depot, Star & Sitara, ALL and BlueSky
- 100% Subsidiaries – Future Brands, Future Logistics, Future Knowledge and FutureBazaar.Com[99%]
The above are fully owned by PRIL. Additionally, PRIL holding in other chains through subsidiaries is as follows,
- PRIL Holds 76% stake in Home Solutions with following Retail Chains – Home Town, Collection -I, Furniture Bazaar, E-Zone, Electronic Bazaar
- PRIL Holds 95% stake in Pantaloon Food Products and has one retail chain – KB’s Fair Price
- PRIL Holds 94% in Future Media which operates – Future TV and My World
- PRIL Holds 55% stake in Future Capital and 31% in Future GeneralI
- PRIL Holds 50% stake in Future Axiom Telecom which operates – mPort, Mobile Bazaar and Gen M
- PRIL Holds 49% in Planet Retail which operates – Marks & Spencer, Bodyshop, Guess, Planet Sports [Reliance Retail is now in tie-up with Marks & Spencer for new store openings]
- PRIL Holds 50% stake in Pan India Foods which operates – Cooper Chimney, Noodle Bar, Bombay Blue, Spoon-Food Court
Kindly note this structure is as reported to us at the end of Dec-31st, 2008. As Mr. Biyani expands his retail network in India, he may come up with many more chains. So if you BUY 1 Share of PRIL, you will be essnetially buying all th above businesses in proportions 🙂