Category: News & Views

Kishore Biyani was doing an excellent job [in our opinion] by taking the best advantage of first mover into the nascent organized retail sector and completely focusing on Retailing. However, the group now wants to enter Retail and Mall management and dveleopment through (more…)

Gitanjali Gems has announced that it is going to acquire 70% stake in Bangalore-based mobile retail chain operator MobileNXT through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gitanjali Lifestyle (GLL).

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Zash Investments, the VC firm promoted by Azim Premji has entered into a legal battle with bankrupt Subhiksha as the former has sent legal notices to the Board of Directors, Independent Consultants and Sr. Executives on discharging their duties.

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In an Analyst meet, the Sr. Executives of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd including founder Chairman and Pioneer of Indian Retail Kishore Biyani sounded positive about the business. Here is an excerpt from the same.

• Consumer demand has picked up sharply in the last two weeks, and the company has various alternate (more…)

Early 2007, executives at Aditya Birla Nuvo restructured the company’s retail operations with focus on Middle Class and higher. However, with the slowdown, they have now decided to include the Value Format which forms the bulk of modern organized retail in India. Peter England Fashions will start a separate division which will look into the Value Fashion Format. (more…)

Shoppers Stop has a range of Private Labels across Men’s casual wear to formals to Women’s wear. Private Labels contribute a mere 20% to its Total (more…)

Diamond and jewellery maker, Gitanjali Gems’ wholly owned subsidiary – Gitanjali Lifestyle – has decided to set up a joint venture company in India in collaboration (more…)

Spencer’s Retail Limited, one of India’s largest foods first multi-format retailer, has been in a strategic consolidation mode for last few months.

Strategic Measures:

• As part of its consolidation drive, Spencer`s has recently closed 150 unviable small format stores on a Pan India basis. The immediate loss in the trading area has been compensated with the opening of large format stores. It has also completely exited few markets like Ahmedabad, Nasik, Kanpur, a few cities in Kerala, Ranchi and Mangalore.
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