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Reliance and Bharti Walmart maybe capturing the headlines of every major newspaper, but the reality is Pantaloon Retail continues to open stores aggressively and we are really surprised by the number of stores it opened last month.
Landmarks achieved by Pantaloon and Future Group in May are as follows,
Reliance Retail opened its specialty store “Reliance Jewels” in Ludhiana, the hometown of Bharti Walmart founder, Sunil Mittal.
This is the third Reliance Jewels store which is spread across (more…)
Subhiksha, the retailer with high footfall and highest sales per sft is all set for operation cleanup and makeover. Yes, finally you will see those neighborhood Subhiksha stores lot cleaner and with little bit of face lift too, which is expected (more…)
Atul Ruia along with his fashionvista wife Gayatri Ruia have unveiled a Luxury Mall – Palladium in High Street Phoenix. The Mall will be built next to Luxury (more…)
E-Zone and Electronics Bazaar are two electronics retailing formats of Home Solutions a subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd [PRIL].The business is run independently as a separate profit centre by professionals with prior experience in the consumer electronics space.
Business Growth Strategy: Fitting into overall PRIL’s strategy to dominate in top-5 cities, its electronics division is also adopting a strategy to dominate the top five (more…)
India is a diverse country home for four of the top 10 global billionaires and also home millions of people under poverty line. Retailers are not just embracing the Urban Indians, we have ITC, Godrej-Future Group, DCM and others active in the rural Indian market. We compare the primary business goals of each of these rural retailers here.
Godrej Aadhar:
Godrej Industries has started an experimental retail format called Godrej Aadhar for the rural markets. This (more…)
Last we reported how Limited Edition Watches are popular in India. Sunglass retailer, Ray-Ban took a note of this and has introduced Ray-ban Ultra limited edition produced (more…)
Fitness One health club which started offering customized fitness solutions to fitness freak HNIs at their doorstep and to employees at their corporate office is on a major expansion spree. Fitness (more…)