Category: News & Views

India’s leading retailer Big Bazaar has just a while ago unveiled its plans to move up the value chain to become a Value Retailer. A new company has been floated under the brand name Future Hypermarket which will be the Discount retailing face of the group. It is not yet known how much stake Pantaloon Retail India will (more…)

Madame launched its Summer Collection – The Cool Blaze. Made from fine cotton, viscose and modal blend fabric, they are available in a variety of colors like mauve, aqua, neon red (more…)

Pantaloon Retail India Ltd is the listed entity of Kishore Biyani’s Future Group. However, it was not very clear what was Kishore’s Private family interest and what is Pantaloon’s interest in various successful (more…)

Adora introduced bridal wear collection of fusion jewellery. The range starts from Rs 1.5 lakh and you can shop up to Rs 15 lakh.

Hakoba launched its club wear called Rocky S Club (more…)

Our Retail field staff conducted a survey in Mumbai-Navi Mumbai (Bombay-New Bombay) focusing on only three large chains: Food Bazaar (part of Future Group owned Pantaloon Retail), Reliance Fresh and Subhiksha, in addition to some local/ regional players. They visited a total of nearly 50 outlets to ensure that the results were not skewed by one or two store locations.

Product Quality and Variety:

• Food Bazaar is a clear winner amongst its peers and offers a wider product range (with different variants) across almost all the segments like FMCG, staples, F&V etc. On account of its limited product offerings and frequent (more…)

India’s leading premium retailer Shoppers Stop CEO, B. Nagesh has been inducted into the World Retail Hall of Fame, and is also the first Indian to get this distinction. The (more…)

DLF India’s leading realty player has become the retail gateway of India for global luxury retailers. In Feb-08, it was Armani which joined hands with DLF and today its Italian Fashion Giant – Salvatore Ferragamo (more…)

In continuing our coverage on India’s largest Mart – Reliance Mart, Jamnagar, here is the interior (more…)