Retail Mantra

Late 2007, we had covered PE Investments that went into the Retail Sector in India. In (more…)

The retailing bug had bitten everybody in India from Tata, Birla, Ambani to Oswals. Even before retail took off in a big way there are weak hearted business groups such as the Oswals who have decided to wind (more…)

The past week was Women’s only week as we saw major brand launches targeted at them. ITC owned Miss Players has launched its Spring-08 collection comprising (more…)

Catmoss – the kidswear retailer from New Delhi which currently has 100 stores is planning to add 225 more stores in an ambitious expansion plan to be completed by the end of Mar-2009.

Mr. Ashwani Chawla, Director (more…)

Spencer’s Retails books, toys, stationary, art, and music store – Books & Beyond opened its fifth retail outlet in Hyderabad. Spencer’s is positioning it as “Community Engaging Store” and is targeting opening them (more…)

Last week we covered Vishal Retail’s Business Performance and outlook over the next 24 months. This week lets peek into India’s retailing giant- Pantaloon – Future Group. Pantaloon Retail is the listed entity of Kishore Biyani’s retail venture. Their are several subsidiaries and Joint Ventures, you may want to have a look at each of Pantaloon + Future Groups Business and Cross Holdings here.

Pantaloon’s (more…)

Spencer’s Hypermarket at Gariahat, Kolkata spread on a 36,000 sft carpet area opened after Goenkas reached an agreement with Hawkers who protested and delayed the opening by couple of days. What is surprising is Food Bazaar (more…)

Kishore Biyani, the retail man of India has clicked his dream and has unveiled Foto Depot – Retail Photography related store. Foto Depot stores will have a Studio where photos will be clicked, Kitchen (more…)