Year: 2009

Titan the manufacturers and is the leader of organized watch retail space in Indiaoffering a choice to every Indian – from school kids to Aam Aadmi to the Rich and Lifestyle seekers.

We decided to do a check on the spectrum of brands competing with Titan and visited more than 10 outlets [Titan exclusive and Multi-brand] (more…)

Future Group Retail currently the pioneers of Indian retail have the highest retail area under operations 10.4 mn sft. Here is a quick analysis on how this area is (more…)

Pantaloon Retail owned Big Bazaar, the 116 Hypermarket Largest Store network in India has launched the Mahabachat shopping Offer celebrating the Indian independence. The Offer will (more…)

One thing I love about Indian retailers is their approach to the highly dynamic retail market. Koutons Retail in order to beat the slowdown, changed its business strategy to offer complete family shopping experience. The company reported its (more…)

@Home – a home store chain from the Nilkamal Group has opened in Crystall Point Mall, Link Road Andheri(W) making it Andheri’s first Mega Home Store. @home has 14 Stores across India at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Surat & Vadodara.

With consumer needs primarily (more…)

Mall rentals across all the Metros and Cosmos have nosedived in the past 12 months and vacancies have increased by 15%. Retailers are looking forward to different Revenue models – minimum guarantee and revenue sharing.

Ahmadabad Malls have seen the highest fall in rentals after a record run-up of 30-40% YoY in 2006 and 2007. Mall rentals on Sarkhej Gandhinagar (more…)

Analysts on the street are always on the hunt for the Best Brands and companies. Recent sales data obtained from Food Bazaar – Supermarket chain of 158+ stores, Morgan Stanley has analyzed the top performing brands. Here is an excerpt from the study.
The winners and Losers are decided by Top Sales Data.

Top 5 Food Brands in Food Bazaar are,
Britannia
Maggi – Nestle
Parle
Kellogs
Horlicks (more…)

The logistics arm of Pantaloon Retail Group – Future Logistics [a.k.a Fuure Supply Chain Solutions] has been valued by investment bankers at $116 mn and the company has roped in International Logistics major Li & (more…)