Kshitij Retail Destinations (KRD) announced the launch of its first mall ‘Center Square’ in Vadodara in June 2008. Center Square is located in Vadodara’s new retail hub Sarabhai Circle, an area that is fast becoming popular for its attractive shopping and hangout options. The mall is spread across four floors and 1,40,000 sq.ft. offering a variety of shopping, entertainment and food options (more…)
Year: 2010
Venturing with Sucess in Mall Development
The concept of a mall has evolved over a period of time and the idea is not just to build a concrete structure or have a number of retailers as tenants or even to command a large number of footfalls but to take the challenge to create a concept / shopping experience which can sustain operations over an extended period of time.
The Mall development lifecycle (more…)
Kaya’s Strategy for Growth + Financials
Dabur’s retail operation is in a state of flux, like most of modern retailing in India. The reduction in average store sizes, closure of unviable stores (almost six stores have been shut) and adoption of ‘revenue sharing’ models for new stores (more…)
@Home – Furniture Retail – Financials + Expansion Plans
@Home [by Nilkamal] is a chain of complete home decor stores across the country that retails a wide range of imported furniture (readymade furniture), soft furnishings and home accessories (100% trading venture). ‘@home’ with its international style retail format has been one of the first organized movers in the industry which created its own identity as a specialty store for home decor. It is spread across the country with 15 stores in 11 cities.
Business (more…)
First Review of Cross River Mall – Delhi
Crossriver Mall is located in the Central Business District of Shahadra, Delhi. With a total Built up Area: approx 2.5 lakh sq ft, it offers 23,226 sq. mtrs. area for retail & leisure. Anchor Tenants are Pantaloons, McDonald’s and Haldiram’s. the Multiplex is operated by Fun (more…)
Shoppers Stop – Revival and Growth
Shoppers Stop is now in expansion mode, having exited some of its non-core retail ventures, thus enabling it to focus on the department store business. With an addition of over 1msf over FY11E-FY13E, increasing the retail space by more than 33% to 3 msf, we expect the company to leverage on its business model and brand equity.
The (more…)
Reliance Retail’s Business Strategy for Lifestyle
Reliance Retail’s Lifestyle Division CEO Bijou Kurien has updated the Groups Business Strategy for the next 12-18 months and here is an excerpt from the same,
- Reliance Timeout will grow to 20 stores while Reliance Jewels will hit (more…)
S Kumars Nationwide – Global Business Model
S Kumars Nationwide (SKNL), the flagship company of the SKNL group, is a vertically integrated company from yarn to garments. The company also operates in the home textile segment. SKNL is the market leader in uniforms with 30% market share.
The company is in the business of selling branded products through its vast distribution network of 400 wholesale dealers, (more…)