Retail

CROMA RETAIL (TATA)

Croma is an Indian retail chain for consumer electronics and durables. It is the nation’s first large format specialist retail chain for consumer electronics and durables with successful expansion into Croma Zip stores, Croma Kiosks and latest online vertical, Tata Group company Infiniti Retail runs Croma stores in India. Infiniti Retail Ltd is a 100% subsidiary of Tata Sons. Presently, there are a total of 101 Croma stores in 25 cities in India. The stores are spread across the states of Maharashtra (Mumbai, Pune, Nashik, Kolhapur, and Aurangabad), Gujarat (Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, and Vadodara), Delhi NCR, Karnataka (Bangalore, Mysore), Punjab (Amritsar, Jalandhar), Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Telangana (Hyderabad).

PANTALOONS

Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Limited is an Indian premium clothing retail chain. The first Pantaloons store was launched in Gariahat, Kolkata in 1997. Pantaloons stores are present in 44 cities. Pantaloons was previously controlled by the Future Group, but has now been taken over by Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited (ABNL). According to a recent edition of the Brand Trust Report, Pantaloons featured among 100 most trusted brands in India. Pantaloons is constantly extending its footprint into the rest of modern India. It spans a retail space of 1.7 million square feet which is amongst the largest in India. With synergies from the Aditya Birla Group, it can well reach newer heights.

SHOPPERS STOP

Shoppers Stop is an Indian retailing company promoted by the K Raheja Group. Started in the year 1991 with its first store in Andheri, Mumbai. Shoppers Stop Ltd. has been awarded “the Hall of Fame” award and has also won “the Emerging Market Retailer of the Year Award” by World Retail Congress. Shoppers Stop presently has 74 stores across 35 cities in India. From their advertising campaigns to their in-store promotion strategies, Shoppers Stop has created a never-to-be-forgotten positioning paradigm in the minds of the Indian consumer.

MORE HYPERMARKET

Aditya Birla Retail Limited (ABRL) is the retail arm of Aditya Birla Group, a $41 billion corporation in the league of Fortune 500 companies. The company ventured into food and grocery retail in 2007 through the acquisition of Trinethra Super Retail and subsequently expanded its presence nationally under the brand ‘more’ across supermarkets & hypermarkets. There are currently 488 supermarkets and 19 hypermarkets under More, which aims to offer a shopping experience that delivers unbeatable value and quality.ABRL takes pride in being the first ever Indian food and grocery retailer to receive the FSMS (Food Safety Management System) certification.

TRENT (TATA GROUP, LANDMARK, WESTSIDE)

Trent is the retail arm of the Tata group. In 1998, Tata sold off their 50% stake in the cosmetic products company Lakmé to HLL for Rs 200 Crore (approx. 45 million US$), and created Trent from the money it made through the sale. All shareholders of Lakmé were given different shares in Trent. Simone Tata, the chairperson of Lakmé, went on to head Trent. Trent presently operates Westside, (one of the many growing retail chains in India) and Landmark, a bookstore chain in various locations of India.

PLANET M (VIDEOCON)

Planet M is an Indian music retail store founded by The Times Group (BCCL). It was sold to Next Retail India Ltd. of Mumbai, the retail arm of Videocon, in November 2007. It is present in many cities (140-plus locations) all over India. These stores are mainly known for selling music and movies and related accessories. They also sell gaming consoles and handhelds like PlayStation Portable, PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360. Planet M is also a new entrant in the mobile retail business. They offer a wide range of mobile handsets with lucrative schemes.

SPENCERS RETAIL

Spencer’s Retail is a chain of retail stores based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Spencer’s is based on the ‘Food First’ Format (it mainly offers fresh and packaged food). Many outlets though sport multiple formats for retailing food, apparel, fashion, electronics, lifestyle products, music and books. It is owned by the RPG Group, a major business house. Spencer’s boasts of a wide range of private brand products that encompasses both foods as well as non-foods FMCG category. ‘Spencer’s smart choice’ is the leading in store brand which has a plethora of products ranging from juices, noodles, cookies, honey, air fresheners etc.

DIGIWORLD (VIDEOCON)

Videocon’s Digiworld has a good presence in terms of numbers – it is currently present in more than 400 locations pan India with a majority of its presence in North India. DW denotes the ‘Digitally Wow’ philosophy. Undergoing a logo innovation, the new DW logo has three colours, red, blue and orange. Red color denotes electronic goods. Blue denotes appliances like AC washing machines and orange is for smaller home appliances such as microwave ovens.  Videocon Industries Limited is a large diversified Indian company headquartered in Mumbai and is considered amongst India’s leading multinational companies in the consumer durables industry.

RELIANCE RETAIL

Reliance Retail Ltd. is a subsidiary company of Reliance Industries. Founded in 2006 and based in Mumbai, it is the largest retailer in India in terms of revenue. Its retail outlets offer foods, groceries, apparel and footwear, lifestyle and home improvement products, electronic goods, and farm implements and inputs. The company’s outlets also provide vegetables, fruits and flowers. It focuses on consumer goods, consumer durables, travel services, energy, entertainment and leisure, and health and well-being products, as well as on educational products and services. It has more than 2000 stores in India with an area of approx. 9 million square feet across 155 cities.

BHARTI RETAIL

Bharti Retail is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises. Bharti Retail operates a chain of multiple format stores. The company’s neighborhood format stores operate under the Easyday brand and the compact hypermarket format under the ‘Easyday market’ brand. Recently the company has become more involved in the food economic sectors, with a joint partnership in the agricultural company FieldFresh. Bharti Enterprises is an Indian business conglomerate headquartered in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1976 by Sunil Bharti Mittal and it operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Bharti Enterprises owns businesses spanning across telecommunications, retail, financial services and manufacturing.

BIG BAZAAR (FUTURE RETAIL)

Big Bazaar is not just another hypermarket; it caters to every need of your family. Where Big Bazaar scores over other stores is its value for money proposition for Indian customers. Big Bazaar guarantees that consumers will definitely get the best products at the best prices. With the ever-increasing array of private labels, it has opened doors in the world of fashion and general merchandise, including home furnishings, utensils, crockery, cutlery, sports goods and much more at prices that will surprise you. It would be rare to find an Indian consumer who does not recognise the Big Bazaar name, confirming the brand’s top rank.

BIRLA CORPORATION

Birla Corporation Limited, is an Indian-based flagship company of the M P Birla group of companies, founded by Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla in the late 1910s and carried on by Madhav Prasad Birla. In the 1890s, Birla Corporation was a jute manufacturing company, but over time, it grew to operate four main divisions – cement, jute, vinoleum, and auto trim. Formerly known as Birla Jute Manufacturing Company Limited, with the expansion of divisions, the company changed their name in 1998 to Birla Corporation Limited. Birla Corporation is a supporter of health, education, and social welfare under the MP Birla Group.

LANDMARK

Landmark is one of the leading retailers of books and music in India. Established in 1987 as a book retailer in India, it became a part of Trent, the Tata Company that runs the Westside retail chain, in 2005. Trent is the retail arm of the Tata group. Landmark has created a unique niche for itself in the area of books and music retailing, especially in an era where the Internet wave is changing the rules in the retailing of the very commodities that companies like Landmark deal in. Despite the said technology wave, Landmark has held fast to its position as a topmost recognised Indian brand.

NATURE’S BASKET (GODREJ GROUP)

Godrej Nature’s Basket is the retail venture of Godrej Group and is today India’s foremost retail destination for fine foods from across the world. Started in 2005 as a single fresh food store, Nature’s Basket has today morphed into a 36-store chain of premium gourmet stores strategically located at high street locations in Mumbai, Delhi/NCR, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore. With the growing palate preference of the Indian consumers, Nature’s Basket is ready to embrace sophisticated and exotic tastes from around the world. The brand has developed its positioning  over the years and is considered amongst the most valuable brands in the Godrej ensemble today.

FABINDIA

Founded in 1960 by John Bissell to market the diverse craft traditions of India, Fabindia started out as a company exporting home furnishings. The first Fabindia retail store was opened in Greater Kailash, New Delhi fifteen years later. By the early eighties, Fabindia was already known for garments made from hand woven and hand printed fabrics. The non-textile range was added in 2000, while organic foods, which formed a natural extension of Fabindia’s commitment to traditional techniques and skills, was added in 2004, with personal care products following in 2006. Handcrafted jewellery was introduced in 2008.

RELIANCE DIGITAL

Reliance Digital is a consumer durables and information technology concept from Reliance Retail. It is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries. Currently there are around 1200 Reliance Digital Stores in around 270 cities in India. Customers can discover, experience and buy a range of products at Reliance Digital available from 150 international and national brands and over 4000 products. One can experience the best potential of each product in an ambience that simulates their life style. Not only does Reliance Digital enable you to make an intelligent buying decision, it also offers a complete product life cycle support.

RELIANCE FRESH

Reliance Fresh started its retail journey in November 2006 with first Reliance Fresh store. Today the group operates over 93 cities across India with 700+ stores and with a family of over 13 million happy customers. Reliance Fresh is not only the largest grocery retailer in the country but also the only retailer which has successfully fulfilled the entire spectrum of Indian consumer’s needs. Fresh farm produce, dairy & bakery products over and above the staples and FMCG products give it an unbeatable advantage, reason enough for its recognition.