Major Chain Retailers In India

Retailing and Merchandising in Textiles and Appare 3(2+1)

Lesson 06: Chain Organizations

Major Chain Retailers In India

  • Reliance World is a chain of retail outlets in India. nManaged by Reliance Web store Ltd. (A part of the Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group). Reliance -enabled services, besides telephony products & services. There are 235 Reliance World outlets across 105 cities in India.
  • Reliance World is a world-class nationwide chain of retail outlets for products and services of the Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. It is designed to give the World offers information, communication, entertainment and utility services.
  • Reliance's fiber optic network makes it possible for these outlets to offer broadband customer a delightful experience of the digital world of information, communication, entertainment and utility.

Reliance world:
The Reliance World franchise will influence its strengths to execute complex projects across the globe to facilitate leading-edge information and communication services at affordable rates to all businesses and individual consumers across India. The retail business offers unparalleled value, in order to ensure customer satisfaction and also enhance business productivity. The telecom franchise will generate value for its capabilities beyond Indian borders and provide opportunities for the Indians to deliver their services across the world. The Reliance Mobile of the Reliance World franchise has over 30 million subscribers and is the largest mobile service brand in India. Reliance Mobile services cover more than 10,300 cities and towns in India. Reliance Mobile has entered in a mobile revolution by providing multimedia handsets that are advanced to the common man at affordable rates.

The Reliance Mobile World is a unique Java-based application, which enables complex Internet application to be used in mobile phones. This Reliance Mobile World receives more than 1.5 billion page views every month from Reliance Mobile users. Reliance Communications offers the foremost wireless Internet connectivity through Reliance Net connects in India. Reliance Net connects is fastest growing Internet connectivity service in India to have acquired a user base of over 350,000 subscribers.

Products and Services:

  • Mobile & Communications: Prepaid Mobile, Postpaid Mobile, Handsets, Home Phones, Reliance Net connect, Global Calling
  • High Speed Internet Surfing: Surf, watch videos, downloads files, trade online, play online games and more.
  • Entertainment: Online Gaming, My Music, BIG TV, BIG Fix, Preloaded Memory Cards
  • Digital Services: Printing, My Medical Records
  • Personalized Gifts
  • E Learning: Virtual Classroom, Self-paced courseware, An kit Fadia Programs
  • Reliance Life Insurance
  • Corporate Services: Video Conferencing, Audio Conferencing, e-Recruitment & Training, Ready-to-use Offices, VDO Resume, Call Centre Infrastructure
  • News Gathering (DENG)

Merchant Comments:
Reliance World
(formerly Reliance Web World) is a world-class nationwide chain of retail stores for products and services of the Reliance – Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. It is designed to give the customer a delightful experience of the digital world of information, communication, entertainment and utility services.
All Reliance World stores are connected to Reliance’s countrywide optic fibre network. The Broadband Centre at Reliance World leverages this broadband network to bring you innovative digital services.
With 232 Reliance World stores across 104 cities in the country find one in your locality.

Pantaloon:
Pantaloon is one of the biggest retailers in India with more than 450 stores across the country. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has more than 5 million sq. ft retail space located across the country. It's growing at an enviable pace and is expected to reach 30 million sq. ft by the year 2010. In 2001, Pantaloon launched country's first hypermarket ‘Big Bazaar’. It has the following retail segments:

  • Food & Grocery: Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar
  • Home Solutions: Hometown, Furniture Bazaar, Collection-i
  • Consumer Electronics: e-zone

Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited, is a large Indian retailer, which is part of the Future Group, and operates multiple retail formats in both the value and lifestyle segment of the Indian consumer market. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company has over 1,000 stores across 71 cities in India and employs over 30,000 people, and as of 2010, it was the country's largest listed retailer by market capitalization and revenue.
With effect from 1 January 2010 the company separated its discount store business, which includes the Big Bazaar hypermarket and the Food Bazaar supermarket businesses, into Future Value Retail Ltd., it’s wholly owned subsidiary, so that the company may be listed independently
The company’s brands include Pantaloons, a chain of fashion outlets, Big Bazaar, a hypermarket chain and Food Bazaar, a supermarket chain. Some of the company's other regional brands include, Depot, Shoe Factory, Brand Factory.
A subsidiary company, Home Solutions Retail (India) Limited, operates Home Town, a large-format home solutions store, Collection ,selling home furniture products and E-Zone focused on catering to the consumer electronics segment.

Lines of Business:

  • The company is present across several lines of business which have various formats (stores) Plywood, The Dollar Store (JV)
  • Fashion - Pantaloons, Central all, Brand Factory, Blue Sky, Top 10, Fashion Station, Big Bazaar, Lee Cooper (JV),IPM MEERUT(JV)
  • General Merchandise - Big Bazaar, Shoe Factory, Navras, Electronics Bazaar, Furniture Bazaar, KB'S FAIR PRICE, Food Rite
  • Electronics – e-Zone, Electronic Bazaar, STAPLES (JV)
  • Home Improvement - Home Town
  • Furniture - Collection i, Furniture Bazaar, Home Bazaar
  • E-retailing (Online Shopping) Books & Music - Depot
  • Leisure & Entertainment - Bowling Co., F123, TGIF (Thank God it's Friday!)
  • Wellness - Star & Sitara, Tulsi
  • Telecom & IT - Gen M, M Bazaar, M-Port, Converge M, Future Axiom, T 24, One Mobile (in alliance with TATA Teleservices)
  • Consumer Durables - Koryo, Sensei, IPAQ
  • Service - E Care, H Care , Design & Service
  • Malls - Central (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Vadodara, Gurgaon, Indore, Ahmedabad, Thane)
  • Investment & Savings - Insurance: ULIP, Pension, Endowment

Stock Information:

  • Listed on: Bombay Stock Exchange
  • Stock Code: BOM:523574

Company Timeline:

  • 1987 Company incorporated as Manz Wear Private Limited. Launch of Pantaloons trouser of India’s first formal trouser brand.
  • 1992 Initial public offer (IPO) was made in the month of May.
  • 1997 Pantaloons – India’s family store launched in Kolkata.
  • 2001 Big Bazaar, ‘Is se sasta aur accha kahi nahin’ - India’s first hypermarket chain launched.
  • 2002 Food Bazaar, the supermarket chain is launched.
  • 2007 Future Group crosses $1 billion turnover mark.

CHERMAS

Location Hyderabad
Address Abids
Opening date 1980
Owner Capt. Kayarmin Pestonji
No. of stores and services 5
Website www.chermas-india.com

Chermas: is a major value for money apparel retail store located in Hyderabad, India. It was started with their brand of shirts and jeans called Chermas, which became hugely popular because of the affordable prices. Chermas has its apparel manufacturing unit located in Apparel Export Park at Gundlapochampally, near Hyderabad. This value-for-money clothing retail outlet was started by Capt. Kayarmin Pestonji in 1980 and is synonymous with fashionable ready-made garments. The first store was opened in Abids.

Chermas has all the leading brands, nicely divided into sections based on price. It is considered a budget hunters paradise and does huge business during the major festivals like Dassera, Ramzan, Diwali, Christmas etc. In Hyderabad, they have branches at Secunderabad, Abids, Ameerpet, Kukatpally and Malapert.

Shopping centers and Malls:
A shopping center is defined as group of retail establishments that is planned, developed owned, and managed as a single property. A mall is enclosed with a climate controlled walkway between two facing strips of stores, whereas a strip center is an attached row of stores with out enclosed walkways linking the stores.

General stores
These are retail stores that sell a number of lines of merchandise-apparel and accessories, furniture and home furnishings, household linens and dry goods, hardware and appliances, and small- wares, for example-under one roof Included in this group are stores commonly known as mass merchandisers, department stores, discount stores, variety stores, general merchandise stores or general stores.

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