Big Bazaar

The consumer product retailing arm of global animation giant The Walt Disney Company will over the next four years add 135 new stores to its existing 15 in India, in a move that indicates its aim to strengthen its...

Ambuja Realty, the joint enterprise of West Bengal Housing Board (WBHB) and Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd. (GACL), is building malls for the tier II cities in eastern and western parts of the country. “We are developing malls under the brand...

Encouraged by the growing sales of Levi’s footwear, SSIPL Retail Pvt. Ltd, the India franchisee of the brand, is planning to set up standalone outlets of Levi's footwear by early next year. "Our company is in talks with Levi's parent...

From apparel and customer durables, to grocery and now homes, Pantaloon Retail apparently wants to brand everything. The company will enter the real estate market by selling branded ‘walk-in apartments’ through its subsidiary, Home Solutions Retail. “These apartments will be...

The Future Group is planning to split off its retail chain Big Bazaar, into a separate company. “We are looking at various possibilities to hive off Big Bazaar and the decision would be taken very soon. The proposal is at...

Retailers Association of India (RAI) has tied up with 15 business schools in the country to introduce Post-Graduate Programme in Retail Management (PGPRM). The candidates aspiring entry into this programme will appear for the Common Admission Retail Test (CART). The...

Home Solutions Retail (I) Ltd, a part of Future Group, announced Rs 500 crore worth expansion plans in consumer durables and electronics retailing. As part of the plans, their two retail formats – eZone and Electronics Bazaar (store inside...

It was last Tuesday that AIYF activists took out a demonstration to Big Bazaar in Thiruvananthapuram, culminating in violence after the protestors pelted stones at the building complex. On Saturday evening, a group of unidentified assailants attacked Spencer’s supermarket...